The Building Centre Bookshop has compiled lists of the top five books it has sold for project managers, contractors, consultants and QSs
Project Managers' Top Five
1. Spon's Architects Builders Price Book, by Davis Langdon & Everest (eds) £99.00
2. Spon's First Stage Estimating, by Spain £29.99
3. Project Management by Lock, 7th Edition, £25.00
4. JCT98 Building Contract: Law & Administration, by Ndekugri and Rycroft £24.99
5. Which Contract? by Cox and Clamp £35.00
Quantity Surveyors' Top Five
1. Surveying for Construction, by Irvine £28.99
2. Building Quantities Explained, by Seeley £16.99
3. Surveying Buildings, by Hollis £50.00
4. Cost Planning of Buildings, by Ferry £24.99
5. Elements of Quantity Surveying, by Willis and Trench £16.99
Contractors' Top Five
1. SMM7, by RICS £35.00
2. Building Construction Handbook, by Chudley & Greeno £16.99
3. 100 Contractual Problems and Their Solutions, by Knowles £39.50
4. Understanding JCT Standard Form Building Contract, by Chappell £16.99
5. Spon's Mechanical & Electrical Price Book, by Green & Davis Langdon & Everest £99.00
Source
Construction Manager
