BUiD Library: CDR 513 Introduction to Construction (for lawyers): Reading list

CDR 513 Introduction to Construction (for lawyers)

Department: Master of Construction Law and Dispute Resolutions

Module Description: This module aims to provide a solid foundation in the different aspects of arbitration, with a specific focus on international commercial arbitration as it applies to construction, including issues which are specific to Dubai, the UAE and the wider Gulf Region.

Recommended readings

General Introduction to Construction Technology

R Chudley, R Greeno, M Hurts, S Topliss, Construction Technology [online] (4th edn, Pearson, Harlow 2011).

Structural Behaviour & Analysis

J E Gordon, Structures, or Why Things Don't Fall Down (2nd edn, Da Capo Press, New York 2003).
M Millais, Building Structures: From Concepts to Design (2nd edn, Spon Press, London 2005).

Materials – General

J E Gordon, The New Science of Strong Materials or Why You Don't Fall Through the Floor (2nd edn, Princeton University Press, New Jersey 1984).
R O Heckroodt, Guide to Deterioration & Failure Building Materials (Thomas Telford, London 2002).

Failures & Forensic Engineering

M Levy, and M Salvadori, Why Buildings Fall Down (WW Norton & Co, New York 2002).
H. Petroski, To Engineer is Human: the Role of Failure in Successful Design (Vintage Books, New York 1992).

Design – Philosophy

S Groak, The Idea of Building (1st edn, Spon Press, Oxon 1992).

Project Management & Procurement

J Murdoch, and W Hughes, Construction Contracts: Law and Management (5th edn, Taylor & Francis, London 2015).