https://repositori.mypolycc.edu.my/jspui/handle/123456789/3714 Sat, 02 May 2026 03:10:41 GMT 2026-05-02T03:10:41Z https://repositori.mypolycc.edu.my/jspui/handle/123456789/5081 Title: Surveying with Construction Applications Authors: Barry F. Kavanagh, Dianne K. Slattery Abstract: Many technological advances have occurred in surveying since Surveying with Construction Applications was first published. This eighth edition is updated with the latest advances in instrumentation technology, field-data capture, and data-processing techniques. Although surveying is becoming much more efficient and automated, the need for a clear under- standing of the principles underlying all forms of survey measurement remains unchanged. Thu, 01 Jan 2015 00:00:00 GMT https://repositori.mypolycc.edu.my/jspui/handle/123456789/5081 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z https://repositori.mypolycc.edu.my/jspui/handle/123456789/4784 Title: ENTREPRENEURSHIP Authors: ROBERT D. HISRICH, MICHAEL P. PETERS, PhD; DEAN A. SHEPHERD, PhD Abstract: Starting and operating a new business involves considerable risk and effort to overcome the inertia against creating something new. In creating and growing a new venture, the entrepreneur assumes the responsibility and risks for its development and survival and enjoys the corresponding rewards. This risk is compounded for entrepreneurs who go international or who are in fact born global. The fact that consumers, businesspeople, and government officials from every part of the world are interested in entrepreneurship is evident from the increasing research on the subject, the large number of courses and seminars on the topic, the more than two million new enterprises started each year (despite a 70% failure rate), the significant coverage and focus by the media, and the realization that this is an important aspect of the economics of the developed, developing, and even controlled economies. Who is the focus of all this attention? Who is willing to accept all the risks and put forth the effort necessary to create a new venture? It may be a man or a woman, someone from an upper-class or lower-class background, a technologist or someone lacking technological sophistication, a college graduate, or a high school dropout. The person may be an investor, manager, nurse, salesperson, engineer, student, teacher, homemaker, or retiree. It is always someone able to juggle work, family, and civic responsibilities while meeting payroll. To provide an understanding of this person and the process of creating and growing a new venture on an international basis, this 9th edition of Entrepreneurship is divided into five major sections. Sun, 01 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMT https://repositori.mypolycc.edu.my/jspui/handle/123456789/4784 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z https://repositori.mypolycc.edu.my/jspui/handle/123456789/4783 Title: Structural Fire Engineering Authors: Tom Lennon Abstract: Structural fire engineering, as a recognised discipline, is still in its infancy. Great progress has been made in recent decades, in furthering our understanding of material behaviour in fire and of the interactions between structural elements that occur during a f ire. Much of our current understanding has arisen as a consequence of structural engineers coming to terms with the transient conditions associated with a fire, and fire scientists appreciating the crucial role that structural integrity plays in ensuring safe access routes for building occupants and fire f ighters. The Building Regulations Approved Document B provides a performance-based regulatory framework for the fire safety of buildings which allows for alternative fire engineering methods as a means of satisfying the mandatory functional requirements. To take full advantage of the opportunities provided by this f lexible approach to regulation, the expertise of the fire scientist must be combined with that of the structural engineer so that a holistic approach can be made to the design of buildings for fire. Such an interdisciplinary approach is essential to the efficient implementation of the current generation of national and European fire standards for structures. It is hoped that this book will go some way towards demystifying the subject of structural fire engineering and encouraging performance-based approaches to design that, where appropriate, go beyond the limitations of current methods of test and assessment. The views expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of his current employer. Sat, 01 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT https://repositori.mypolycc.edu.my/jspui/handle/123456789/4783 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z https://repositori.mypolycc.edu.my/jspui/handle/123456789/4782 Title: Occupational Health and Safety Management A Practical Approach Authors: Charles D. Reese Abstract: This is the third edition of this book. For 12 years, this book has experienced popularity and use fulness to the occupation safety and health community. As with the second edition, it has become necessary to update data and to address new or not previously addressed topics. This original book was developed to provide safety and health professionals, students, and employers with the basic tenets for an occupational safety and health initiative for those who are responsible for or planning to implement and manage safety and health programs for their compa nies or future employers. It has also found a wide audience as a text for students that can help build their knowledge and developmental process in the field of occupational safety and health. The intent of this book is to provide a management blueprint for occupational safety and health for the smallest to largest companies that are beginning to see or have seen the need to develop or improve their safety and health approach in the workplace. This would include the construction industry as well as other industry groups. Incorporating the major requirements presented in each chapter, the user will be well on the way toward building a successful and effective safety and health effort for any company or employer. This book encompasses a total management approach to the development of written programs, the identification of hazards, the mitigation of hazards by the use of common safety and health tools, and the development of a safe workforce through communications and motivational tech niques, including behavior-based safety, involvement, and training. It addresses the development of databases and use of relevant specific industry data. Based upon the data sources available, an acceptable risk from both safety and health hazards can be determined. The book also addresses how to work with and within the OSHA compliance approach as well as how to deal with the OSHA regulations. Two new chapters address the topic of workers’ compensation since it has become one of the responsibilities of many health and safety professionals. The second chapter is driven by the appli cation of Lean management by companies and the use of Lean tools as they are utilized to develop a Lean safety approach. Fri, 01 Jan 2016 00:00:00 GMT https://repositori.mypolycc.edu.my/jspui/handle/123456789/4782 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z