Construction management and engineering: finding your way
This guide outlines the location numbers for books on construction management and engineering and basic information on finding information in this subject.
- To find books on a specific topic search the Unicorn catalogue
- To find journal articles search Databases for construction management and engineering
Where are the construction management and engineering books?
- Most of the construction management and engineering books are on the 2nd Floor of the Library.
- Larger sized (Folio) books are shelved separately from normal sized books for practical reasons. You will find your key sections in both large (Folio) and normal sized sections.
- Pick up a floor plan from the Information Desk to help you find your way around. View the 2nd Floor plan (PDF)
Key sections for construction management and engineering
| 004 | Computer science |
| 510 | Mathematics |
| 620 | Engineering |
| 620.11 | Engineering materials |
| 621.4 | Heat engineering and prime movers |
| 621.8 | Machine engineering |
| 624 | Civil engineering |
| 690 | Building construction |
| 691 | Building construction materials |
| 692.3 | Building standards and specifications |
| 692.4 | Building contracts |
| 692.5 | Quantities and costs |
| 692.6 | Building supervision |
| 693 | Systems of building construction |
| 697 | Heating, ventilating, air conditioning engineering |
| 711 | Area planning |
| 720 | Architecture |
| 720.42 | Inclusive environments |
| 721 | Architectural construction |
| 729 | Architectural design and decoration |
| 347 | Law Treatises |
| 347.225 | Construction law |
| 347.2255 | Construction contracts |
| 658 | Business and industrial management |
| 658.404 | Project management |
| 658.92 | Engineering management |
| 658.99 | Management in the construction industry |
Call Numbers for selected topics
Air conditioning in buildings 697.93
Architect’s plans 692.1
Architecture and the environment 720.47
Architecture, Landscape 712
Building laws and codes 692.9
City planning 711.4
Computer aided design 620.04028
Composite materials 620.118
Concrete construction 691.3
Construction and city planning 711.6
Construction business practices 692
Elasticity 620.1123
Electric lighting 621.32
Electricity, generation of 621.31
Energy conservation 720.472
Heating in buildings 697
Human factors engineering 620.82
Industrial buildings 725.4
Management, theories of 658.01
Metals 620.16
Noise 620.13
Non-destructive testing 620.1127
Nuclear engineering 621.48
Personnel management 658.3
Plant equipment and facilities 658.2
Plumbing 696
Real estate business 333.33
Resistant construction 693.8
Residential buildings 728
Roofing and roofing materials 695
Salvage of waste materials 679.9
Solar buildings 720.472
Solar heating 697.78
Steel construction 693.7
Structural elements in city planning 711.6
Tidal power 621.89
Urban redevelopment 711.59
Ventilation in buildings 697.92
Wind power engineering 621.45
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