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| 004 | Computer science |
| 347 | Law Treatises |
| 347.225 | Construction law |
| 347.2255 | Construction contracts |
| 620 | Engineering |
| 620.11 | Engineering materials |
| 621.4 | Heat engineering and prime movers |
| 624 | Civil engineering |
| 624.17 | Structural engineering |
| 658 | Management (business; engineering; industrial) |
| 658.404 | Project management |
| 658.92 | Engineering management |
| 658.99 | Management in the construction industry |
| 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 |
Air conditioning in buildings 697.93
Architect’s detail drawings 692.2
Architecture and the environment 720.47
BIM 690.0285
Building estimates 692.5
Building laws and codes 692.9
City planning 711.4
Concrete construction, Structural 624.183
Concrete construction 691.3
Developing/emerging economies 338.4769091724
Energy conservation in building 697
Energy conservation, Architecture 720.472
Facilities management 658.2
Fire prevention 693.82
Foundation engineering 624.15
Green buildings 720.47
Health & safety in construction 690.22
Human factors engineering 620.82
Maintenance of buildings 690.24
Noise in buildings 693.834
Nuclear engineering 621.48
Photovoltaic power generation 621.31244
Real estate business 333.33
Renewable energy resources / Engineering 621.4
Renewable energy resources 333.794
Repair of buildings 690.24
Residential buildings 728
Road engineering 625.7
Roofing and roofing materials 695
Safety in construction 690.22
Site planning 720.28
Soil mechanics 624.151
Solar buildings 720.472
Solar engineering 621.47
Solar heating 697.78
Steel construction 693.7
Sustainable architecture 720.47
Urban redevelopment 711.59
Wind power engineering 621.45
Engineering Mathematics by 
Metropolis by 
Industry 4. 0 Solutions for Building Design and Construction by 
Fundamentals of Thermal-Fluid Sciences by 
Research Companion to Construction Economics by Nunnally, S.W. (2011) Construction methods and management. 8th edn. Boston: Pearson Education international.
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