Construction

Publications from industry and government organisations including BRE, BSRIA, CIOB, CIBSE, CIRIA, Highways Agency and Transport Research Laboratory.

This resource includes journals and books relevant to a range of subject areas, including accounting and finance, management, marketing, education, information studies, built environment and engineering. You can also search for case studies.

Publications from the Institution of Civil Engineers on buildings and structures, coastal and offshore engineering, development, planning and urban engineering, energy, geotechnical engineering, health and safety, law and contracts, leadership and management, transportation, water engineering and wastewater management.

Provides access to UK legislation, case law documents, commentary, forms and precedents.

Scopus is an abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature: academic journals, books and conference proceedings. Scopus is a comprehensive resource covering chemistry, physics, mathematics and engineering; life and health sciences; social sciences, psychology, business and economics; arts and humanities and biological and environmental sciences. It also includes the Geobase database.

LexisLibrary Construction includes leading sources of primary law, consolidated legislation, key commentary and journals.

Westlaw UK is an ever-growing and easily searchable source of case law, legislation, news, legal journals, commentary, current awareness alerts and EU legal matters.

An online map and data delivery service which offers a number of data collections, including Ordnance Survey, historical, geological, LiDAR and marine maps and spatial data.

A standard is an agreed way of doing something e.g.making a product, managing a process or delivering a service. Our subscription covers BS standards and BS EN ISO standards.

Full-text content and peer-reviewed business journals including articles, case studies, trade magazines, industry and market research reports. This database covers all disciplines of business including marketing, management, accounting, banking, finance and more.

BCIS is a toolkit and construction cost dataset for the costing of capital expenditure during the appraisal, design, and construction phases of building projects. It can also be used at the end-of-life phase.