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Construction Law Claims & Liability.
This book is designed to provide a practical guide to construction law for contractors, subcontractors, material suppliers, architects, engineers and owners. It offers a basic knowledge of construction law, shows readers how to enter into a legally binding supply contract and how to recognize and claim opportunities for extras, changes and delays.
Based on the author's eleven years of legal practice dealing with the construction industry, the book is written in nontechnical terms and illustrated with examples of specific clauses and case histories.
"Creative Selling-A Guide to Success for Home Improvement Sales Professionals."
90 pp. Order from: William R. Aicklen, V.P./Marketing-Sales Finance, C.I.T. Financial Services, 650 Madison Ave., New York, Ν.Υ. 10022.
This comprehensive marketing manual has been published by C.I.T. Financial Services to aid home improvement dealers and contractors in developing new business. In addition to covering selling and promotional methods, the manual includes time-saving tips, suggestions on how to improve community relations, and information on financing techniques.
The publisher, C.I.T., describes the work as a "book of solutions-tested and proven effective in building business by home improvement dealers and contractors of all types. It includes the best of their ideas, promotion techniques, work reports, checklists and suggestions for answering questions, and closing sales."
C.I.T. Financial Services is a subsidiary of C.I.T. Financial Corp., one of the nation's largest multi-line financial services companies.
"Historic Architecture Sourcebook"
by Cyril M. Harris. 581 pp.; illustrated; $19.95. McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, N.Υ. 10020.
Described as the most comprehensive compilation of terms spanning 5,000 years of world architecture, this alphabetically arranged reference is claimed to be the only work of its kind to feature such a broad range of architectural phrases. While other volumes span one or relatively few styles or periods, the Sourcebook contains approximately 4,500 definitions encountered in anicent, classical, oriental, medieval, Renaissance, and modern architecture.
The author is professor of architecture in the Graduate School of Architecture & Planning at Columbia University. Working under his editorial direction, experts in many fields have contributed their specialized knowledge to this practical volume. More than 2,300 line drawings, selected to emphasize important architectural details or elements, illustrate and further clarify the terms.
Kaufman Agency Honored
Seven national and 12 regional awards for excellence in advertising have been won by Henry J. Kaufman & Associates, Inc., Washington's largest advertising-public relations firm. A number of national professional organizations, including the American advertising Federation and the Advertising Club of New York, presented the awards.
Among the recognitions, Kaufman was honored for its work on behalf of the International Masonry Institute (IMI).
Bouwman Leases Plant
Bouwman Scaffold Co., Bellflower, Calif., has leased 20,000 square feet of industrial space at 2309 Artesia Blvd., Long Beach, according to Julius Bouwman, president. The space will be utilized principally for the manufacture of scaffolding for building contractors.