Watts Pocket Handbook

The Essential Guide to Property and Construction

Trevor Rushton

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Routledge
08 July 2025

Property & real estate; Primary industries; Construction & engineering law; Surveying; Building construction & materials

This milestone 30th edition of the Watts Pocket Handbook has had a thorough overhaul and renews its commitment to share industry knowledge by providing technical and legal information across a comprehensive spread of property and construction topics.

The Handbook provides specialist information and guidance on a vast selection of related subjects including:

Environmental and sustainability issues; Contracts and procurement; Design and construction; Health and safety; Regulations and standards; Legal issues and insurance; Facilities management; Materials and defects; and Technology, innovation and the future.

Watts Pocket Handbook remains the must-have reference book for professionals and students engaged in construction, building surveying, services engineering, architecture, project management, facilities management, quantity surveying, property development and much more.

Edited by: Trevor Rushton
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 30th edition
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm,
ISBN: 9781041058199
ISBN 10: 1041058195
Pages: 726
Publication Date: 08 July 2025
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Introduction 1. Property Ownership 2. Development and Procurement 3. Legislation 4. Design 5. Materials and Defects 6. Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance 7. Useful Resources

Trevor Rushton is a Chartered Building Surveyor and Chartered Building Engineer, a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and a Fellow of the Chartered Association of Building Engineers. He qualified as a Building Surveyor in 1983. He has been involved with and the editor of the Watts Pocket Handbook virtually since its inception in 1983. He is the author of Investigating Deleterious and Hazardous Building Materials and Defects in Industrial and Commercial Buildings both published by RICS Books. He has contributed numerous articles to the Built Environment Journal, was involved in the initial development of ISURV and is a regular speaker at RICS conferences and seminars.