Practical Built Environment Guides — practitioner-led books and editable resources for construction, estates and compliance.

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Practical books, downloadable working resources and writing with a sense of place.

Practical Built Environment Guides

From academic theory to day-to-day practice

Four practical guides by Chris Wilkinson, each supported by downloadable working material designed to help readers understand how construction, compliance and contract administration operate in real projects and buildings.

Cover of The Client's Building Project Checklist by Chris Wilkinson
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The Client’s Building Project Checklist

Plain-English guidance and nine stage-based project checklists for first-time and occasional construction clients.

Cover of The Pre-Construction Information Workbook by Chris Wilkinson
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The Pre-Construction Information Workbook

A practical guide to clear, useful and proportionate PCI, supported by 15 editable templates, schedules and registers.

Cover of The Accidental Compliance Manager by Chris Wilkinson
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The Accidental Compliance Manager

A plain-English guide to keeping buildings safe, legal and properly evidenced, with 15 practical compliance resources.

Cover of Building Contract Administration in Practice by Chris Wilkinson
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Building Contract Administration in Practice

A plain-English guide for client-side practitioners, with 17 contract administration checklists, matrices, trackers and registers.

Additional working resources

Client Project Control Pack

Eight coordinated templates covering finance, change, actions, approvals, responsibilities, handover information and a brief PCI structure. The pack is provided as a free practical extra for project clients and practitioners.

View the control pack

Supporting material across the series

  • Word and Excel project checklists
  • PCI templates, registers and review tools
  • Compliance registers, dashboards and recovery tools
  • Contract administration matrices, trackers and close-out checklists
Cover of The Ramblings of a Demented Cow Herd by Alan J. Wilkinson
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The Ramblings of a Demented Cow Herd

Country matters and other ramblings: stories and poems shaped by a lifetime of farming, building, observation and imagination.

Website resources

Download, adapt and use

The companion resources are supplied as editable working aids. They should be reviewed and adapted to suit the project, organisation, contract and applicable legal requirements.