Construction Project Management

From Book News, Inc.
Individual chapters address construction practices, the management system, project estimating, planning, scheduling, arrow notation, time management, the project cost system, financial management. Appendices comprise item summary sheets for a highway bridge bid and a project outline, the PERT procedure, Masterformat and Broadscope section titles, and an analysis of estimating accuracy. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.


Book Description
Presents a detailed treatment of a comprehensive management system for the control of field construction. With an emphasis on applications and practical aspects, it discusses the management control of project planning, time, cost, resources and finance using simple, thoroughly tested principles. Fully updated for the '90s, the Third Edition places greater emphasis on computers and their impact on the management of construction projects and on the use of network techniques to control projects and settle disputes.


Book Info
A guide to the planning and scheduling of construction projects. Includes emphasis on the most difficult and important part of CPM, methods for handling construction contingency planning and weather delays, in-depth coverage of the legal, and more. Illustrations are included at the back of the book. Previous edition not cited. DLC: Construction industry--Management.


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Individual chapters address construction practices, the management system, project estimating, planning, scheduling, arrow notation, time management, the project cost system, financial management. Appendices comprise item summary sheets for a highway bridge bid and a project outline, the PERT procedure, Masterformat and Broadscope section titles, and an analysis of estimating accuracy. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)


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