One of the best definitions that I have come across over the years is from Charles Patrick's book titled Construction Project Planning and Scheduling. According to Patrick, “Construction management (CM) entails the planning, scheduling, ...
Author: Barbara J. Jackson
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 9780782143362
Category: Computers
Page: 351
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Launch Your Construction Management Career—Quickly and Effectively Written by an experienced construction management specialist, Construction Management JumpStart provides all the core information you need, whether you're considering a new career or expanding your responsibilities: Understanding the functions of construction management Understanding the design and construction process Working with contracts documents Estimating project costs Administering contracts Managing the job site Creating and maintaining a project schedule Measuring project performance Controlling quality Ensuring project safety
Project labor curve A plot of estimated labor hours or crew size required per month for the duration of the project. Project management Application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to the many activities necessary to complete ...
Author: Len Holm
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9781351113618
Category: Architecture
Page: 164
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This book provides 101 real-life construction management case studies from an author with over 40 years’ experience in the construction industry and as a lecturer in construction management. Over 14 chapters, Len Holm has included case studies from real jobsites that cover organization, procurement, estimating, scheduling, subcontractors, communications, quality and cost control, change orders, claims and disputes, safety, and close-outs. Other hot topics covered include BIM, sustainability, and lean. Each case is written in straightforward language and designed to test the reader’s independent and critical thinking skills to develop their real-world problem-solving ability. The cases are open to interpretation, and students will need to develop their own opinions of what’s presented to them in order to reach a satisfactory solution. The cases are ideal for use in the classroom or flipped classroom, for individual or group exercises, and to encourage research, writing, and presenting skills in all manner of applied construction management situations. Such a broad and useful selection of cases studies cannot be found anywhere else. While there is often no "right" answer, the author has provided model solutions to instructors through the online eResource.
Figure 1 helps explain the strength of relationship between factors affecting construction time performance . It expresses two ideas , construction time performance is directly affected by the construction management team's managerial ...
Author: D. A. Langford
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 0419222308
Category: Architecture
Page: 448
View: 359
The proceedings of the CIB W65 Symposium on the Organization and Management of Construction conference are presented here and in the companion volumes as state-of-the-art papers documenting research and innovative practice in the field of construction. The volumes cover four broad themes: business management, project management, risk management, IT development and applications. Each volume is organized to provide easy reference so that the practitioner can speedily extract up to date information and knowledge about the global construction industry. Managing the Construction Enterprise (Volume One): Covers the firm and its business environment, markets and marketing, human resource management strategic planning, and quality management. Managing the Construction Project (Volume Two): focuses upon productivity, procurement, international projects and human issues in relation to management performance of construction organisations. Managing Risk (Volume Two): incorporates discussion of risk away from regulation by government and those safety risks inherent in the construction process. Managing Construction Information (Volume Three, published in conjunction with Construct IT Centre of Excellence): incorporates material on information systems and methods, application of IT to the design and construction processes and how IT theory and applications are best transmitted to students and practitioners. The work represents a collation of wide ranging ideas and theory about construction and how research has contributed to the development of the industry on a global application of research to the problems of the construction industry.
1.18 Fixed‐Sum Contract 11 and completion schedule, the management team strives to produce for the owner a project of maximum value within the most economical time frame. Construction management does not include design or construction ...
Author: S. Keoki Sears
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 9781118745052
Category: Technology & Engineering
Page: 362
View: 142
A thoroughly updated edition of the classic guide to project management of construction projects For more than thirty years, Construction Project Management has been considered the preeminent guide to all aspects of the construction project management process, including the Critical Path Method (CPM) of project scheduling, and much more. Now in its Sixth Edition, it continues to provide a solid foundation of the principles and fundamentals of project management, with a particular emphasis on project planning, demonstrated through an example project, along with new pedagogical elements such as end-of-chapter problems and questions and a full suite of instructor's resources. Also new to this edition is information on the Earned Value Analysis (EVA) system and introductory coverage of Building Information Modeling (BIM) and Lean Construction in the context of project scheduling. Readers will also benefit from building construction examples, which illustrate each of the principles of project management. This information, combined with the case studies provided in the appendix, gives readers access to hands-on project management experience in the context of real-world project management problems. Features two integrated example projects—one civil and one commercial—fully developed through the text Includes end-of-chapter questions and problems Details BIM in scheduling procedures, Lean Construction, and Earned Value Analysis, EVA Provides teaching resources, including PowerPoint slides, interactive diagrams, and an Instructor's Manual with solutions for the end-of-chapter questions Construction Management and Civil Engineering students and professionals alike will find everything they need, to understand and to master construction project management in this classic guide.
Loosemore, M. (1999) Responsibility, power and construction conflict. Construction Management and Economics, 17, 699–709. Loosemore, M. & Tan, C.C. (2000) Occupational stereotypes in the construction industry. Construction Management ...
Author: Anthony Walker
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 9781118500408
Category: Technology & Engineering
Page: 350
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As with all previous editions of Project Management in Construction, this sixth edition focuses on systems theory as the approach suitable for organizing and managing people skilled in the design and completion of construction projects. It discusses the many competing paradigms and alternative perspectives available, for example in relation to differentiation and integration, as well as the emerging study of temporary organizations and its relevance to construction project management. Whilst encompassing the need to develop further theoretical aspects of construction project organization theory, this edition has also enhanced the application of organization studies to practical issues of construction project management. More emphasis has been placed on the added complexity of construction project management by issues surrounding clients and stakeholders, and the control and empowerment of project participants. Additional focus has been placed on sustainability issues as they impinge on construction project management, on reworked views on supply chain management and on developments in partnering, together with clarification of the shifting terms and definitions relating to construction organization structures and their uses.
Construction Management Contract In the construction management contract , construction manager is appointed by the client at an early stage to provide planning , management and coordination . The owner also appoints the designer and ...
Author: Kumar Neeraj Jha
Publisher: Pearson Education India
ISBN: 8131732495
Category: Construction industry
Page: 706
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Construction Project Management deals with different facets of construction management emphasizing the basic concepts that any engineering student is supposed to know. The major principles of project management have been derived through real life case studies from the field. Simplified examples have been used to facilitate better understanding of the concepts before going into the large and complex problems. The book features computer applications (Primavera and MS Project) used to explain planning, scheduling, resource leveling, monitoring and reporting; it is highly illustrated with line dia.
Construction Management Oversight on Major Transit Capital Projects, Hearing before the U.S. Senate, Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, April 9, 1986. Construction Manual, Office of Direct Federal Programs, FHWA, 1985.
A separate feewaspayable to the construction manager. Cluster coordinationwas done byaleadspecialist contractor foreachzone of work such as the ceiling, floor zonesandthe kitchen and canteen area. Theconstruction managerdevelops ...
Author: Peter Fewings
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9781134242580
Category: Technology & Engineering
Page: 375
View: 605
As increasing demands and higher expectations are placed on project managers a need has arisen for an innovative book to enable managers to take on the ever-changing challenges involved in overseeing whole works and dealing with the conflicting needs of the many people involved in a construction project. Based on the author's observations and extensive experience, this book offers the practitioner or the student reader a new approach to project management in construction and engineering, increasing efficiency and communication at all stages while reducing costs, time and risk. It considers integrated project management, emphasizing the importance of effectively handling external factors in order to best achieve an on-schedule, on-budget result and focuses on good negotiation with clients and skilled team leadership.