Authors: Frederick Gould
ISBN-13: 9780131134065, ISBN-10: 013113406X
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Date Published: June 2004
Edition: 3rd Edition
Offering an overview of the construction manager's role and responsibilities, this textbook introduces the relevant actors and processes, concentrating on estimating, scheduling, and project control. Chapters also cover construction contracts and delivery methods, network construction, costs, and updating the project. Background concepts are explicated, and practical applications described. Illustrations and sidebars support the text. Gould teaches at Roger Williams University. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Ch. 1 | Industry and the project | 3 |
Ch. 2 | The project management process | 29 |
Ch. 3 | Construction contracts and delivery methods | 55 |
Ch. 4 | Estimating fundamentals | 77 |
Ch. 5 | Conceptual and square foot estimating | 103 |
Ch. 6 | Assemblies estimating | 133 |
Ch. 7 | Detailed estimating | 173 |
Ch. 8 | Scheduling fundamentals | 205 |
Ch. 9 | Network construction | 227 |
Ch. 10 | Activity duration and network calculations | 247 |
Ch. 11 | Fundamentals of project control | 269 |
Ch. 12 | Cost, schedule, and resource control | 295 |
Ch. 13 | Updating the project control in practice | 319 |