Handbook of Construction Management
eBook - ePub

Handbook of Construction Management

Scope, Schedule, and Cost Control

  1. 854 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Handbook of Construction Management

Scope, Schedule, and Cost Control

About this book

The book is developed to provide significant information and guidelines to construction and project management professionals (owners, designers, consultants, construction managers, project managers, supervisors, contractors, builders, developers, and many others from the construction-related industry) involved in construction projects (mainly civil construction projects, commercial-A/E projects) and construction-related industries. It covers the importance of construction management principles, procedures, concepts, methods, and tools, and their applications to various activities/components/subsystems of different phases of the life cycle of a construction project. These applications will improve the construction process in order to conveniently manage the project and make the project most qualitative, competitive, and economical. It also discuss the interaction and/or combination among some of the activities/elements of management functions, management processes, and their effective implementation and applications that are essential throughout the life cycle of project to conveniently manage the project.

This handbook will:

  • Focus on the construction management system to manage construction projects

  • Include a number of figures and tables which will enhance reader comprehension

  • Provide all related topics/areas of construction management

  • Be of interest to all those involved in construction management and project management

  • Provide information about Building Information Modeling (BIM), and ISO Certification in Construction Industry

  • Offer a chapter on Lean construction

The construction project life cycle phases and its activities/elements/subsystems are comprehensively developed and take into consideration Henri Fayol's Management Function concept which was subsequently modified by Koontz and O'Donnel and Management Processes Knowledge Areas described in PMBOKÂŽ published by Project Management Institute (PMI).

The information available in the book will also prove valuable for academics/instructors to provide construction management/project management students with in-depth knowledge and guidelines followed in the construction projects and familiarize them with construction management practices.

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Yes, you can access Handbook of Construction Management by Abdul Razzak Rumane in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Business & Project Management. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
CRC Press
Year
2016
eBook ISBN
9781315356068
Topic
Business
Subtopic
Project Management
Index
Business

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Half Title Page
  3. Series Page
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Dedication
  7. Contents
  8. List of Figures
  9. List of Tables
  10. Foreword
  11. Acknowledgments
  12. Introduction
  13. Abbreviations
  14. Synonyms
  15. Editor
  16. Contributors
  17. 1 Overview of Construction Projects—Abdul Razzak Rumane
  18. 2 Project Delivery Systems—Abdul Razzak Rumane
  19. 3 Construction Management Delivery System—Abdul Razzak Rumane
  20. 4 Construction Management Tools—Abdul Razzak Rumane
  21. 5 BIM in Design and Construction—Cliff Moser
  22. 6 Construction Contract Documents—Abdul Razzak Rumane
  23. 7 Construction Management—Abdul Razzak Rumane (Section 7.3.11 by Edward Taylor, and Jitu C. Patel)
  24. 8 Lean Construction—Zofia K. Rybkowski and Lincoln H. Forbes
  25. 9 ISO Certification in the Construction Industry—Shirine L. Mafi, Marsha Huber and Mustafa Shraim
  26. Appendix I: Contractor’s Quality Control Plan
  27. Bibliography
  28. Author Index
  29. Subject Index