CPM In Construction Management - Hardcover

O'Brien, James; Plotnick, Fredric

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0071344403 ISBN 13: 9780071344401

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education, 1999

Synopsis

This is a tried and true CPM scheduling streamliner. Now in its 5th edition, this must-have resource for using Critical Path Method shows you exactly how to build speed, accuracy, and flexibility into construction project scheduling. "CPM in Construction Management" by award-winning author James J. O'Brien provides in-depth coverage of Primavera's CPM software which dominates the industry. Brand new CPM software accompanies new example cases that bring you up-to-date with today's construction situations. This complete package helps you run a tight construction ship with all you need to know about: event time computations; procurement; preconstruction; monitoring project progress; cost control; equipment and workforce planning; precedents networks; CPM in claims and litigations; and dozens of of other CPM factors.

About this title

From the Publisher:

Develop hands-on understanding of proper construction scheduling processes

Primavera sample software included on CD-ROM

A complete "John Doe" example included, showing how to develop and use proper scheduling methods

CPM (Critical Path Movement) is a tool to help management stay on top of the project from the outset to the conclusion and closeout

Updates the examples of CPM used in litigation

"How to" perform calculations of CPM to understand what the software is doing

Illustrates various tabular and graphic reports

CPM can be used to save big money through delay avoidance, accurate cost and time predictions, and claims avoidance and/or reduction

From the Back Cover:

PICK UP THE PACE WITH CPM ACHIEVE SPEED ... ACCURACY... FLEXIBILITY IN PROJECT DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION

Widely utilized for its much-coveted ability to bring a network approach to scheduling, Critical Path Management (CPM) has become a powerful catalyst for fail-safe construction project design and management. And when it comes to applying CPM to day-in, day-out construction situations, this is the one guide you'll want to have.

Written by the vice chair of the celebrated construction management firm that renovated San Francisco's cable car system and redeveloped New York's JFK Airport, and coauthored by one of America's leading construction scheduling experts, the Fifth Edition of CPM in Construction Management arms you with more glitch-busting tools than ever for smooth handling of complex jobs.

This highly informative, highly useful book shows you how CPM:

- Works and how to make it work for you

- Serves as the analytical tool of choice for the evaluation, negotiation, resolution, and/or litigation of construction claims

- Cuts costs in a one-person operation or the most complex multinational enterprise

- Helps you stay on top of every aspect of complicated projects

- Saves you big money in delay avoidance, accurate cost predictions, and claims reduction

- Multiplies the effectiveness of your instincts, experience, and knowledge

- Explains how to fully and properly utilize the power of leading scheduling software such as Primavera(tm)

With case studies of major construction projects around the world and a "John Doe" example project that's followed throughout, this book goes a long way in simplifying your application of CPM. From cutting project time up to 40 percent, to advanced gains from computer programs... from assessing critical deliveries, to courtroom evidentiary value... this updated classic is the construction tool that makes everything around you work better, faster, and more economically.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0071344403
• ISBN 13: 9780071344401
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 540