Construction Project Management-Professional Edition - Hardcover

Gould, Frederick; Joyce, Nancy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0130922803 ISBN 13: 9780130922809

Publisher: Pearson, 2001

Synopsis

For courses in Construction Management.

This first edition text provides readers with a complete overview of the construction industry. While looking at recent innovations in technology and process, it explores the people that are part of the industry and how they work together, as well as the issues that bind them together and keep them apart. It includes information about construction law, contract and deliver types, and issues of dispute.

About this title

From the Back Cover

To be successful in today's construction environment, project managers must utilize essential leadership, communication, and motivational skills. This book emphasizes these attributes as it systematically follows the construction process from beginning to end. Among topics examined are the roles of project participants, the bid process, planning, scheduling, estimating, controlling the project, safety issues, and legal and regulatory issues. Sidebars, authored by industry leaders, examine actual incidents and provide insights into the subject matter.

This book will be invaluable to superintendents, estimators, and field managers, as well as project managers.

Features of Construction Project Management, Professional Edition, include:

• Entire chapters devoted to leadership and construction law
• Comprehensive presentation of content from the project owner's viewpoint, as well as the contractor's perspective
• Coverage of conflict resolution

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0130922803
• ISBN 13: 9780130922809
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 409