CSMT 431 - Construction Project Management I: Books and eBooks

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After thirty years, it’s still the reference professionals and students turn to… In almost every season and business climate, Construction Contracting has been the cornerstone of the professional’s library—an all-in-one handbook and blueprint on successfully running and managing a construction operation. Written by two veterans of the industry, Construction Contracting outlines some of the most useful construction practice techniques and technological tools available today as well as the keys to turning a construction operation into an efficient, high-profit business.

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Construction Methods and Management, 8/e, is designed to guide construction engineers and managers in planning, estimating, and directing construction operations safely and effectively. Comprehensive and up-to-date, the text integrates major construction management topics with an explanation of the methods of heavy/highway and building construction.
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This book addresses the gap of information relating to the needs of on-site construction management personnel during the construction phase. This single source book addresses the issues concerning resident engineers and inspectors, as well as project managers. It also addresses the responsibility and authority of the owner, engineer, and inspector. Coverage of the importance of claims avoidance and proper conduct of field personnel is stressed as well.
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This Fourth Edition of Construction Project Management reaffirms the book's status as the industry-leading, definitive guide to the Critical Path Method (CPM) of project scheduling. It combines a solid foundation in the principles and fundamentals of CPM with particular emphasis on project planning. A highway bridge with a complete cost estimate is used to illustrate each of the principles of project management.
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A sequential approach to construction project management, this text describes "pencil and paper" techniques for establishing project goals and objectives, arranging the set goals into a network and determining a time schedule for reaching the objectives. By covering the basics of preparing project schedules, a firm foundation is built for readers before they proceed into constructing task networks and developing more advanced computer applications.
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This guide to construction project management should help contractors to sharpen their management skills, so that they can survive and thrive in the 90s. It includes real-world, on-the-job guidance and covers recent revisions to codes, standards and contracts; electronic data-processing estimating procedures; efficient project documentation; arbitration and mediation of claims and contract disputes, including case studies; changes in OSHA health and safety standards; site logistics - preparing the site for maximum utilization and efficiency; and the concept of BOT - Build, Operate and Transfer.

The book offers an improvement upon classical project management processes by tying project processes more directly to the ever-changing requirements of business objective achieving improved flexibility and response time. Filled with examples showing how to implement agile PM into all project situations, the book demonstrates how to develop an appropriate and supportive infrastructure and environment, and reviews the roles of the project manager, general management, and the project team.
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Fast track route to understanding crisis management
Covers the key areas of crisis management from crisis planning and handling a global business crisis to crisis plan execution.
Examples and lessons from some of the world's most successful businesses, including Parsons Corporation, Pepsi Cola, Johnson and Johnson and General Motors, and ideas from the smartest thinkers, including Douglas Hearle, James E Lukaszewski and Fraser P Seitel.
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This book aims to provide those involved in building contracts, whether the owner or the builder, or any other person involved, with an overview of the various systems available for the settling of disputes and also some of the methods being adopted, especially in the larger commercial contracts, for minimizing the chance of disputes arising in the first place.

The Project Management Life Cycle reveals the unique Method 123 Project Management Methodology by defining the phases, activities and tasks required to complete a project. It's different because it describes the life cycle clearly and prescriptively, without the complex terminology rife throughout the industry. Its comprehensive coverage, consistent depth and suite of tools will help managers to undertake projects successfully.

"The Project Management Tool Kit" presents proven project management practices in an accessible, easy-to-apply format. Based on established methodologies used by successful project managers in many fields, the "Tool Kit" features comprehensive summaries of all the processes outlined in the most recent edition of the "PMBOK[registered] (Project Management Body of Knowledge)".
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In recent years, researchers and practitioners have explored the nature, theory, and best practices that are required for effective and ethical crisis preparation and response. The consequences of being unprepared to respond quickly, appropriately, and ethically to a crisis are dramatic and well documented. For this reason, crisis consulting and the development of crisis response plans and protocols have become more than a cottage industry. Taking a rhetorical view of crisis events and utterances, this book is devoted to adding new insights to the discussion, and to describing a rhetorical approach to crisis communication.
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