This document provides information about the 7th edition of a construction management textbook. It includes details about the book such as its publication year, length, price and topics covered in each chapter. The summary highlights the book focuses on modern practices, lean construction, sustainability, corporate social responsibility, and building information management.
This document provides information about the 7th edition of a construction management textbook. It includes details about the book such as its publication year, length, price and topics covered in each chapter. The summary highlights the book focuses on modern practices, lean construction, sustainability, corporate social responsibility, and building information management.
This document provides information about the 7th edition of a construction management textbook. It includes details about the book such as its publication year, length, price and topics covered in each chapter. The summary highlights the book focuses on modern practices, lean construction, sustainability, corporate social responsibility, and building information management.
This document provides information about the 7th edition of a construction management textbook. It includes details about the book such as its publication year, length, price and topics covered in each chapter. The summary highlights the book focuses on modern practices, lean construction, sustainability, corporate social responsibility, and building information management.
This new edition of a core undergraduate textbook for construction managers reflects current best practice, topical industry preoccupations and latest developments in courses and fundamental subjects for students. While the construction process still requires traditional skills, changes over recent decades today demand improved understanding of modern business, production and contractual practices. The authors have responded accordingly and the book has undergone a thorough re-write, eliminating some of the older material and adding new processes now considered essential to achieving lean construction. Particular emphasis is given, for example, to supply chains and networks, value and risk management, BIM, ICT, project arrangements, corporate social responsibility, training, health and welfare and environmental sustainability.
Salient Features Drivers for efficiency: lean construction underpinning production management and off-site production methods. Sustainability: reflecting the transition to a low carbon economy. Corporate Social Responsibility: embracing health & safety, modernistic contracts, effective procurement, and employment issues. Building Information Management: directed towards the improvement of construction management systems.
Table of Contents 1 Introduction 1 2 Quality management 7 3 Production process improvement 35 4 Planning techniques 80 5 Workforce motivation 117 6 Project cost control 133 7 Management of equipment 147 8 Project procurement 171 9 Estimating and tendering 211 10 Competitive bidding 242 11 Company budgetary control 268 12 Cash flow and interim valuations 277 13 Economic assessments 298 14 Company organisation 337 15 Market planning and business development 369 16 International construction logistics and risks 382 17 Information resources and ICT systems 390 18 Financial management 416 19 Questions – construction management 449 20 Questions – operational research (OR) 499 21 Questions – Six Sigma 511
About the Author
Frank Harris :- Frank Harris, BEng, MSc, PhD, DSc, CEng, MICE, FCIOB is Emeritus Professor of Construction Science at the University of Wolverhampton.
Francis Edum-Fotwe :- Francis Edum-Fotwe, BSc, MSc, PhD, MASCE is Lecturer in Construction and Project Management at Loughborough University.
Ronald McCaffer :- Ronald McCaffer, BSc, PhD, DSc, FREng, FRSE, FICE, FCIOB, is Emeritus Professor of Construction Management at Loughborough University.
