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Professional Construction Management: Including CM, Design-Construct and General Contracting | 
 enlarge | Authors: Donald S. Barrie, Boyd C Paulson, Boyd Paulson
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math
Category: Book
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 263732
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 3
Pages: 577
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.3
Dimensions (in): 9.5 x 6.8 x 1.1
ISBN: 0070038899
Dewey Decimal Number: 624.068
EAN: 9780070038899
Publication Date: October 1, 1991
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Product Description
The subjects covered in this book include those normally studied in an introductory overview course on construction management, and there is enough depth and added material to serve as the basis for a more advanced course, focusing on organizational and contractual approaches to project management, and the related planning and control systems. This new edition strengthens its coverage of the business aspects of the industry, with a section devoted solely to the business methods in professional construction management. The text's practical in-depth approach to the major engineering and management techniques appeals to both students and practitioners alike.
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Worthwhile investment for those in CM or GC February 19, 2005
Brian D. Tomcik
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I used this book in my CM class as a senior in college. The book is pretty comprehensive and a lot of the info didn't make sense until I actually started in the field of general contracting and construction management. Now the info in the book is understandable. I would recommend the book.
EVERYTHING YOU NEED FOR CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT August 3, 2008
BYF (San Francisco, CA)
From Front Flap:
"This outstanding book offers a broad and indepth coverage of all important construction management topics, paying particular attention to professional construction management (PCM) as a contractual alternatives. This emphasis reflects the growing importance of this newly emerging area. The first nine chapters discuss administrative aspects of construction, while the last nine cover project control tools such as procurement, quality assurance, safety, and labor relations. The book assembles all the information needed to successfully manage a construction project. A general overview chapter is included on computer concepts and applications related to construction. The book is easy to understand because it features a wide range of worked examples, a detailed case study (the Mountain Town warehouse project) discussed throughout the book, and summaries concluding every chapter."
Sample Topics Covered:
* Types of Construction Projects, Organizations and Contracts; The Life Cycle of a Construction Project; Organization for Professional Construction Management; Preconstruction Site Investigation, Planning, Scheduling, Estimating, and Design; Value-Engineering Program, Work Packages, Summary Schedules, Developing Construction Packages; Preparation of Bidding Documents; Contractor Qualifications; Safety Responsibilities; Legal Considerations; Management-Level Reporting; Schedule and Progress Controls; Selecting a Professional Construction Manager; Estimating Project Costs; Cost Codes; Control Budges; The Procurement Cycle; Control of Materials Procurement; Inventory Theory; Value Engineering; Industrial Relations; Safety and Health & Construction; and a sample Bid Package & Contract Forms. (1984)
Good for a junior engineer May 3, 2000
3 out of 23 found this review helpful
I got the book's info from my college professor. He strongly recommends this book for me as a junior engineer. I found many useful tables and info from book that mostly I also get from job. Mr Barrie is a consulting engineer and he shared his experiences with us, I felt happy what he did. In the Cve field, most of the things are gathered from experiences. It is quite diffirence from the IT or EE field, it need much time to do it. Mr Barrie give us what he did in recent decades, and I hope we will done better.
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