Keep up to management standards with the Construction Jobsite Management, 2nd Edition
This book deals with all facets of construction project management from the contractor's point of view. It examines the duties that are handled by the project manager, construction superintendent, and construction engineer throughout the progress of a job, from the configurations of a project team through project closeout. A hallmark of this book is its dedicated focus on the activities of jobsite personnel that includes helpful techniques and procedures for effectively managing a project from start to finish. The clear, concise language in which it is written makes this book an essential introduction to the “real world” of effective management techniques.
Features:
- Discussions of current philosophies, procedures, and methods of management
stress application over theory, making this book ready-made for use on the
jobsite
- The authors bring numerous years of actual construction project management
experience to life so that concepts are immediately applicable to the real
world
- Construction documents for use in project management are discussed,
including the use of common forms such as AIA papers that can be directly
applied to project situations
- The chapters on safety and computerized project management are thoroughly
up-to-date, keeping on pace with emerging technologies and jobsite
conditions
- Chapter objectives and review questions reinforce concepts, and an
Instructor's Manual is available with answers to the review questions
Construction Jobsite Management 2E - Table of Contents:
- Introduction to Project Management
- The Project Team, Use of Construction Documents on the Jobsite
- Submittals, Samples, and Shop Drawings
- Documentation and Record Keeping at the Jobsite
- Jobsite Layout and Control
- Meetings, Negotiations, and Dispute Resolution
- Jobsite Labor Relations and Control
- Personnel and Safety Management
- Subcontracting and Purchasing
- Project Quality Management
- Time and Cost Control
- Computerized Project Administration
- Changes and Claims
- Progress Payments
- Project Closeout
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