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Construction project scheduling

Michael T. Callahan, Daniel G. Quackenbush, James E. Rowings

(McGraw-Hill series in construction engineering and project management)

McGraw-Hill, c1992

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Includes index

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Description

This text teaches students more than just the technical aspects of a Critical Path Method (CPM) schedule. With this text, students go a step further, and learn how to make the CPM schedule into a usable document for project management. After using this book, students should know the basic details of a network schedule, and its construction applications. The text provides practical instruction on mangement of time and resources, including advice on how to deal with delays and time extensions. It also explain the use of certain subroutines that are available in common software packages. A solutions manual is available.

Table of Contents

  • Requirements for construction scheduling
  • Gantt charts
  • critical path method schedules
  • precedence diagramming methods
  • developing the project schedule
  • other scheduling methods
  • updating the schedule
  • effective use of CPM schedules
  • expediting the project
  • resource scheduling
  • using a schedule to prove delay claims
  • CPM scheduling on microcomputers
  • the scheduling specification.

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