Modern construction management

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Modern construction management

Frank Harris and Ronald McCaffer

Blackwell Science, c1995

4th ed

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Includes index

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Description

This text on management techniques is divided into three parts. The first two sections deal with site experience and head office activities. The third section - new for this edition - includes 62 worked examples, drawn from the authors' companion book, "Worked Examples in Construction Management", which has been updated. This edition also features a chapter on quality management, and the estimating and economics chapters have been updated.

Table of Contents

  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • 1 Introduction
  • Section One:
  • 2 Planning Techniques
  • 3 Work Study
  • 4 Activity Sampling
  • 5 Incentives
  • 6 Cost Control
  • 7 Plant Management
  • Section Two:
  • 8 Company Organization
  • 9 Contractual Arrangements
  • 10 Market Planning
  • 11 Estimating and Tendering
  • 12 Competitive Bidding
  • 13 Budgetary Control
  • 14 Cash Flow and Interim Valuations
  • 15 Economic Assessments
  • 16 Financial Management
  • 17 Quality Management
  • Section Three:
  • Worked Examples
  • Questions
  • Solutions
  • Index

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