Synopses & Reviews
Construction management is about controlling time, cost, quality, and safety, and acting in a socially, politically, and environmentally acceptable manner. Undergraduate non-construction majors and graduate Construction Management students need a general, yet comprehensive, text that covers the fundamentals of construction so that they may operate within the aforementioned parameters.
The first edition of Construction Management Fundamentals gives students a solid understanding of construction so that, as designers and constructors, they will be better prepared to make intelligent design decisions and to interact in a meaningful and productive manner. For those students who may take only one or two construction courses, the material is covered in a logical, simple, and concise format.
Synopsis
This first edition of Construction Management Fundamentals is general in terms of individual construction process activities and comprehensive in terms of construction fundamentals (get work, do work, keep score). This is a comprehensive new text for the emerging Construction Fundamentals course taught to non-construction engineering and architecture majors taking only one or two construction courses. These students are not majoring in construction and have very little knowledge of the construction industry, construction processes, or how projects are executed.
About the Author
Cliff Schexnayder (Tempe, AZ) Professor Del Webb School of Construction, Arizona State University. Dr. Mayo just left a teaching position in the School of Construction at ASU and now works in industry.
Table of Contents
1 Historical Perspective Construction Management 2 Overview of the Construction Industry 3 Construction Management Functions 4 Scheduling Techniques for Construction Projects 5 Construction Cost Estimates 6 Estimating Heavy/Civil Projects 7 Estimating Building Projects 8 Construction Contracts 9 Construction Accounting Construction Practice 10 Machine Power 11 Equipment Selection and Utilization 12 Equipment Cost 13 Building Materials 14 Building Construction Methods 15 Quality and Productivity 16 Safety 17 Trends Appendix A GlossaryAppendix B Selected Unit EquivalentsAppendix C AIA Document A101-1997Appendix D AIA Document A201-1997