Bulgaria (Eyewitness Travel Guides) by Jonathan Bousfield DK Travel - Construction Management and Planning PDF



This book presents the various issues and techniques in different facets of construction management. It gives a lucid description of the concepts included in the study of construction site analysis, financial management and legal environs with special emphasis on applications.Special Features: System techniques like CPM and PERT to study time-cost relationships and uncertainty;Includes selected research topics on construction management detailing bidding models, scheduling uncertainty, resource optimisation, aggregate blending, etc; Incorporates important topicsaccounts management, cost management, contracts and commercial laws and, tender evaluation;Discusses the computer aided training in various fields of construction industry through application programs on project management, advanced construction engineering and export system for construction;Includes a case study showing the analysis of a tender bid; Highlights the various operation research techniques such as queuing, linear programming and simulation;Innovative exercises and worked examples at the end of various chapters.Table of Contents1. Introduction2. Contract Management3. Details of Construction4. Construction Organisation and Superintendence5. Operation Analysis and Statics6. Construction Practice I7. Construction Practice II: Superstructure8. Times Management and Scheduling9. Quantitative Management Applications10. Quality Management and Safety11. Resource Management and Inventory12. Accounts Management13. Cost Management14. Financial Management15. Contract and Relevant Commercial Laws16. Relevant Labour and Industrial Laws17. Case study18. Information Management and Computers19. Selected ResearchTopics in Construction Management Download