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Chapter 1 The Owners' Perspective

1.1 The Project Life Cycle

1.2 Major Types of Construction

1.3 Selection of Professional Services

1.4 Construction Contractors

Chapter 2 Organizing for Project Management

2.1 What is Project Management?

2.2 Professional Construction Management

2.3 Leadership and Motivation for the Project Team

2.4 Perceptions of Owners and Contractors

Chapter 3 The Design and Construction Process

3.1 Design and Construction as an Integrated System

3.2 Design Methodology

3.3 Functional Design

3.4 Construction Planning

Chapter 4 Labor, Material and Equipment Utilization

4.1 Factors Affecting Job-Site Productivity

4.2 Material Procurement and Delivery

4.3 Construction Equipment

4.4 Queues and Resource Bottlenecks

Chapter 5 Cost Estimation

5.1 Approaches to Cost Estimation

5.2 Types of Construction Cost Estimates

5.3 Unit Cost Method of Estimation

5.4 Cost Indices

Chapter 6 Economic Evaluation of Facility Investments

6.1 Basic Concepts of Economic Evaluation

6.2 Investment Profit Measures

6.3 Methods of Economic Evaluation

6.4 Public Versus Private Ownership of Facilities

Chapter 7 Financing of Constructed Facilities

7.1 The Financing Problem

7.2 Institutional Arrangements for Facility Financing

7.3 Project versus Corporate Finance

7.4 Shifting Financial Burdens

7.5 Construction Financing for Contractors

Chapter 8 Construction Pricing and Contracting

8.1 Pricing for Constructed Facilities

8.2 Contract Provisions for Risk Allocation

8.3 Types of Construction Contracts

8.4 Resolution of Contract Disputes

8.5 Negotiation Simulation: An Example

Chapter 9 Construction Planning

9.1 Basic Concepts in the Development of Construction Plans

9.2 Choice of Technology and Construction Method

9.3 Defining Work Tasks

9.4 Defining Precedence Relationships Among Activities

Chapter 10 Fundamental Scheduling Procedures

10.1 Relevance of Construction Schedules

10.2 The Critical Path Method

10.3 Activity Float and Schedules

10.4 Presenting Project Schedules

Chapter 11 Advanced Scheduling Techniques

11.1 Scheduling with Uncertain Durations

11.2 Scheduling in Poorly Structured Problems

11.3 Calculations for Monte Carlo Schedule Simulation

11.4 Improving the Scheduling Process

Chapter 12 Cost Control, Monitoring and Accounting

12.1 The Cost Control Problem

12.2 Forecasting for Activity Cost Control

12.3 Schedule and Budget Updates

12.4 Relating Cost and Schedule Information

Chapter 13 Quality Control and Safety During Construction

13.1 Quality and Safety Concerns in Construction

13.2 Total Quality Control

13.3 Quality Control by Statistical Methods

13.4 Safety

Chapter 14 Organization and Use of Project Information

14.1 Types of Project Information

14.2 Computerized Organization and Use of Information

14.3 Relational Model of Databases

14.4 Information Transfer and Flow

Reference

1.2 Major Types of Construction

2.1 What is Project Management?

3.4 Construction Planning

4.2 Material Procurement and Delivery

5.1 Approaches to Cost Estimation

6.1 Basic Concepts of Economic Evaluation

7.1 The Financing Problem

8.2 Contract Provisions for Risk Allocation

9.2 Choice of Technology and Construction Method

10.1 Relevance of Construction Schedules

11.2 Scheduling in Poorly Structured Problems

12.1 The Cost Control Problem

13.2 Total Quality Control

14.1 Types of Project Information