这是一本既能够使读者掌握工程管理专业英语术语，又能够培养和提高读者阅读及翻译专业英语文献的能力，并了解国外工程管理领域最新发展动态和前沿知识的，融实用性和前瞻性于一体的教学用书。书中涵盖了包括项目管理组织、工程项目经济评价、建设项目融资、工程项目招投标与合同管理、进度控制、成本控制、质量与安全控制以及工程项目信息管理等内容在内的工程项目管理领域的理论体系和知识精粹。通过使用本教材在提高读者英语文献阅读和翻译能力的同时，为其日后以英语为工具进行工程管理方面的学术交流和理论研究奠定坚实的基础。

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Chapter 1 The Owner's Perspective

 1.1 The Project Life Cycle

 1.2 Major Types of Construction

 1.3 Selection of Professional Services

 Study and Practices

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

 Study and Practices

Chapter 3 Labor, Material and Equipment Utilization

 3.1 Factors Affecting Job-Site Productivity

 3.2 Material Procurement and Delivery

 3.3 Construction Equipment

 Study and Practices

Chapter 4 Economic Evaluation of Facility Investments

 4.1 Basic Concepts of Economic Evaluation

 4.2 Investment Profit Measures

 4.3 Methods of Economic Evaluation

 Study and Practices

Chapter 5 Bidding and Tendering of Construction Projects

 5.1 Bidding Procedure of Construction Projects

 5.2 How to Bid on Projects in Competitive Bidding

 Study and Practices

Chapter 6 Contract Management of Construction Projects

 6.1 Types of Agreements

 6.2 The Parties of Contract

 6.3 Changes in Contract

 Study and Practices

Chapter 7 Legal Basis of International Projects

 7.1 introduction of International Conditions of Contract

 7.2 Bonds and Insurance

 7.3 Claims and Disputes

 Study and Practices

Chapter 8 Construction Planning

 8.1 Basic Concepts in the Development of Construction Plans

 8.2 Defining Work Tasks

 8.3 Defining Precedence Relationships Among Activities

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Chapter 9 Time Control for Construction Projects

 9.1 The Critical Path Method

 9.2 Activity Float and Schedules

 9.3 Presenting Project Schedules

 9.4 Scheduling with Uncertain Durations

 Study and Practices

Chapter 10 Cost Control for Construction Projects

 10.1 Strategy of Cost Control

 10.2 Schedule and Budget Updates

 10.3 Relating Cost and Schedule Information

 Study and Practices

Chapter 11 Quality Control and Safety During Construction

 11.1 Quality and Safety Concerns in Construction

 11.2 Total Quality Control

 11.3 Quality Control by Statistical Methods

 11.4 Safety

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Chapter 12 Organization and Use of Project Information

 12.1 Types of Project Information

 12.2 Computerized Organization and Use of Information

 12.3 Relational Model of Databases

 12.4 Information Transfer and Flow

 Study and Practices

Appendix 1 Glossary

Appendix 2 Translation for Specialty English

Appendix 3 Project Management World Wide Web Sites