Chapter 1 The Owner's Perspective 1
1.1 The Project Life Cycle 1
1.2 Major Types of Construction 5
1.3 Selection of Professional Services 11
Study and Practices 16
Chapter 2 Organizing for Project Management 21
2.1 What is Project Management 21
2.2 Professional Construction Management 24
2.3 Leadership and Motivation for the Project Team 27
2.4 Perceptions of Owners and Contractors 29
Study and Practices 31
Chapter 3 Labor,Material and Equipment Utilization 34
3.1 Factors Affecting Job-Site Productivity 34
3.2 Material Procurement and Delivery 38
3.3 Construction Equipment 43
Study and Practices 47
Chapter 4 Economic Evaluation of Facility Investments 50
4.1 Basic Concepts of Economic Evaluation 50
4.2 Investment Profit Measures 52
4.3 Methods of Economic Evaluation 56
Study and Practices 60
Chapter 5 Bidding and Tendering of Construction Projects 63
5.1 Bidding Procedure of Construction Projects 63
5.2 How to Bid on Projects in Competitive Bidding 70
Study and Practices 74
Chapter 6 Contract Management of Construction Projects 79
6.1 Types of Agreements 79
6.2 The Parties of Contract 84
6.3 Changes in Contract 91
Study and Practices 95
Chapter 7 Legal Basis of International Projects 101
7.1 Introduction of International Conditions of Contract 101
7.2 Bonds and Insurance 110
7.3 Claims and Disputes 116
Study and Practices 123
Chapter 8 Construction Planning 128
8.1 Basic Concepts in the Development of Construction Plans 128
8.2 Defining Work Tasks 131
8.3 Defining Precedence Relationships Among Activities 135
Study and Practices 138
Chapter 9 Time Control for Construction Projects 141
9.1 The Critical Path Method 141
9.2 Activity Float and Schedules 144
9.3 Presenting Project Schedules 147
9.4 Scheduling with Uncertain Durations 152
Study and Practices 156
Chapter 10 Cost Control for Construction Projects 159
10.1 Strategy of Cost Control 159
10.2 Schedule and Budget Updates 161
10.3 Relating Cost and Schedule Information 166
Study and Practices 170
Chapter 11 Quality Control and Safety During Construction 173
11.1 Quality and Safety Concerns in Construction 173
11.2 Total Quality Control 177
11.3 Quality Control by Statistical Methods 180
11.4 Safety 182
Study and Practices 187
Chapter 12 Organization and Use of Project Information 191
12.1 Types of Project Information 191
12.2 Computerized Organization and Use of Information 193
12.3 Relational Model of Databases 198
12.4 Information Transfer and Flow 204
Study and Practices 208
Appendix 1 Glossary 210
Appendix 2 Translation for Specialty English 229
Appendix 3 Project Management World Wide Web Sites 255