Part 1 The Owner's Perspective 1
Chapter 1 The Project Life Cycle 1
Chapter 2 Major Types of Construction 5
Chapter 3 Selection of Professional Services 9
Exercises 14
Part 2 Organizing for Project Management 17
Chapter 1 What is Project Management? 17
Chapter 2 Professional Construction Management 19
Chapter 3 Leadership and Motivation for the Project Team 22
Exercises 24
Part 3 Labor,Material and Equipment Utilization 26
Chapter 1 Factors Affecting Job-Site Productivity 26
Chapter 2 Material Procurement and Delivery 29
Chapter 3 Construction Equipment 33
Exercises 37
Part 4 Economic Evaluation of Facility Investments 39
Chapter 1 Basic Concepts of Economic Evaluation 39
Chapter 2 Investment Profit Measures 41
Chapter 3 Methods of Economic Evaluation 44
Exercises 48
Part 5 Bidding and Tendering of Construction Projects 50
Chapter 1 Bidding Procedure of Construction Projects 50
Chapter 2 How to Bid on Projects in Competitive Bidding 56
Exercises 59
Part 6 Contract Management of Construction Projects 62
Chapter 1 Types of Agreements 62
Chapter 2 Changes in Contract 67
Exercises 70
Part 7 Legal Basis of International Projects 75
Chapter 1 Introduction of International Conditions of Contract 75
Chapter 2 Bonds and Insurance 83
Exercises 88
Part 8 Construction Planning 91
Chapter 1 Basic Concepts in the Development of Construction Plans 91
Chapter 2 Defining Work Tasks 93
Chapter 3 Defining Precedence Relationships Among Activities 97
Exercises 100
Part 9 Time Control for Construction Projects 102
Chapter 1 The Critical Path Method 102
Chapter 2 Activity Float and Schedules 104
Chapter 3 Presenting Project Schedules 107
Chapter 4 Scheduling with Uncertain Durations 110
Exercises 114
Part 10 Quality Control and Safety During Construction 116
Chapter 1 Quality and Safety Concerns in Construction 116
Chapter 2 Total Quality Control 119
Chapter 3 Quality Control by Statistical Methods 122
Chapter 4 Safety 124
Exercises 129
Part 11 Organization and Use of Project Information 131
Chapter 1 Computerized Organization and Use of Information 131
Chapter 2 Relational Model of Databases 135
Chapter 3 Information Transfer and Flow 140
Exercises 143
工程管理专业英语翻译 145
英文科技论文写作简介 167
附录1 词汇表 175
附录2 国际学术组织、会议、专业机构与期刊网址简介 191
附录3 SCI、EI、ISTP和ISR检索方法简介 198