This textbook focuses on and integrates the three main areas of construction management, construction project management, construction production management and construction business management. Special synergies are targeted by bringing these three areas under one inter-locking umbrella. Forty-four concise chapters, packed with industry examples and case studies, deliver the 'essentials in each sub-theme, with each chapter readable in one student 'sitting'. Carefully selected topics cover essential knowledge and skills, bringing industry to the 'classroom'; including rarely addressed topics such as construction logic and strategy, insurances, bonds and guarantees, legal issues in procurement, bidding strategies, writing winning proposals, short-term look ahead plans, , waste management, value-stream mapping techniques, construction culture, ethics and professionalism.
Additionally, the book provides fresh insights on how to manage construction projects from concept to completion, whether working for clients, contractors and subcontractors, or consultants. The authors draw on their experiences in running contracting and consultancy firms, and their extensive teaching and research.
The book will be particularly useful for final year undergraduate students and graduate students studying engineering, construction, architecture or quantity surveying in general, as well as for practitioners in construction engineering and construction management in particular. In addition to covering the basics, this book distils and delivers 'learnable packets' on key topics, and highlights new trends to help progressive managers develop special insights on the management of construction projects, through the lenses of not just 'project management' but also 'production management' and business management', thereby providing a unique unifying overview.
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Für höhere Schule und Studium
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220 s/w Abbildungen
220 Illustrations, black and white
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Höhe: 254 mm
Breite: 178 mm
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978-1-4987-5352-4 (9781498753524)
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Dr Vasantha Abeysekera is senior lecturer and Director of Construction Management Studies at the University of Southern Queensland, Australia. He has extensive university teaching experience in several countries, and previously set up and managed a construction contracting firm and a project management firm in Sri Lanka for almost a decade.
Professor Mohan Kumaraswamy is an Honorary Professor of The University of Hong Kong, where he taught for two decades. He previously worked on design and construction projects in Sri Lanka and Nigeria, as a Project Engineer, Construction Manager and then Director of a pioneering construction project management company. He has been particularly actively involved in professional bodies throughout his career.
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University of Southern Queensland, Australia
University of Hong Kong
Introduction to Construction Management. The Nature of Construction and Construction Management. An Introduction to Construction Culture. Ethics, Professionalism and the Construction Industry. Construction Business Management - Commercial Issues. Procurement Strategies and Commercial Priorities. Responding to Bid Opportunities. Submitting Winning Proposals. Tendering Process and Procedure. Bonds, Guarantees, and Insurances. Pricing and Costing Strategies. Project Financing: Managing Cash Flows. Payment Cycles and Payment Claims. Variations and Final Accounts. Controlling Costs. Construction Project Management. Development Planning. Stakeholder Management. Design Management. Project Management Frameworks. Project Briefs and Project Management Plans. Progress Reporting - A Client Perspective. An Introduction to Contract Administration. Contract Administration and the Role of the Client. Contract Administration and the Role of the Contractor. Managing Defects - Broad Issues. Conflicts, Claims and Disputes. Construction Production Management - On-site Issues. Choreographing Construction Logic: Success, Scope, Strategy, and Schedules. Charting Construction Logic: Embedded Design, Rate, and Rhythm, Tools and Techniques. Preparing Short-term Look-ahead Plans. Focusing on Task Explosion, Transformation, and Flow Issues. Value Stream Mapping - A Lean Construction Perspective. Managing Quality at the Coal Face. Responding to Environmental Concerns. Managing Safety: The Building Blocks. Managing Subcontractors. Progress Reporting - Time, Cost, Quality, Safety and Waste. Trends in Construction Management. Relationship Management and Relational Contracting. Integrated Construction Project Management and Teamworking. Innovative Procurement and Delivery Approaches and ICT Aids. Linking Construction Project Management to Built Asset Management. Benefiting from BIM and other Digital Representations and Simulations. Case Studies on Construction Management. Case Study 1 - Two Storey Residence: Concept to Completion. Case Study 2 - Tender for a 5km long Footpath in Record Time. Case Study 4 - Bus Shelters for the City of Lakes: Design and Build. Case Study 4 - Target Cost contract in an underground Railway Station. Case Study 5 - Integrating business management, construction project management, construction production management and built asset management.
