Table of contents:
Introduction
Chapter 1 Project Life Cycles and Success
Chapter 2 Building the Client Business Case
Chapter 3 Project Definition
Chapter 4 Strategic Issues
Chapter 5 Construction Performance and Planning
Appendix Chapter 5 Critical Path Method
Chapter 6 Organisational Structure, Culture and Leadership
Chapter 7 Engineering the Psycho-Productive Environment
Chapter 8 Managing Risk and Value
Chapter 9 Design Management
Chapter 10 Project Safety, Health and Environment
Appendix Chapter 10 Guidelines to Minimum Practice Requirements
Chapter 11 The PFI Model
Chapter 12 The Emergence and Implementation of Supply Chain Management in Construction
Chapter 13 Quality and Customer Care
Chapter 14 Project Close and Systems Improvement
Chapter 15 Towards a more integrated approach
Glossary of important terms
As increasing demands and higher expectations are placed on project managers, a need has arisen for an innovative book to enable managers to take on the ever-changing challenges involved in overseeing whole works and dealing with the conflicting needs of the many people involved in a construction project.
Based on the author's observations and experience, this book offers the practitioner or the student reader a new approach to project management in construction and engineering, increasing efficiency and communication at all stages while reducing costs, time and risk. It considers integrated project management, emphasizing the importance of effectively handling external factors in order to best achieve an on-schedule, on-budget result, and focusing on good negotiation with clients and skilled team leadership.
Presenting a new approach to project management in construction and engineering based on the author's practical experiences. It considers all aspects of project management with particular emphasis on increasing efficiency and communication at all stages while reducing costs, time and risk.
Introduction
Chapter 1 Project Life Cycles and Success
Chapter 2 Building the Client Business Case
Chapter 3 Project Definition
Chapter 4 Strategic Issues
Chapter 5 Construction Performance and Planning
Appendix Chapter 5 Critical Path Method
Chapter 6 Organisational Structure, Culture and Leadership
Chapter 7 Engineering the Psycho-Productive Environment
Chapter 8 Managing Risk and Value
Chapter 9 Design Management
Chapter 10 Project Safety, Health and Environment
Appendix Chapter 10 Guidelines to Minimum Practice Requirements
Chapter 11 The PFI Model
Chapter 12 The Emergence and Implementation of Supply Chain Management in Construction
Chapter 13 Quality and Customer Care
Chapter 14 Project Close and Systems Improvement
Chapter 15 Towards a more integrated approach
Glossary of important terms
As increasing demands and higher expectations are placed on project managers, a need has arisen for an innovative book to enable managers to take on the ever-changing challenges involved in overseeing whole works and dealing with the conflicting needs of the many people involved in a construction project.
Based on the author's observations and experience, this book offers the practitioner or the student reader a new approach to project management in construction and engineering, increasing efficiency and communication at all stages while reducing costs, time and risk. It considers integrated project management, emphasizing the importance of effectively handling external factors in order to best achieve an on-schedule, on-budget result, and focusing on good negotiation with clients and skilled team leadership.
Presenting a new approach to project management in construction and engineering based on the author's practical experiences. It considers all aspects of project management with particular emphasis on increasing efficiency and communication at all stages while reducing costs, time and risk.