Construction Project Management: A Complete Introduction - Hardcover

by Alison Dykstra (Author)

What it takes to develop, plan, and manage a successful construction project

The new, updated and expanded edition of this bestselling text addresses the basics of how we design, develop, and construct our buildings and our communities. Written in a straightforward and highly readable style, Construction Project Management provides the reader with crucial background information often overlooked in other texts:

• The roles of the major players owners and designers, general and specialty contractors;
• Why contractors should avoid some jobs, and how to get the right ones;
• What bidding is, and why the low bid is not always the best bid;
• Why different types of construction contracts carry different levels of risk;
• Why cost estimates and schedules are keys to project success;
• How a contractor brings in a job on time and on budget;

And much more:

• Alternative project delivery and BIM;
• Change orders and getting paid;
• MasterFormat;
• ConsensusDocs and AIA Documents;
• An expanded and updated introduction to Green Construction