Description
Book SynopsisOffering real-world strategies gleaned from years of professional experience, this book contains the essential tools to prepare a well-organized, efficient, and effective working production schedule for successful construction outcomes. The only guide to address the day-to-day needs with hands-on, problem-resolution strategies, the book views the industry from an insider''s perspective and depicts the integral role of a project scheduler in the design of lucrative schemes and layouts for contemporary residential, commercial, industrial, and civil construction ventures. It conveys skills for project schedulers-one of the fastest-growing career specialties in the construction industry.
Trade Review"This handbook is a very practical guide that addresses the day-to-day needs of professional project schedulers and managers. It is appropriate for residential, commercial, industrial, and civil construction ventures … . The most intriguing aspect of the book is the computer disk included in the back. This disk includes a … project scheduling program [which] can be adapted for nearly any size construction company and is appropriate for any size or type of construction project. … This book is recommended for academic engineering libraries that support programs in construction management. It is also recommended for special libraries connected to construction companies."
- E-Streams, Vol. 7, No. 3, March 2004
"…This edition will definitely be on my shelf and if you're serious about carving out a successful career as tomorrow's American builder…grab this very special book in a hurry before they sell out."
Chad Simmons, President, Simmons Engineering Company, Silicone Valley, California, U.S.A.
Table of ContentsConstruction contract law: contract documents; architect responsibility; engineer responsibility; contractor responsibility; owner responsibility; general conditions; contract specifications; shop drawings; long-lead items; purchase orders; legalaspects of the project schedule; outside delays; legal notices. Preconstruction planning: production planning overview; scheduling fundamentals; progress schedule regimentation; project precon; meeting; bid award prior to commencement; shop drawings log;transmittals; project schedule planning. Project scheduling systems: systems fundamentals; PERT scheduling; scheduling philosophy; field scheduling; proposal scheduling; scheduling system selection; integrated systems. CPM - critical path management:nomenclature terminology; developing the CPM schedule; schedule plan evaluation; performance targets; CPM project planning; scheduling budgets; human resources levelling; matrix networking. Network scheduling: activity arrows; dummy arrows; I-J numbers;milestones; job logic; logic loops; program logic; logic-based scheduling; types and uses of float; constraints. Network diagramming: phase scheduling; multiple critical paths; bar charts; S-curve charts; CPM vs bar chart methods; arrow diagramming (ADM)precedence diagramming (PDM); ADM vs PDM; activity-on-node format; fast-tracking design/build; fast-track CPM; cost-loaded CPM. Project operations: scheduling contingencies; outside delays; recycling the schedule; cost monitoring; schedule operationsanalysis; CPM sorts; daily field reports; change orders management; constructive changes; changed conditions; as-planned, as-builts and adjusted schedules. (Part contents).
