The CSI Project Delivery Practice Guide - Softcover

Construction Specifications Institute

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0470635193 ISBN 13: 9780470635193

Publisher: Wiley, 2011

Synopsis

Get the must-have reference on standards and best practices for the delivery of a construction project.

The CSI Practice Guides are a library of comprehensive references specifi cally and carefully designed for the construction professional. Each book examines important concepts and best practices integral to a particular aspect of the construction process. Laying the foundation for this series, The CSI Project Delivery Practice Guide provides fundamental knowledge for the documentation, administration, and successful delivery of construction projects. It also serves as the pivotal starting point for understanding CSI's core values, as well as a useful study aid for those wishing to obtain the Construction Documents Technologist certificate.

This easy-to-follow guide:

• Is a great introduction to the construction process for the new practitioner.
• Functions as a ready reference for the experienced construction professional.
• Packaged with the book is an access code which allows access to a password-protected web site with bonus content, including a PDF of the printed book and samples of CSI format documents, such as UniFormat and SectionFormat/PageFormat.

The CSI Project Delivery Practice Guide offers general information all construction professionals need for understanding their roles in the delivery of a construction project. Key principles are presented and discussed in detail to allow the reader to take full advantage of material covered in depth by the more specialized CSI Practice Guides. If you can own only one Practice Guide, this is the one to get.

About this title

About the Author

THE CONSTRUCTION SPECIFICATIONS INSTITUTE (CSI) is a national association dedicated to creating standards and formats to improve construction documents and project delivery. The organization, which has 146 chapters, is unique in the industry in that its members are a cross-section of specifiers, architects, engineers, contractors, and building materials suppliers. CSI is renowned in the industry for its rigorous certifi cation programs for professionals seeking to improve their knowledge of accurate and concise construction documents.

From the Back Cover

The must-have reference on standards and best practices for thedelivery of a construction project

The CSI Practice Guides are a library of comprehensivereferences specifi cally and carefully designed for theconstruction professional. Each book examines important conceptsand best practices integral to a particular aspect of theconstruction process. Laying the foundation for this series, TheCSI Project Delivery Practice Guide provides fundamental knowledgefor the documentation, administration, and successful delivery ofconstruction projects. It also serves as the pivotal starting pointfor understanding CSI's core values, as well as a useful study aidfor those wishing to obtain the Construction Documents Technologistcertificate.

This easy-to-follow guide:

• Is a great introduction to the construction process for the newpractitioner
• Functions as a ready reference for the experienced constructionprofessional
• Includes access to a password-protected web site with bonuscontent, including a PDF of the printed book and copies of CSIformat documents, such as UniFormat andSectionFormat/PageFormat

The CSI Project Delivery Practice Guide offers generalinformation all construction professionals need for understandingtheir roles in the delivery of a construction project. Keyprinciples are presented and discussed in detail to allow thereader to take full advantage of material covered in depth by themore specialized CSI Practice Guides. If you can own only onePractice Guide, this is the one to get.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0470635193
• ISBN 13: 9780470635193
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 496