Construction Management Fundamentals, Third Edition

Construction Management Fundamentals provides an integrated overview of the fundamentals of construction in a logical, simple, and concise format. Numerous examples are used in the text to reinforce construction and management concepts.  These include application details, photographs, and illustrations derived from actual projects. 

Based upon professional practice, standard formats for analyzing common problems are presented and explained.  Such formats prepare students for fast-paced bid preparation where attention to detail is critically important.

This updated third edition has been revised to reflect The National Academy of Construction (NAC), the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and ABET revised construction curriculum requirements to include Building Information Modeling/3-D Modeling and understanding 4D modeling. 

•   Intended for use in an undergraduate Civil Engineering curriculum or for graduate courses in Construction Management. 

•   The text covers the fundamentals of construction in a logical, simple, and concise format, and many examples reinforce construction and management concepts through applications, photographs, and illustrations derived from actual projects

•   Meets the newly revised curriculum requirements (ASCE, NAC, and ABET) to include Building Information Modeling, 3-D modeling, and an understanding of 4-D modeling

Dr. Robert L. Schmitt is a Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Wisconsin, Platteville Campus. He received his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Masters Degree in Civil Engineering from Purdue University, and Bachelor Degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Platteville. Dr. Schmitt has a combined 20 years of construction industry practice, research, and teaching experience. He has managed field-based research projects ranging from determining materials testing and inspection levels on highway construction projects, to improving productivity of field construction operations. He has taught a range of construction engineering courses for 10 years, including project management, costs & estimates, construction equipment, design of construction operations, engineering economic analysis, and senior-level capstone design. Dr. Schmitt is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, American Concrete Institute, Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists, and educational member of Associated General Contractors of America. He has been a registered professional engineer for 15 years.

Cliff Schexnayder (Tempe, AZ) Eminent Scholar Emeritus at Del Webb School of Construction, Arizona State University.

Kraig Knutsen was a senior lecturer at the Del E. Webb School of Construction at Arizona State University.  He has held various positions ranging estimator, safety director, project manager for small residential and commercial to large industrial projects.  He is a member of the American Society of Safety Engineers and the American Association of Cost Engineers.

Clifford J. Schexnayder is an Eminent Scholar Emeritus of the Del E. Webb School of Construction, Arizona State University.  He has worked with major heavy/highway construction contractors as field engineer, estimator, and corporate chief engineer and is an international authority on construction equipment, methods, and techniques.  

Christine Fiori is the department head of Engineering Management Studies and the program director of the Construction Management program at Drexel University where she teaches courses in Project Controls, Equipment Applications and Economics, and Strategic Management. She served as a Civil Engineering officer in the United States Air Force and taught at both the United States Air Force Academy and Arizona State University. 

Dr. Robert L. Schmitt is a professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Wisconsin, Platteville campus with 28 years of construction industry practice, research, and teaching experience. He has authored over 100 publications and has taught a range of construction engineering courses. Dr. Schmitt is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, American Concrete Institute, Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists, and an educational member of Associated General Contractors of America.  

Aaron Cohen, CPC, served for 10 years as the president and owner of Apollo Trenchless, Inc., an engineering and construction services provider specializing in the application of trenchless technologies for municipal construction projects. He held the Associated General Contractors (AGC) Lecturer position at Arizona State University where he still teaches Heavy/Civil construction methods in the Del E. Webb School of Construction.  

Meredith Kinkle is the founder of Kinkle Consulting, LLC. She is a graduate of Purdue University's Civil Engineering program with more than 14 years of experience in the field with construction, planning, and scheduling of infrastructure, roadway, commercial, and bridge projects. She was named ENR's Southeast Top Young Professional of 2017. Kinkle Consulting provides forensic scheduling analysis during claim situations with owners and clients.