Construction Project Management, 3rd Edition

Presents a detailed treatment of a comprehensive management system for the control of field construction. With an emphasis on applications and practical aspects, it discusses the management control of project planning, time, cost, resources and finance using simple, thoroughly tested principles. Fully updated for the '90s, the Third Edition places greater emphasis on computers and their impact on the management of construction projects and on the use of network techniques to control projects and settle disputes.

Master the essentials of planning, scheduling, and managing field construction projects

For more than thirty years, Construction Project Management by Clough and Sears has been considered the preeminent guide to the Critical Path Method (CPM) of project scheduling. It combines a solid foundation in the principles and fundamentals of CPM with particular emphasis on project planning, demonstrated through an example project.

This Fifth Edition features a range of improvements. New pedagogical devices improve absorption of the material. Updated labor, material, and equipment pricing is incorporated into the text. Coverage is enhanced by discussions of contemporary planning and management methods such as Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) and the Earned Value Management System (EVMS).

A highway bridge with a complete cost estimate, including SI units, illustrates each of the principles of project management. Using this basic information and the case studies in the appendix, readers are given project management problems and hands-on project management experience.

The Fifth Edition features include:

• Complete coverage of planning and scheduling principles that apply to every type of construction project

• Expanded coverage of production planning

• Large foldout illustrations conveniently integrated throughout the book

Thorough and up to date, Construction Project Management, Fifth Edition is a superb text for students and an indispensable on-the-job reference for builders, architects, civil engineers, and other construction professionals.