Critical Path Method (CPM) is a powerful technique for achieving speed, accuracy, and flexibility in planning and scheduling for project design and construction. This book describes fully the concept of CPM and its practical use in the construction industry. Included are details of specific project applications, as well as discussions of how CPM can be used in the areas of cost control and resource management. The fourth edition features a new chapter on computer programs and systems, and evaluates the impact of personal computers on calculating CPM schedules. This edition contains a number of informative case studies, but one comprehensive case study is used throughout the book to exemplify the versatility of CPM-from project preparation and monthly construction reviews, to claims evaluation.
- Perfect for PSP certification
- On the CD-ROM: CPM software updates
- New case studies, on CD and in text
- Added in-depth coverage of Primavera(tm)
ACCELERATE WITH CPM -- AND THIS LEADING GUIDE TO CONSTRUCTION PLANNING AND SCHEDULING
Widely used to network schedules effectively, critical path management (CPM) has become a powerful catalyst for fail-safe construction project design and management. And when it comes to applying CPM to day-in, day-out construction situations, this guide is the one you'll want to have. Written by the former vice chair of the celebrated construction management firm that renovated San Francisco's cable car system and redeveloped New York's JFK Airport, and by one of America's leading construction scheduling experts, the Sixth Edition of CPM in Construction Management arms you with more glitch-busting tools than ever for smooth handling of complex jobs.
This highly informative, highly useful book shows you how CPM:
- Works -- and how to make it work for you
- Serves as the analytical tool of choice for the evaluation, negotiation, resolution, and/or litigation of construction claims
- Cuts costs in a one-person operation or the most complex multinational enterprise
- Helps you stay on top of every aspect of complicated projects
- Saves you big money in delay avoidance, accurate cost predictions, and claims reduction
- Multiplies the effectiveness of your instincts, experience, and knowledge
- Explains how to fully and properly utilize the power of leading scheduling software such as Primavera(tm)
With case studies of major construction projects around the world and a "John Doe" example project that's followed throughout, this book goes a long way in simplifying your application of CPM. From cutting project time up to 40 percent, to advanced gains from computer programs; from assessing critical deliveries, to courtroom evidentiary value -- this updated classic is the construction tool that makes everything around you work better, faster, and more economically.
Expedite CPM -- and Your Projects
Fundamentals of CPM * Event time computations * Activity time computations * Procurement * Preconstruction * The CPM schedule * Preparation of CPM network * CPM by computer * Monitoring project progress * CPM and cost control * Equipment and work force planning *Precedence networks * Computer programs and systems * Applications and advantages of CPM * Specifying CPM * CPM costs *Case histories * CPM in claims and litigation
