Construction Management and Planning

This book presents the various issues and techniques in different facets of construction management. It gives a lucid description of the concepts included in the study of construction site analysis, financial management and legal environs with special emphasis on applications.Special Features: System techniques like CPM and PERT to study time-cost relationships and uncertainty;Includes selected research topics on construction management detailing bidding models, scheduling uncertainty, resource optimisation, aggregate blending, etc; Incorporates important topics–accounts management, cost management, contracts and commercial laws and, tender evaluation;Discusses the computer aided training in various fields of construction industry through application programs on project management, advanced construction engineering and export system for construction;Includes a case study showing the analysis of a tender bid; Highlights the various operation research techniques such as queuing, linear programming and simulation;Innovative exercises and worked examples at the end of various chapters.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Contract Management
3. Details of Construction
4. Construction Organisation and Superintendence
5. Operation Analysis and Statics
6. Construction Practice I
7. Construction Practice II: Superstructure
8. Times Management and Scheduling
9. Quantitative Management Applications
10. Quality Management and Safety
11. Resource Management and Inventory
12. Accounts Management
13. Cost Management
14. Financial Management
15. Contract and Relevant Commercial Laws
16. Relevant Labour and Industrial Laws
17. Case study
18. Information Management and Computers
19. Selected ResearchTopics in Construction Management