Urban construction project management
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| Format: | Electronic |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
McGraw-Hill,
c2009.
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| Series: | McGraw-Hill construction series.
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Table of Contents:
- 1 Project Organization
- Home Office and Project-Specific Personnel Assigned to the Project
- Preconstruction Organization
- Cost of Preconstruction Services
- Bid and Award Phase
- Construction Phase Organization
- Determining the Cost of Personnel Assigned to the Project-General Conditions
- Project Close-out Phase
- Duties and Responsibilities of the CM/GC's Personnel Assigned to the Project
- Project Executive (PE)
- Project Manager (PM)
- Account Executive (AE)
- Estimator
- Scheduler
- Accountant
- General Superintendent (GS)
- Superintendent
- Assistant Superintendent (AS)
- Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing, Sprinkler (MEPS) Engineer
- Project Engineer
- Labor Foreman
- Timekeeper
- Plan Clerk
- Site Safety Manager
- Project Stakeholders
- Role of the Owner's Representative
- Summary
- 2 Risk Assessment and Problem Solving
- Risk Management
- Risk Assessment
- Tools of Risk Management
- Categories of Risk
- Risks Encountered During the Project Life Cycle
- Health, Safety, and Environmental Risks
- Construction Defects as Potential Risks
- Why CM/GCs Fail
- CM/GC Company's Wellness
- Summary
- 3 Testing and Quality Control
- What Is Testing?
- Testing Groups
- Mixtures
- Connections
- Assemblies
- Material
- Load Capacity
- Pressures
- Flow
- Systems
- Performance
- Mock-Ups and Wind Model Tests
- Field Fabrication of Structural Components (Mixture and Components)
- Testing Procedure Organizations
- Project Tests
- Quality Control
- Summary
- 4 Building Codes and Permits
- Building Codes
- International Building Code (IBC)
- Means and Methods for the Construction Manager/General Contractor (CM/GC)
- Permits
- Permit Process
- Inspections
- Testing
- Certificate of Occupancy (C of O) and Temporary Certificate of Occupancy (TCO)
- Landmarks
- Summary
- 5 Safety
- History of Safety Issues
- Occupational Safety Health Administration (OSHA)
- New York City Safety Programs
- Tragic Accidents
- Safety Record
- Injury and Death Impact on the Construction Process
- Safety and Cost Implications
- Stanford Accident Cost Accounting System
- Workers' Compensation
- Liability Insurance
- Reducing Accidents on the Urban Job Site
- When an Accident Occurs on the Job Site
- The Safety Poem
- Summary
- 6 Logistics
- Logistics
- Cranes
- Crane Safety
- Hoists
- Temporary Services and Facilities
- Temporary Electrical Power
- Standpipe
- Field Offices and Shanties
- Storage
- Off-Site Storage
- On-Site General Storage
- Dumpsters
- Storage of Gas Cylinders and Other Hazardous Materials
- Required Permits
- Moratoriums
- Signage
- Sidewalk Bridges, Sheds, and Fencing
- Security
- Underpinning and Shoring
- Underpinning
- Shoring and Sheeting
- Excavation
- Initial Layout
- The Equipment
- Excavation Stability
- Rock Excavation
- Dewatering
- Methods for Dewatering
- Summary
- 7 Layouts and Surveying
- Surveying.