Construction project scheduling and control /

• Main Author: Mubarak, Saleh A.
• Corporate Author: Wiley InterScience (Online service)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, [2010]
• Edition: 2nd ed.
• Subjects: Construction industry > Management.; Building > Superintendence.; Production scheduling.; Engineering.; Engineering: Construction.; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Construction > General.; Electronic books.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess

Written by a career construction professional, this text about scheduling and project lays out all steps clearly with solved and unsolved exercises that cover each subject. Computer software programs for construction are included for each chapter, along with examination of precedence networks as the...

Table of Contents:

• Frontmatter
• Introduction
• Bar(Gantt)Charts
• Basic Networks
• The Critical Path Method (CPM)
• Precedence Networks
• Resource Allocation and Resource Leveling
• Schedule Updating and Project Control
• Schedule Compression and Time-Cost Trade-Off
• Reports and Presentations
• Scheduling as Part of the Project Management Effort
• Other Scheduling Methods
• Dynamic Minimum Lag Relationship
• Construction Delay and Other Claims
• Schedule Risk Management
• Appendix A: Computer Project
• Appendix B: Sample Reports
• Abbreviations
• Glossary
• References
• Bibliography
• Index.