Project Management for Engineering and Construction: A Life-Cycle Approach, 4th Edition PDF

A completely updated guide to engineering and construction project management

This up-to-date guide presents highly effective strategies for managing engineering and construction projects from the initial conceptual stage, to design and construction, all the way to completion. Reorganized to mirror the chronology of a real-world job, Project Management for Engineering and Construction: A Life-Cycle Approach, Fourth Edition addresses all phases of the project lifecycle. You will get field-ready tactics to manage the scope, budget, and schedule of a construction project, starting at the very earliest steps of the process.

Coverage includes:

• Project initiation

• Preliminary development

• Work plan development

• Team selection and development

• Document control

• Early estimates

• Project budgeting

• Risk assessment and analysis

• Design proposals

• Project planning and scheduling

• Design coordination

• Construction phase

• Monitoring and reporting

• Project close out

• Project management skills

Author: Garold D. Oberlender, Ph.D., P.E.Gary R. Spencer, Ph.D., P.E.Rose Mary Lewis, P.E