Construction management fundamentals

This first edition of Construction Management Fundamentals is general in terms of individual construction process activities and comprehensive in terms of construction fundamentals (get work, do work, keep score). This is a comprehensive new text for the emerging Construction Fundamentals course taught to non-construction engineering and architecture majors taking only one or two construction courses. These students are not majoring in construction and have very little knowledge of the construction industry, construction processes, or how projects are executed.

1 Historical Perspective

Construction Management

2 Overview of the Construction Industry

3 Construction Management Functions

4 Scheduling Techniques for Construction Projects

5 Construction Cost Estimates

6 Estimating Heavy/Civil Projects

7 Estimating Building Projects

8 Construction Contracts

9 Construction Accounting

Construction Practice

10 Machine Power

11 Equipment Selection and Utilization

12 Equipment Cost

13 Building Materials

14 Building Construction Methods

15 Quality and Productivity

16 Safety

17 Trends

Appendix A Glossary

Appendix B Selected Unit Equivalents

Appendix C AIA Document A101-1997

Appendix D AIA Document A201-1997