Project Management for Engineering and Construction, Third Edition

The Latest, Most Effective Engineering and Construction project Management Strategies

Fully revised throughout, this up-to-date guide presents the principles and techniques of managing engineering and construction projects from the initial conceptual phase, through design and construction, to completion. The book emphasizes project management during the beginning stages of project development to influence the quality, cost, and schedule of a project as early in the process as possible. Featuring an all-new chapter on risk management, the third edition also includes new sections on:
Ensuring project quality

The owner's team

Parametric estimating

Importance of the estimator

Formats for work breakdown structures

Design work packages

Benefits of planning

Calculations to verify schedules and cost distributions

Common problems in managing design

Build-operate-transfer delivery methods




Based on the author's decades of experience in working with hundreds of project managers, this essential resource includes many new real-world examples and updated sample problems.

Project Management for Engineering and Construction, Third Edition, covers:

Working with project teams

Project initiation

Early estimates

Project budgeting

Development of work plan

Design proposals

Project scheduling

Tracking work

Design coordination

Construction phase

Project close out

Personal management skills

Risk management