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This book is a discussion of the procedures and techniques that need to be mastered to manage a construction project in the 21st century. This technical book has been developed for the purpose of being used as a textbook in construction management classes in technical schools and universities.
The authors, John Schaufelberger and Len Holm dedicated this book to construction project managers-the team leaders of our industry.
This text is written in a construction industry biased approach, as stated in the text title. This text was written for the purpose of being sold to students to use in university-sponsored classes in construction management. Its drafts were reviewed by employees of Washington University, Washington State University, Texas A&M, Southern Polytechnic State University (a Georgia University System technical university located in Marietta, GA), University of Arkansas, and Purdue University.
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The title is very appropriate for the book. The first chapter sums up the whole objective of doing project management in the very best humanly possible ways and means, using the proper targets and goals. The first paragraph of this book defines the process as:
"Project management is the application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to the many activities required to complete a project successfully. In construction, project success generally is defined in terms of safety, quality, cost, and schedule. These project attributes are in a physical relationship as follows:
The project mangers challenge is to balance quality, cost and schedule within the context of a safe project environment. Where cost and schedule may be compromised to produce a quality project, there can...