Radosavljevic / Bennett Construction Management Strategies

A Theory of Construction Management
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-119-96848-1
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 336 Seiten, E-Book

An authoritative textbook on construction management offering aclear model for understanding theoretical aspects.
The construction industry has become a truly global network ofinterconnected stakeholders making demands which require theinvolvement of skilled workforces from all over the world.Construction Management Strategies sets thefoundations for understanding and managing construction'sinherent complexity and uniqueness. It establishes cleardefinitions of commonly accepted terms like built environment,construction, civil engineering, etc. which are often givenconfusing and conflicting interpretations. It cuts through theplethora of overlapping role titles currently used in theconstruction sector that make it difficult to establish howprojects are actually managed.
Construction Management Strategies:
* Offers a robust and consistent theoretical basis to explainthe performance of the main approaches to constructionmanagement.
* Describes corporate and project management in construction asan integrated whole.
* Provides the basic toolkit a student needs to think throughthe practical situations they will later face.
* Helps bring the theory of construction management tointernational students who struggle to find a solid grounding inthis complex and fragmented subject.
* Includes a companion website featuring a wealth of directlytransferable examples for students, as well as PPT slides and topicdiscussion ideas for lecturers.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Radosavljevic, Milan

Bennett, John

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
The Authors
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: Introduction and Background
Chapter 2: The Built Environment
Chapter 3: Construction Concepts
Chapter 4: Theory of Construction Management
Chapter 5: Traditional Construction
Chapter 6: Design Build
Chapter 7: Management Approaches
Chapter 8: Partnering
Chapter 9; Total Construction Service
Chapter 10: Implications for Industry
Chapter 11: The Future for Construction Management
Appendix: Theory of Construction Management Propositions
Glossary
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Milan Radosavljevic, Lecturer in the University of Reading'sSchool of Construction Management and Engineering following severalyears as a Demonstration Projects Coordinator for Scotland and as aProduction Director within an off-site construction company inCentral Europe. His award winning PhD research used chaos theory inthe development of the novel Process Planning Methodology. He isDirector of the prestigious Reading MSc in Project Management andhis interests are focused on the role of Building InformationModelling in production management within the Total ConstructionService strategy.
John Bennett, Professor in the University of Reading'sDepartment of Construction Management & Engineering for 25years following 20 years of successful practice in the UK andinternationally, founding editor of the leading journal,Construction Management and Economics, and Director of theUniversity's Centre for Strategic Studies in Constructionthroughout its 12 years of influential research and publishing. Thehallmarks of his academic career are researching international bestpractice and describing the essential messages in clear practicalterms. This has established his reputation as one of the foundingfathers of the construction management discipline.