Chapter 1 The Owners Perspective
1.1 The Project Life Cycle
1.2 Major Types of Construction
1.3 Selection of Professional Services
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Chapter 2 Organizing for Project Management
2.1 What is Project Management
2.2 Professional Construction Management
2.3 Leadership and Motivation for the Project Team
2.4 Perceptions of Owners and Contractors
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Chapter 3 Labor, Material and Equipment Utilization
3.1 Factors Affecting Job-Site Productivity
3.2 Material Procurement and Delivery
3.3 Construction Equipment
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Chapter 4 Economic Evaluation of Facility Investments
4.1 Basic Concepts of Economic Evaluation
4.2 Investment Profit Measures
4.3 Methods of Economic Evaluation
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Chapter 5 Bidding and Tendering of Construction Projects
5. 1 Bidding Procedure of Construction Projects
5.2 How to Bid on Projects in Competitive Bidding
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Chapter 6 Contract Management of Construction Projects
6.1 Types of Agreements
6.2 The Parties of Contract
6.3 Changes in Contract
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Chapter 7 Legal Basis of International Projects
7.1 Introduction of International Conditions of Contract
7.2 Bonds and Insurance
7.3 Claims and Disputes Study and Practices
Chapter 8 Construction Planning
8.1 Basic Concepts in the Development of Construction Plans
8.2 Defining Work Tasks
8.3 Defining Precedence Relationships Among Activities
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Chapter 9 Time Control for Construction Projects
9.1 The Critical Path Method
9.2 Activity Float and Schedules
9.3 Presenting Project Schedules
9.4 Scheduling with Uncertain Durations
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Chapter 10 Cost Control for Construction Projects
10.1 Strategy of Cost Control
10.2 Schedule and Budget Updates
10.3 Relating Cost and Schedule Information
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Chapter 11 Quality Control and Safety During Construction
11.1 Quality and Safety Concerns in Construction
11.2 Total Quality Control
11.3 Quality Control by Statistical Methods
11.4 Safety
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Chapter 12 Organization and Use of Project Information
12.1 Types of Project Information
12.2 Computerized Organization and Use of Information
12.3 Relational Model of Databases
12.4 Information Transfer and Flow
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Appendix 1 Glossary
Appendix 2 Translation for Specialty English
Appendix 3 Project Management World Wide Web Sites