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Construction project management planning, scheduling and controlling a project is a mission. Completing a project on time, keeping quality, costs resources and schedules in line with efficient planning is the objective of this mission. "Construction Project Management" provides a thorough understanding of construction project management by providing various concepts, practical insights, real life examples and skills to execute large and small projects. The book arises out of the author's several years of experience in managing large construction projects in India, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Sultanate of Oman and UAE. It dwells at length on planning, a topic of concern to project managers. Numerous examples, problems, exhibits and data have been included to demystify the subject. The book contains 18 chapters, divided into four parts: Construction Project Management Overview: project management process, project failures, planning, scheduling and controlling; Time Planning: Methodologies for breaking down project work into activities, activity duration estimation, modeling and time analysis of CPM, PERT and Precedence networks; preparation of time-limited and resources-limited schedules; Resource Planning: strategies for planning manpower, construction materials, plant machinery, production costs and project budgets; and, Planning Control Systems: Organisation of control systems, methodologies for controlling resource productivity, costs, time, codification of planning systems and management of information systems using information technology. The book will be useful for project managers, their team member, trainers, project consultants, architects and students of civil engineering and business management.

Table of Contents:
Part I: Construction Project Management 1. Construction Projects Management Framework 2. Project Planning Scope Part II: Time Planning 3. Project Work Breakdown 4. Project CPM/PERT Network Analysis 5. Precedence Network Analysis 6. Project Work Scheduling Part III: Resource Planning 7. Planning Construction Manpower 8. Planning Construction Materials 9. Projects Construction Equipment 10. Selecting Construction Equipment 11. Planning Construction Costs 12. Planning Construction Budgets Part IV: Planning Control System 13. Project Control Methodology 14. Resources Productivity Control 15. Project Cost Control 16. Project Time Control 17. Codification of the Planning System 18. Project Management Information System

About the Author :
Krishan K Chitkara heads the institute of Construction Project management, Gurgaon. He has over 35 years senior-level experience in directing front-line construction activities, training engineers in project management, conducting seminars and offering consultancy services.He has executed quite successfully construction assignments for reputed construction establishment in India, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Sultanate of Oman and United Arab Emirates. The diverse construction tasks executed by him include defence works, residential and commercial complex, precast turn-key jobs, and airfields, treatment plants and lub-oil refinery works.A former professor and head of Works Management in the college of Military Engineering, Pune and Director of National Institute of Construction Management and Research, New Delhi. He has been involved with developing distance learning courses and is visiting faculty at number of engineering and management institutions. He has contributed papers and participated in several national and international seminars; and has organized and conducted number of workshops and in-house programme in Construction Project Management for government, public and private sectors enterprises.He has authored book on Construction Project Management: Planning, Scheduling and Controlling, and a CD-ROM titled CPMT Plus, both published by Tata McGraw-Hill, New Delhi.Lieut. Colonel (Retd) K.K. Chitkara, AVSM, was commissioned into the Corps of Engineers of Indian Army in the 1954. He graduated in Civil Engineering and secured first class first in MBA. In India, he is Fellow of the Institute of Engineers, Institute of Surveyors and Institute of Valuers, and is life Member of the Indian Road Congress and Indian Society of Training & Development. He was awarded ATI VISHISHT SEVA MEDAL by the President of India for the distinguished service of exceptional order rendered by him in the north-eastern borders of India.


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  • ISBN-13: 9780074620625
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
  • Publisher Imprint: McGraw-Hill Professional
  • Height: 250 mm
  • Spine Width: 35 mm
  • Width: 190 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0074620622
  • Publisher Date: 16 Aug 1998
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Weight: 1 gr


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