The Construction Project Manager's First 90 Days
close menu
Bookswagon
search
My Account
Home > Civil engineering, surveying and building > Building construction and materials > The Construction Project Manager's First 90 Days: How to Take Control of Schedule, Cost, Quality, Subcontractors, and Site Problems Before They Take Control of You
The Construction Project Manager's First 90 Days: How to Take Control of Schedule, Cost, Quality, Subcontractors, and Site Problems Before They Take Control of You

The Construction Project Manager's First 90 Days: How to Take Control of Schedule, Cost, Quality, Subcontractors, and Site Problems Before They Take Control of You


     0     
5
4
3
2
1



International Edition


X
About the Book

Are you personally carrying the weight of your construction project, or is a system carrying it with you?

You got the email on a Thursday afternoon: effective Monday, you are the Project Manager on a high-stakes project. Standing in the site parking lot, you feel a mixture of excitement and dread. It is a feeling closer to being handed the keys to a car you have never driven, in a city you have never visited, with someone already in the passenger seat asking when you will arrive. By 9:40 AM on your first Monday, four different people have asked you four different questions, expecting immediate answers. The superintendent needs a call made to a short-handed subcontractor, the commercial manager drops an unanswered variation request on your desk, and the client is on the line demanding a firm delivery date. This is the start of the "reactive cycle"-the exhausting site trap where you spend your days firefighting whichever problem shouts the loudest, while the quiet, massive risks build unattended in unopened spreadsheets.

In The Construction Project Manager's First 90 Days, seasoned industry veteran Daniel R. Whitmore delivers a direct, field-tested operating system designed to break this cycle once and for all. This is not a dry, academic textbook or another generic management guide telling you to be tougher or louder. It is a practical, step-by-step masterclass in taking real command of a project, establishing an honest baseline, and building the repeatable weekly routines that keep your project under control. Follow a Realistic, Site-Trailer Journey Unlike generic business books, this guide teaches through a highly relatable, narrative storyline. You will follow Alex Morgan, a newly promoted PM, as he takes over the Meridian Distribution Center-an 84,000-square-foot warehouse build facing tight deadlines. Alongside Alex, you will learn from veteran site superintendent Miguel Santos, commercial manager Rachel Kim, and senior PM Priya Shah as they navigate real site crises and transition from chaos to systematic control.

A Proven 4-Phase Roadmap to Project Control The book is structured around the sequential phases you need to survive, stabilize, and dominate your first three months on-site:

  • Phase 1: STABILIZE (Days 1-15) - Stop pure reaction. Run a rapid takeover audit and separate what's "loud" from what actually threatens time, cost, quality, and safety.
  • Phase 2: BASELINE (Days 16-30) - Build an honest, verified starting position on schedule and commercial reality rather than relying on inherited assumptions.
  • Phase 3: CONTROL (Days 30-60) - Install the site routines, commitment boards, and constraint registers that keep small issues from compounding into unrecoverable crises.
  • Phase 4: LEAD (Days 60-90) - Transition from personally carrying the project to building a system where the team has the visibility, ownership, and follow-through to run the job without you.
The Project Manager's Toolkit Included Each of the 15 chapters closes with a ready-to-use, one-page worksheet or template that you can put to work on your site starting Monday morning, including:
  • First-Week Priority Map
  • Project Takeover Audit
  • Fact-Assumption-Decision Sheet
  • Schedule Reality Check
  • Commercial Exposure Snapshot
  • One-Page Project Control Dashboard
  • And 9 other high-impact, field-ready tools.
Stop firefighting. Start controlling. Build a project that runs successfully even when you aren't standing in the site trailer.


Best Sellers


Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9798170914302
  • Publisher: Independently Published
  • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 206
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: How to Take Control of Schedule, Cost, Quality, Subcontractors, and Site Problems Before They Take Control of You
  • Width: 152 mm
  • ISBN-10: 8170914302
  • Publisher Date: 04 Sep 2026
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 12 mm
  • Weight: 331 gr


Similar Products

Add Photo
Add Photo

Customer Reviews

REVIEWS      0     
Click Here To Be The First to Review this Product
The Construction Project Manager's First 90 Days: How to Take Control of Schedule, Cost, Quality, Subcontractors, and Site Problems Before They Take Control of You
Independently Published -
The Construction Project Manager's First 90 Days: How to Take Control of Schedule, Cost, Quality, Subcontractors, and Site Problems Before They Take Control of You
Writing guidlines
We want to publish your review, so please:
  • keep your review on the product. Review's that defame author's character will be rejected.
  • Keep your review focused on the product.
  • Avoid writing about customer service. contact us instead if you have issue requiring immediate attention.
  • Refrain from mentioning competitors or the specific price you paid for the product.
  • Do not include any personally identifiable information, such as full names.

The Construction Project Manager's First 90 Days: How to Take Control of Schedule, Cost, Quality, Subcontractors, and Site Problems Before They Take Control of You

Required fields are marked with *

Review Title*
Review
    Add Photo Add up to 6 photos
    Would you recommend this product to a friend?
    Tag this Book Read more
    Does your review contain spoilers?
    What type of reader best describes you?
    I agree to the terms & conditions
    You may receive emails regarding this submission. Any emails will include the ability to opt-out of future communications.

    CUSTOMER RATINGS AND REVIEWS AND QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS TERMS OF USE

    These Terms of Use govern your conduct associated with the Customer Ratings and Reviews and/or Questions and Answers service offered by Bookswagon (the "CRR Service").


    By submitting any content to Bookswagon, you guarantee that:
    • You are the sole author and owner of the intellectual property rights in the content;
    • All "moral rights" that you may have in such content have been voluntarily waived by you;
    • All content that you post is accurate;
    • You are at least 13 years old;
    • Use of the content you supply does not violate these Terms of Use and will not cause injury to any person or entity.
    You further agree that you may not submit any content:
    • That is known by you to be false, inaccurate or misleading;
    • That infringes any third party's copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or other proprietary rights or rights of publicity or privacy;
    • That violates any law, statute, ordinance or regulation (including, but not limited to, those governing, consumer protection, unfair competition, anti-discrimination or false advertising);
    • That is, or may reasonably be considered to be, defamatory, libelous, hateful, racially or religiously biased or offensive, unlawfully threatening or unlawfully harassing to any individual, partnership or corporation;
    • For which you were compensated or granted any consideration by any unapproved third party;
    • That includes any information that references other websites, addresses, email addresses, contact information or phone numbers;
    • That contains any computer viruses, worms or other potentially damaging computer programs or files.
    You agree to indemnify and hold Bookswagon (and its officers, directors, agents, subsidiaries, joint ventures, employees and third-party service providers, including but not limited to Bazaarvoice, Inc.), harmless from all claims, demands, and damages (actual and consequential) of every kind and nature, known and unknown including reasonable attorneys' fees, arising out of a breach of your representations and warranties set forth above, or your violation of any law or the rights of a third party.


    For any content that you submit, you grant Bookswagon a perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, transferable right and license to use, copy, modify, delete in its entirety, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from and/or sell, transfer, and/or distribute such content and/or incorporate such content into any form, medium or technology throughout the world without compensation to you. Additionally,  Bookswagon may transfer or share any personal information that you submit with its third-party service providers, including but not limited to Bazaarvoice, Inc. in accordance with  Privacy Policy


    All content that you submit may be used at Bookswagon's sole discretion. Bookswagon reserves the right to change, condense, withhold publication, remove or delete any content on Bookswagon's website that Bookswagon deems, in its sole discretion, to violate the content guidelines or any other provision of these Terms of Use.  Bookswagon does not guarantee that you will have any recourse through Bookswagon to edit or delete any content you have submitted. Ratings and written comments are generally posted within two to four business days. However, Bookswagon reserves the right to remove or to refuse to post any submission to the extent authorized by law. You acknowledge that you, not Bookswagon, are responsible for the contents of your submission. None of the content that you submit shall be subject to any obligation of confidence on the part of Bookswagon, its agents, subsidiaries, affiliates, partners or third party service providers (including but not limited to Bazaarvoice, Inc.)and their respective directors, officers and employees.

    Accept

    Fresh on the Shelf


    Inspired by your browsing history


    Your review has been submitted!

    You've already reviewed this product!
    Your IP: 216.73.217.72 IN