Project Scheduling and Management for Construction

by Pierce, David R.

• ISBN13: 9780876297384
• ISBN10: 0876297386
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-02-28
• Publisher: RSMeans

Summary

A comprehensive, yet easy-to-follow guide to construction project planning and control... from vital project management principles through the latest scheduling, tracking, and controlling techniques. The author explains how to think through and prepare a schedule, and then use it effectively to manage your projects. The book helps you to quickly understand and master this complex topic. Book jacket.

Author Biography

David R. Pierce, Jr. has been involved in construction project management for more than 25 years as a scheduler, project engineer, and consultant on commercial building and industrial projects. He was named Professor Emeritus of Construction Management upon retirement from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, and continues to teach as a Professor of Construction at Southern Polytechnic State University, Marietta, GA. His field experience includes operating as a consultant specializing in scheduling commercial projects, and in litigation counseling, particularly cost and delay claims

Table of Contents

Foreword	xi
Acknowledgments	xiii
Introduction	xv
What Is Project Management?	1	(10)
What Is Management?	3	(1)
What Is Project Management?	4	(3)
Why Use Project Management?	7	(1)
The Benefits	7	(2)
Variables that Affect the Project	9	(1)
Use of Computers in the Construction Industry	10	(1)
The Project Control Cycle	11	(24)
Basic Management Functions	14	(1)
Introduction to the Sample Building Project	15	(20)
Pre-Construction Planning	35	(16)
Identifying Key Personnel	38	(1)
Providing Data to the Project Team	38	(1)
Contract Document Review	38	(1)
Estimate Review/Estimator Meeting	39	(2)
Initial Project Team Meeting	41	(1)
Pre-Planning with Other Parties	42	(3)
Setting up Management Procedures	45	(6)
Introduction to Scheduling	51	(6)
The Critical Path Method	53	(1)
Learning CPM Techniques	54	(3)
Planning the Project	57	(22)
Breaking the Job Down into Activities	59	(10)
Establishing the Sequence of Work	69	(10)
Scheduling the Project	79	(34)
Estimating Durations	81	(2)
Actual Calculations of Activity Durations	83	(11)
Calculating Overall Job Duration	94	(10)
Advanced Calculations	104	(4)
Calendars	108	(5)
Organizing and Displaying Project Information	113	(12)
Key Questions to Ask	115	(1)
Tasks that Must be Performed in Order to Provide the Right Information	116	(1)
Types of Coding Schemes	116	(2)
Sample Reports: Office Building	118	(7)
Monitoring and Controlling the Project	125	(16)
The Monitoring Process	127	(1)
Monitoring Progress	128	(8)
Taking Corrective Action	136	(1)
Example Update Problem	136	(5)
Resource Management	141	(14)
Management of Resources	143	(1)
The Resource Management Process	144	(2)
Development of the Resource Profile	146	(1)
Adjusting the Schedule to Improve Resource Expenditures	147	(3)
Practical Aspects of Resource Management	150	(5)
Management of Submittal Data and Procurement	155	(16)
The Source of the Problem	157	(1)
Basic Procurement Procedures	158	(1)
Key Elements in Successful Procurement	158	(2)
Record Keeping and Tracking	160	(9)
Scheduling the Procurement Activities	169	(1)
Reporting	170	(1)
Follow-up on the Information	170	(1)
Project Cost Control	171	(22)
Project Cost Coding Systems	174	(1)
Specific Tasks in Project Cost Control	175	(15)
Other Cost Control Issues	190	(3)
Line of Balance Scheduling	193	(23)
When to Use Line of Balance Scheduling	195	(1)
General Technique	196	(1)
Example Problem	197	(14)
Updating a Line of Balance Schedule	211	(5)
Appendix A: Sample Project Estimate	216	(42)
Appendix B: Sample Logic Diagrams and Planning Schedule	258	(20)
Appendix C: Notes on Schedule Sequencing	278	(3)
Index	281