Project Management in Construction

A revised and updated practical guide for contractors, covering all aspects of managing a construction project. Tackling actual on-the-job situations, it goes through: estimating, including conceptual and order-of-magnitude estimates, and electronic data processing techniques; arbitration and mediation roles for claims and contract dispute resolution; safety on the jobsite, including setting up an effective safety program and the latest OSHA safety and health standards; and new trends such as partnering and design-build . Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.