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Project Management in Construction, 6 edition

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Project Management in Construction,

6 edition

Description

As with all previous editions of Project Management in Construction, this sixth edition focuses on systems theory as the approach suitable for organizing and managing people skilled in the design and completion of construction projects. It discusses the many competing paradigms and alternative perspectives available, for example in relation to differentiation and integration, as well as the emerging study of temporary organizations and its relevance to construction project management.
Whilst encompassing the need to develop further theoretical aspects of construction project organization theory, this edition has also enhanced the application of organization studies to practical issues of construction project management. More emphasis has been placed on the added complexity of construction project management by issues surrounding clients and stakeholders, and the control and empowerment of project participants. Additional focus has been placed on sustainability issues as they impinge on construction project management, on reworked views on supply chain management and on developments in partnering, together with clarification of the shifting terms and definitions relating to construction organization structures and their uses.

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Preface viii 1 Introduction 1
1.1 Introduction 1
1.2 Evolution of Project Organisation 3
1.3 Management and Organisation 9
1.4 Definition of Construction Project Management 11
1.5 Objectives and Decisions 12
1.6 The Project Management Process and the Project Manager 12
1.7 Projects, Firms and Clients 14
1.8 The Contribution of Organisation Structure 18
1.9 Organisation Theory and Project Organisations 22
1.10 Relevance of Systems Theory 23
2 Organisation and the Construction Process 26
2.1 Introduction 26
2.2 The Classical Approach 27
2.3 The Behavioural Approach 30
2.4 The Socio-Technical Approach 32
2.5 The Systems Approach 33
2.6 Reconciling Diverse Approaches 42
2.7 Criticisms of the Systems Approach 44
2.8 Configuration Theory 45
2.9 Mintzberg’s Classification 46
2.10 Chaos and Complexity Theory 52
2.11 Postmodernism 56
2.12 Critical Theory 57
2.13 The Transaction Cost Approach 58
2.14 Many Paradigms 65
2.15 The Relevance of Temporary Organisations Generally to Construction Project Management 65
2.16 Virtual Organisation 68
2.17 Projects, Firms and Process 70
3 Systems Thinking and Construction Project Organisation 72
3.1 Introduction 72
3.2 Systems Concepts 76
3.3 Action of Environmental Forces 89
3.4 Negative Entropy, Adaption and Protected Environments 97
3.5 Growth, Differentiation, Interdependency and Integration 99
3.6 Feedback 101
3.7 Systems and Hierarchies 102
3.8 Increasing Challenges 104
3.9 Summary 105
4 Clients and Stakeholders 107
4.1 Introduction 107
4.2 Classification of Clients 114
4.3 Clients’ Objectives 120
4.4 Relationship of the Client’s Organisation and the Construction Process 123
4.5 Conflicting Objectives 126
4.6 Project Change 127
4.7 Role of the Client 128
4.8 Clients, Stakeholders and Sustainability 130
4.9 Practical Client Issues 132
5 The Project Team 139
5.1 Introduction 139
5.2 Firms and Project Teams 139
5.3 Relationship with the Client 144
5.4 Differentiation, Interdependency and Integration 145
5.5 Decisions and Their Effect on Structure 153
5.6 Differentiation and Integration in Practice 154
5.7 Organisational Culture 158
5.8 Partnering 163
5.9 Supply Chain Management 171
5.10 Trust Between Construction Organisations Generally 175
6 A Model of the Construction Process 178
6.1 Introduction 178
6.2 Common Characteristics 178
6.3 Subsystems 184
6.4 The Operating System and the Managing System 190
6.5 The Functions of the Managing System 191
6.6 Pattern of Managing System Functions 197
6.7 Project Management Activities 199
6.8 Project Management Skills 204
6.9 Some Practical Considerations 205
6.10 Design of Organisation Structures 207
7 Authority, Power and Politics 209
7.1 Introduction 209
7.2 Authority 209
7.3 Power 212
7.4 Relationship Between Authority and Power 212
7.5 The Sources of Power 213
7.6 Power and Interdependency 215
7.7 Politics in Organisations 215
7.8 Power and Leadership 218
7.9 Empowerment and Control 218
7.10 Power in Project Management 221
7.11 Politics, Projects and Firms 226
7.12 Empowerment and Projects 227
7.13 Project Managers and Power 229
8 Project Leadership 230
8.1 Introduction 230
8.2 Leadership 231
8.3 Some Research Models 232
8.4 Leadership Style 237
8.5 Transactional and Transformational Leadership 238
8.6 Leadership and the Project Manager 239
8.7 Project managers’ Perceptions 243
8.8 Leadership Qualities 245
9 Organisation Structures 248
9.1 Introduction 248
9.2 Project Management Theory and Transaction Cost Economics 249
9.3 The Components of Project Organisation Structures 257
9.4 Client/Project Team Integration 258
9.5 Design Team Organisation 259
9.6 Integration of the Construction Team 264
9.7 An Illustration of a Transaction Cost Explanation 275
9.8 Organisation Matrix 276
9.9 Public–Private Partnerships 288
9.10 Programme Management 291
10 Analysis and Design of Project Management Structures 295
10.1 Need for Analysis and Design 295
10.2 Criteria 296
10.3 Linear Responsibility Analysis and Other Techniques 296
10.4 Application of Linear Responsibility Analysis 297
10.5 Project Outcome 309
10.6 Presentation of Project Organisations 313
References 315
Index 336

Pocket Book for Construction Project Managers

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Construction Project Manager's Pocket Book

Construction project management requires a broad range of skills, from technical expertise to leadership, negotiation, team building and communication. This no–nonsense guide covers all of the essentials of the role, including:

Pre-construction activities

Design management and BIM

Procurement

Feasibility studies

Environmental management systems

People skills

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Occupancy activities

Construction project management activities are tackled in the order they occur on real projects, with reference made to the RIBA Plan of Work and OGC Gateway process throughout. This is the ideal concise reference which no project manager, construction manager, or quantity surveyor should be without.

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Contract Management in Complex Construction Projects ebook

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International Contracting

Contract Management in Complex Construction Projects

By : John van der puil

This book, about international contracting and contract management, is written from the angle of the contractor and discussed from an international perspective. It comments on real-life cases, taken from various kinds of projects: infrastructural works (roads, bridges, tunnels, rail roads), wind- and sunfarms, oil and gas installations, such as platforms, pipe lines, power generating works, and large buildings.

The book is structured around the contracting cycle. Chapters include dealing with the role of the contractor in international contracting, the tender process, landing and negotiating the contract, types of contract, problems that may occur during project execution, project delivery, and handling guarantee claims.
Written primarily for business practitioners operating in the international contracting industry, the title assumes that the reader will have a basic understanding and knowledge of theories related to project management, construction engineering, business law and economics.
Though not an academic book, due to its unique blend of practitioners' insight and academic theory, it can be taught on Masters courses. As most engineers are going to deal with contracts, this book is specifically recommended for engineering programs at both graduate and postgraduate levels. Lawyers will find the book useful in helping them to understand the business context in which their customers and/or colleagues work.
Readership: Business practitioners, engineers, lawyers and polytechnic and university students keen in building management, general business management, industrial engineering and operations management.

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Modern Accident Investigation and Analysis

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Modern Accident Investigation and Analysis

Ted S. Ferry
ISBN: 978-0-471-62481-3
336 pages
March 1988

Description

This new edition of a standard in the field is the most complete treatment available on modern methods of accident investigation. The investigation process is divided into three phases: preparation and planning, analytical methods and reporting, and corrective actions designed to prevent recurrence. Techniques discussed are general and can be applied to a wide range of industrial accidents. Topics covered include investigation concepts, the pitfalls of government intervention, legal aspects, multilinear events sequencing, and management oversight and risk tree (MORT). There is new material on the electronic and computer industries and on S-T-E-P accident investigation. A new chapter, ``A Generic Approach to Mishap Investigation,'' puts the entire process in perspective.

Table of Contents

The Need for Investigation.

Preparing for Mishaps.

Getting Underway with the Investigation.

Human Aspects.

The Environment.

Materials.

Systems Investigation.

Basic Analytical Technique.

System Safety/Faulty Tree.

Change Analysis.

Multilinear Events Sequencing.

Management Oversight and Risk Tree (MORT).

S-T-E-P Accident Investigation.

Technique of Operations Review.

Where Did Management Fail?

Fire Investigation.

The Mishap Report.

12 Steps to Mishap Investigation.

A Generic Approach to Mishap Investigation.

Legal Aspects of Investigation.

What is Ahead for Investigation?

Appendices.
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John Wiley and Sons - The Portable MBA in Project Management

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John Wiley and Sons - The Portable MBA in Project Management

The Portable MBA in Project Management

Eric Verzuh (Editor)
ISBN: 978-0-471-26899-4
456 pages
April 2003

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Description

The Portable MBA in Project Management covers the most pressing topics in project management and features all the leading thinkers in the field. While most project management books address only the techniques for managing individual projects, The Portable MBA in Project Management widens the scope to include insights for managing project-based organizations. In doing so, this comprehensive volume will help managers combine the power of individual project successes to drive the organization to new levels of productivity and customer responsiveness. Eric Verzuh, best selling author of The Fast Forward MBA in Project Management, brings together the leading lights of project management in this volume, including Robert G. Cooper, Randall Englund, Jack Meredith and Neil Whitten. In addition to his role as editor, Verzuh draws on his own expertise to address how and why project management is a strategic strength, how to integrate project management into your enterprise, and several other topics for which he is well-known. Together they effectively address the full spectrum of the issues in project management today.
Table of Contents

PART ONE. THE CASE FOR PROJECT MANAGEMENT.
Project Management Is a Strategic Strength (Eric Verzuh).

Leading the Change to a Project-Based Organization (Robert J. Graham and Randall L. Englund).

PART TWO. THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT DISCIPLINE.

Project Selection (Jack R. Meredith and Samuel J. Mantel, Jr.).

Building the Action Plan: Scheduling, Estimating, and Resource Allocation (Eric Verzuh).

Achieving Stakeholder Satisfaction through Project Control (Eric Verzuh).

Project Risk Management (Eric Verzuh).

Quality, Quality Management, and Project Management (Ned Hamson).

PART THREE. BUILDING A HIGH-PERFORMANCE PROJECT TEAM.

A Model for Building Teamwork (Elaine Biech).

Discipline: The Glue That Holds It All Together (Neal Whitten).

Virtual Team Critical Success Factors (Deborah L. Duarte and Nancy Tennant Snyder).

PART FOUR. MANAGING THE PROJECT-BASED ORGANIZATION.

Stage-GateTM New Product Development Processes: A Game Plan from Idea to Launch (Robert G. Cooper).

Enterprise Project Management: The Path to Maturity (Denis Couture).

Creating an Environment for Successful Project in Your Organization (Robert J. Graham and Randall L. Englund).

Integrating Projects Management into the Enterprise (Eric Verzuh).

Index.

Author Information

ERIC VERZUH, PMP, is President of the Versatile Company, a project management training and consulting firm based in Seattle, Washington. Versatile’s consulting practice focuses on helping firms establish consistent, practical methods for managing their projects. Its client list includes such large corporations as Adobe Systems, GE Capital, and Lockheed Martin, as well as government agencies and small businesses. Verzuh is a frequent keynote speaker at conferences on project management and is the author of The Fast Forward MBA in Project Management, also from Wiley.

The Wiley Advantage

This book is part of the highly successful Portable MBA series. This specific book also answers a great need for a clear resource guide on project management.
With the success of The Fast Forward MBA in Project Management, Eric Verzuh has proven that he can give students all the advice and guidance they need to succeed at project management. He is a highly regarded consultant to major corporations.

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Code of Practice for Project Management for Construction and Development

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Code of Practice for Project Management for Construction and Development
Published 9th September 2014

Since the publication of the first edition of the Code of Practice, in 1992, that set out for the first time a comprehensive job specification for a project manager with guidance on the project manager’s role, project management has become an integral part of the construction industry and made a leading contribution to the industry’s improved performance.

The third edition, published in 2002, reflected the core stages of the project management processes and the fourth edition, published in 2010, captured a range of themes across the industry. In this fifth edition, which continued to be prepared in collaboration with a number of key professional bodies, the entire document has been overhauled to make it more contemporary while maintaining the integrity and rationale of the role of a project manager and project management in context of the construction industry.

Chris Blythe, CIOB chief executive said; “I am pleased to see that the 5th edition of this document is being published at a time where the built environment is gathering great momentum, with a number of high profile projects as well as the resurgence of the housing sector, where construction project management, as a professional service and discipline, is at the forefront of ensuring delivery management.

“I have no doubt that this updated and thoroughly over-hauled edition will prove to be an invaluable all round reference made for clients, contractors, other construction professionals and students of the profession. The Code of Practice will retain its position as the primary source of guidance on the principles and practice of construction project management irrespective of the size, nature or complexity of the project.”

Good project management in construction relies on balancing the three fundamental factors of time, quality and cost in respect of building functionality and the requirements for sustainability. Thoroughly updated and restructured to reflect the challenges that the industry faces today, this edition continues to drive forward the practice of construction project management.

David Woolven, Chair of the CIOB Working Group said, “This publication is a result of many hours of debate, discussion and re-drafting and a lot of effort has gone into the information contained within this edition. The result I believe has been a truly impressive and highly authoritative guide to the current practice of construction project management, for those who are either involved or likely to be involved in managing projects, irrespective of their previous experience and knowledge in built environment. As a comprehensive publication of the current practice of construction project management this will be a highly valued and easy to use source of reference.”

The principles of strategic planning, detailed programming and monitoring, resource allocation and effective risk management, widely used on projects of all sizes and complexity, are all fully covered. The integration of Building Information Modelling at each stage of the project life is a feature of this edition. In addition, the impact of trends and developments such as the internationalisation of construction projects and the drive for sustainability are discussed in context.

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Basic Civil and Environmental Engineering

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Basic Civil and Environmental Engineering

Basic Civil and Environmental Engineering (As Per Pune University Syllabus)
New Age International | 2010 | ISBN: 8122427634 | 196 pages | File type: PDF | 1.5 mb
Basic civil and environmental engineering paper has been introduced for the undergraduate students of Pune University. The course is aimed at imparting basic knowledge of civil engineering encompassing various types of constructions and automation in construction and environmental engineering covering ecology and ecosystem, environmental pollution, energy resources, EIA and built environment.

Contents:

Section-I: Basic Civil Engineering
Chapter I: Introduction to Civil Engineering

Chapter II: Basic Areas in Civil Engineering

Chapter III: Materials of Construction

Chapter IV: Construction of Substructures

Chapter V: Superstructures

Chapter VI: Introduction to Automation in Construction

Chapter VII: Introduction to Surveying

Chapter VIII: Introduction to Levelling

Chapter IX: Introduction to GIS and Other Survey Softwares

Section-II: Environmental Engineering
Chapter X: Ecology and Ecosystem

Chapter XI: Planning for the Built Environment

This book is written with a view to provide diverse information on the subject in a lucid stylee.

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Environmental Engineering: Volume 1: Water, Wastewater, Soil and Groundwater Treatment and Remediation

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Environmental Engineering: Volume 1: Water, Wastewater, Soil and Groundwater Treatment and Remediation

Description

First published in 1958, Salvato's Environmental Engineering has long been the definitive reference for generations of sanitation and environmental engineers. Approaching its fiftieth year of continual publication in a rapidly changing field, the Sixth Edition has been fully reworked and reorganized into three separate, succinct volumes to adapt to a more complex and scientifically demanding field with dozens of specializations. Updated and reviewed by leading experts in the field, this revised edition offers new process and plant design examples and added coverage of such subjects as urban and rural systems. Stressing the practicality and appropriateness of treatment, the Sixth Edition provides realistic solutions for the practicing public health official, water treatment engineer, plant operator, and others in the domestic and industrial waste treatment professions.
This volume, Environmental Engineering: Water, Wastewater, Soil and Groundwater Treatment and Remediation, Sixth Edition, covers:

Water treatment
Water supply
Wastewater treatment

PREFACE. CONTRIBUTORS.
CHAPTER 1 WATER SUPPLY (T. David Chinn).
Introduction.
Groundwater Pollution Hazard.
Travel of Pollution through the Ground.
Disease Transmission.
Water Quantity and Quality.
Water Cycle and Geology.
Groundwater Flow.
Groundwater Classification.
Water Quality.
Sampling and Quality of Laboratory Data.
Sanitary Survey and Water Sampling.
Sampling Frequency.
Water Analyses.
Heterotrophic Plate Count—The Standard Plate Count.
Bacterial Examinations.
Biological Monitoring.
Virus Examination.
Protozoa and Helminths Examination.
Specific Pathogenic Organisms.
Physical Examinations.
Microscopic Examination.
Chemical Examinations.
Drinking Water Additives.
Water Quantity.

Water Conservation.
Water Reuse.
Source and Protection of Water Supply.
General.
Groundwater.
Dug Well.
Bored Well.
Driven and Jetted Well.
Drilled Well.
Well Development.
Grouting.
Well Contamination—Cause and Removal.
Spring.
Infiltration Gallery.
Cistern.
Domestic Well-Water Supplies—Special Problems.
Household Treatment Units (Point-of-Use and Point-of-Entry).
Desalination.
References.
Bibliography.
CHAPTER 2 WATER TREATMENT (T. David Chinn).
Treatment of Water—Design and Operation Control.
Introduction.
Surface Water.
Treatment Required.
Disinfection.
Gas Chlorinator
Testing for Residual Chlorine.
Chlorine Treatment for Operation and Microbiological Control.
Distribution System Contamination.
Plain Sedimentation.
Microstraining.
Coagulation, Flocculation, and Settling.
Filtration.
Slow Sand Filter.

Rapid Sand (Granular Media) Filter.
Direct Filtration.
Pressure Sand Filter.
Diatomaceous Earth Filter.
Package Water Treatment Plant.
Water Treatment Plant Wastewater and Sludge.
Causes of Tastes and Odors.
Control of Microorganisms.
Zebra Mussel and Its Control.
Aquatic Weed Control.
Other Causes of Tastes and Odors.
Methods to Remove or Reduce Objectionable Tastes and Odors.
Iron and Manganese Occurrence and Removal.
Corrosion Cause and Control.
Removal of Inorganic Chemicals.
Prevention and Removal of Organic Chemicals.
Water System Design Principles.
Water Quantity.
Design Period.
Watershed Runoff and Reservoir Design.
Intakes and Screens.
Pumping.
Distribution Storage Requirements.
Peak Demand Estimates.
Distribution System Design Standards.
Small Distribution Systems.
Fire Protection.
Cross-Connection Control.
Hydropneumatic Systems.
Pumps.
Displacement Pump.
Centrifugal Pump, Also Submersible and Turbine.
Jet Pump.
Air-Lift Pump.
Hydraulic Ram.
Pump and Well Protection.
Pump Power and Drive.
Automatic Pump Control.

Water Hammer.
Rural Water Conditions in the United States.
Design of a Household Water System.
Examples.
Design of Small Water Systems.
Design of a Camp Water System.
Water System Cost Estimates.
Cleaning and Disinfection.
Wells and Springs.
Pipelines.
Storage Reservoirs and Tanks.
Emergency Water Supply and Treatment.
Boiling.
Chlorination.
Iodine.
Filtration in an Emergency.
Bottled, Packaged, and Bulk Water.
References.
Bibliography.
CHAPTER 3 WASTEWATER TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL (John R. Kiefer).
Disease Hazard.
Criteria for Proper Wastewater Disposal.
Definitions.
Small Wastewater Disposal Systems.
Wastewater Characteristics.
Soil Characteristics.
Soil Suitability.
Pollutant Travel from Septic Systems.
Soil Percolation Test.
Sewage Flow Estimates.
Septic Tank.
Care of Septic Tank and Subsurface Absorption Systems.
Subsurface Soil Absorption Systems.
Absorption Field System.
Leaching Pit.

Cesspool.
Dry Well.
Small Wastewater Disposal Systems for Unsuitable Soils or Sites.
General.
Modified Septic Tank Soil Absorption System.
Example.
Capillary Seepage Trench.
Raised Bed Absorption-Evapotranspiration System.
Septic Tank Sand Filter System.
Aerobic Sewage Treatment Unit.
Septic Tank Mound System.
Example 1.
Electric Osmosis System.
Septic Tank Evapotranspiration System.
Example 2.
Water Conservation.
Sewage Works Design—Small Treatment Plants.
Disinfection.
Physical-Chemical Treatment.
Sedimentation.
Coagulation/Flocculation.
Filtration.
Activated Carbon Adsorption.
Biological Treatment.
Wastewater Reuse.
Wastewater Aerosol Hazard.
Wastewater Disposal by Land Treatment.
Advanced Wastewater Treatment.
Typical Designs for Small Treatment Plants.
Standard-Rate Trickling Filter Plant with Imhoff Tank.
High-Rate Trickling Filter Plant with Imhoff Tank.
Intermittent Sand Filter Plant with Imhoff Tank or Septic Tank.
Design of Large Treatment Plants.
Biosolids Treatment and Disposal.
Cost of Sewage Treatment.
Industrial Wastes.

Hazardous and Toxic Liquid Wastes.
Pretreatment.
References.
Bibliography.
INDEX.

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Water and Wastewater Engineering

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Water and Wastewater Engineering

M..w H..l (1-2010) | PDF | 928 pages | ISBN: 0073397865 | 16.1Mb

Water and Wastewater Engineering integrates theory and design. Fundamental environmental engineering principles are used as the foundation for rigorous design of conventional and advanced water and wastewater treatment processes. Reverse osmosis, membrane filtration, UV disinfection, biological nutrient removal and membrane bioreactors represent a small sample of the processes included.

A. Dedication
B. ABOUT THE AUTHOR
C. PREFACE
D. PROFESSIONAL ADVISORY BOARD
1. THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION PROCESSES
2. GENERAL WATER SUPPLY DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS
3. INTAKE STRUCTURES
4. WELLS
5. CHEMICAL HANDLING AND STORAGE
6. COAGULATION AND FLOCCULATION
7. LIME–SODA SOFTENING
8. ION EXCHANGE
9. REVERSE OSMOSIS AND NANOFILTRATION
10. SEDIMENTATION
11. GRANULAR FILTRATION
12. MEMBRANE FILTRATION
13. DISINFECTION AND FLUORIDATION
14. REMOVAL OF SPECIFIC CONSTITUENTS
15. WATER PLANT RESIDUALS MANAGEMENT
16. DRINKING WATER PLANT PROCESS SELECTION AND INTEGRATION
17. STORAGE AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS
18. GENERAL WASTEWATER COLLECTION AND TREATMENT DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS
19. SANITARY SEWER DESIGN
20. HEADWORKS AND PRELIMINARY TREATMENT
21. PRIMARY TREATMENT
22. WASTEWATER MICROBIOLOGY
23. SECONDARY TREATMENT BY SUSPENDED GROWTH BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES
24. SECONDARY TREATMENT BY ATTACHED GROWTH AND HYBRID BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES
25. SECONDARY SETTLING, DISINFECTION, AND POSTAERATION
26. TERTIARY TREATMENT
27. WASTEWATER PLANT RESIDUALS MANAGEMENT
28. CLEAN WATER PLANT PROCESS SELECTION AND INTEGRATION
A. PROPERTIES OF AIR, WATER, AND SELECTED CHEMICALS
B. U.S. STANDARD SIEVE SIZES
C. PIPE, FITTING, AND VALVE DATA
D. U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY Ct VALUES FOR DISINFECTANTS
E. LIST OF THE ELEMENTS WITH THEIR SYMBOLS AND ATOMIC MASSES*
F. PERIODIC TABLE
G. USEFUL CONVERSION FACTORS
H. UNIT PREFIXES AND GREEK ALPHABET

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Title: Water and Wastewater Engineering: Design Principles and Practice

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education: New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Athens, London, Madrid, Mexico City, Milan, New Delhi, Singapore, Sydney, Toronto

Copyright / Pub. Date: 2010 Mackenzie L. Davis

ISBN: 9780071713849

Authors:

Mackenzie L. Davis, Ph.D., P.E., DEE, is Emeritus Professor of Environmental Engineering in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Michigan State University where, for twenty years, he taught the senior-level design course, Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant Design. Dr. Davis is the author Introduction to Environmental Engineering, Fourth Edition (McGraw-Hill, 2006).

Description: This authoritative volume offers comprehensive coverage of the design and construction of municipal water and wastewater facilities. The book addresses water treatment in detail, following the flow of water through the unit processes and coagulation, flocculation, softening, sedimentation, filtration, disinfection, and residuals management. Each stage of wastewater treatment—preliminary, secondary, and tertiary—is examined along with residuals management. Water and Wastewater Engineering contains more than 100 example problems, 500 end-of-chapter problems, and 300 illustrations. Safety issues and operation and maintenance procedures are also discussed in this definitive resource.

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Nuclear Power Plant Instrumentation and Control Systems for Safety and Security

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Nuclear Power Plant Instrumentation and Control Systems for Safety and Security

2014 | ISBN: 1466651334 | English | 470 pages | PDF | 29 MB

Accidents and natural disasters involving nuclear power plants such as Chernobyl, Three Mile Island, and the recent meltdown at Fukushima are rare, but their effects are devastating enough to warrant increased vigilance in addressing safety concerns.

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Accidents and natural disasters involving nuclear power plants such as Chernobyl, Three Mile Island, and the recent meltdown at Fukushima are rare, but their effects are devastating enough to warrant increased vigilance in addressing safety concerns. Nuclear Power Plant Instrumentation and Control Systems for Safety and Security evaluates the risks inherent to nuclear power and methods of preventing accidents through computer control systems and other such emerging technologies. Students and scholars as well as operators and designers will find useful insight into the latest security technologies with the potential to make the future of nuclear energy clean, safe, and reliable.

80/20 Rule

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Effective Time Management Tips and Skills to Increase Productivity and Save Time

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Traffic Engineering, 4th Edition

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Traffic Engineering, 4th Edition

Traffic Engineering, 4e, is ideal for a one/two-semester undergraduate survey, and/or for graduate courses on Traffic Engineering, Highway Capacity Analysis, and Traffic Control and Operations.
This unique text focuses on the key engineering skills required to practice traffic engineering in a modern setting. It includes material on the latest standards and criteria of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (2003 Edition and forthcoming 2010 Edition), the Policy on Geometric Design of Highways and Streets (2004 Edition), the Highway Capacity Manual (2000 Edition and forthcoming 2010 Edition), and other critical references. It also presents both fundamental theory and a broad range of applications to modern problems.

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Risk Management of Supply and Cash Flows in Supply Chains

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Risk Management of Supply and Cash Flows in Supply Chains

Publisher: Spri..nger 2011 | 219 Pages | ISBN: 1461405106 | PDF | 1 MB

Risk management has become an essential issue in supply chain management, from the modeling of the decision maker's risk preference, and the studies on uncertain elements such as demand, supply, price, lead time, etc., to the consideration of more practical background including cash flow constraints, inventory financing and delayed cash payment. In this new volume, the authors provide a framework to study the interaction of various factors related to risk and their influence on supply chain management. The scope of areas covered includes operations management, decision analysis, and business administration. This book focuses on several key issues of risk management in supply chains. Specifically, an analysis framework is presented for studying the supplier selection problem and identifying the optimal sourcing strategy in a one-retailer two-suppliers supply chain with random yields. The optimal sourcing strategy of a retailer and the pricing strategies of two suppliers under an environment of supply disruption are investigated. Besides, the authors study the dynamic inventory control problems with cash flow constraints, financing decisions as well as delayed cash payment.

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Risk management has become an essential issue in supply chain management, from the modeling of the decision maker's risk preference, and the studies on uncertain elements such as demand, supply, price, lead time, etc., to the consideration of more practical background including cash flow constraints, inventory financing and delayed cash payment. In this new volume, the authors provide a framework to study the interaction of various factors related to risk and their influence on supply chain management.

The scope of areas covered includes operations management, decision analysis, and business administration. This book focuses on several key issues of risk management in supply chains. Specifically, an analysis framework is presented for studying the supplier selection problem and identifying the optimal sourcing strategy in a one-retailer two-suppliers supply chain with random yields. The optimal sourcing strategy of a retailer and the pricing strategies of two suppliers under an environment of supply disruption are investigated. Besides, the authors study the dynamic inventory control problems with cash flow constraints, financing decisions as well as delayed cash payment. In addition, originating from the annual international iron ore price negotiation, the authors model the bargaining process to deal with the risk of wholesale price in the game analysis context.

Within the three perspectives of risk management in supply chains, the modeling of decision maker's risk preference has been extensively studied and many results have been obtained to guide the practice. However, the analysis on the other two kinds of topics is still in its infancy, and needs more efforts from academia. It is thus the ambition and innovation for this book to contribute on risk management in supply chains in the following ways:

(1) characterizing the explicit sourcing strategy (i.e., single sourcing or dual sourcing) to deal with supply disruption risk;

(2) introducing the concepts of financial risk measurement by incorporating cash flow constraints, inventory financing and delayed cash payment into inventory management models; and

(3) providing insights for the iron ore price negotiation to help steel manufacturers handle the risk of price increase.

The Essentials of Risk Management

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The Essentials of Risk Management

English | 2005 | 432 Pages | ISBN: 0071429662 | PDF | 2.86 MB

Risk management is no longer confined solely to risk management specialists. Stakeholders ranging from employees to investors must understand how to quantify the tradeoffs of risk against the potential return. The failure to understand the essential nature of risk can have devastating consequences.

Globally renowned risk and corporate governance experts Michel Crouhy, Dan Galai, and Robert Mark have updated and streamlined their bestselling professional reference Risk Management to introduce you to the world of risk management without requiring you to know the intricate formulas and mathematical details.

The Essentials of Risk Management is the first book to make even the most sophisticated risk management approaches simultaneously accessible to both risk and non risk professionals. It will help you to:

-Increase the transparency of your risk management program to satisfy shareholders, employees, regulators, and other important constituencies
-Keep on top of the continuing evolution of best-practice risk policies and methodologies and associated risk infrastructures
-Implement and efficiently communicate an organization-wide Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) approach that encompasses market, credit, liquidity, operational, legal and regulatory, business, strategic and reputation risks
-Navigate thorny areas including risk policies, risk methodologies, economic capital, regulatory capital, performance measurement, asset-liability management, and more
-Efficiently allocate limited corporate resources to comply with the new generation of risk regulation and corporate governance regulation

As a non-risk professional or board member, you are being called on more than ever before to make sophisticated assessments of your organization's risk exposures as well as play a critical role in its formal risk management process. The Essentials of Risk Management tells you what you need to know to succeed in this challenging new environment.
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Liquidity Management: A Funding Risk Handbook

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Liquidity Management: A Funding Risk Handbook

English | ISBN: 1118413997 | 2015 | 208 pages | PDF | 2 MB

Description

Robust management of liquidity risk within the changing regulatory framework

Liquidity Management applies current risk management theory, techniques, and processes to liquidity risk control and management to help organizations prepare in case of future economic crisis and changing regulatory framework. Based on extensive research conducted on banks' datasets, this book addresses the practical challenges and critical issues that frequently go unmentioned, and discusses the recent impact of sovereign crises on banks' liquidity processes and approaches. Market practices and regulatory stances are reviewed and compared to bank treasuries' response to liquidity crunches, refinancing risks are explored in the context of Basel 3, and alternative funding is analyzed in terms of resilience and allocation. Coverage includes the recent crisis, new regulations, and the techniques, processes, and strategies banks use in managing liquidity risk.

The 2008 and 2010 crises brought liquidity risk out of the shadows as even profitable and well-capitalized banks were swept away with breathtaking speed. This book reviews modeling and internal process design in the context of the structural change in market conditions on banks' refinancing and control requirements, helping readers rethink and re-design their organization's approach to liquidity risk.

Understand the new liquidity regulatory framework and the implications for banks
Study the latest liquidity measurement models, with stress testing and scenario analysis
Discover the effect of illiquid financing markets and possible lasting impacts
Compare market liquidity and warning signals that detect further deterioration

With much of the world still reeling from history, it's important that liquidity risk become a major focus going forward. This practical guide provides valuable information, but also real, actionable steps that can be taken today to forecast and mitigate risks with an eye toward greater stability and security. Liquidity Management is a thorough, comprehensive guide to a more robust management of liquidity risk.

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Acknowledgements xi

Introductory Note xiii

CHAPTER 1 Funding and Market Liquidity 1

1.1 Liquidity in the Financial Markets 1

1.1.1 Definition of funding and liquidity risks 4

1.2 Managing Liquidity Risk 9

1.2.1 Liquidity risk’s framework 9

1.2.2 Chief Risk Officer’s role 15

1.3 Regulatory Frameworks 15

1.3.1 Total net cash outflows 21

1.3.2 Long-term funding requirements 22

1.3.3 Banks’ funding 23

1.3.4 Funding through securitization 26

1.3.5 Behavioural changes of customers or investors 28

1.3.6 Payment systems 29

1.3.7 Correspondent and custody activities 30

1.3.8 Accounting treatment and liquidity 31

1.3.9 Diversification of funding sources 31

1.3.10 Rating agency approaches to internal methodologies 32

1.3.11 Transparency to the market 32

1.3.12 Contingency plans 33

CHAPTER 2 Short-Term Funding 37

2.1 Cash Flow Ladder 37

2.1.1 Contractual cash flows 40

2.1.2 Rules for mapping flows on the maturity ladder 42

2.1.3 Flows without contractual certainty 42

2.1.4 Unexpected cash flows 43

2.1.5 Funds available for refinancing 44

2.1.6 Funds transferability 44

2.1.7 Total ladder calculation 44

2.2 Liquidity Coverage Ratio 45

2.2.1 Regulatory prescriptions 45

2.2.2 Liquid assets available for refinancing 46

2.2.3 Total net cash outflows in the upcoming month 51

2.3 Liquidity Risk Indicators 58

2.3.1 Using indicators 59

2.3.2 Testing indicators 60

2.3.3 Government bond yield curves and cross-spreads 61

2.3.4 Credit default swap levels 61

2.3.5 Foreign exchange cross-values 61

2.3.6 Central bank refinancing 62

2.3.7 Crisis indicators 62

2.3.8 Risk aversion indexes 65

2.4 Intraday Liquidity Risk 66

2.4.1 Intraday liquidity management 67

2.4.2 Cooperative mechanism 71

2.4.3 Analysing the possible impact of the stressed scenario on intraday liquidity risk 73

2.4.4 Haircuts to pledges 75

2.4.5 Monitoring requirements 76

2.4.6 Structural and intraday liquidity needs 76

2.4.7 Payment systems’ liquidity saving features 78

2.4.8 Intraday liquidity risk in the case of Lehman Brothers 79

2.4.9 Some intraday liquidity monitoring indicators 80

2.4.10 Intraday liquidity stress scenarios 82

2.5 Funding Concentration 83

2.5.1 Significant counterparties 85

2.5.2 Significant instruments/products 86

2.5.3 Significant currencies 86

2.5.4 Time buckets 87

2.6 Measuring Asset Liquidity 87

2.6.1 Standard liquidity ratio 89

2.6.2 Determining implied spread 90

CHAPTER 3 Long-Term Balance 93

3.1 Structural Funding 94

3.1.1 Determining the available funding 95

3.1.2 Required stable funding for assets 97

3.2 Customer Deposit Modelling 99

3.2.1 Regulatory approaches on deposit stability 103

3.2.2 Depositor behaviours 104

3.2.3 Modelling assumptions and impacts on funding costs 106

3.2.4 Dynamic regression models 109

3.3 Stress Testing and Scenario Analysis 111

3.3.1 Using stress testing to improve banks’ own risk governance 112

3.3.2 Liquidity stress testing rationale 113

3.3.3 Improving controls 117

3.3.4 Stress testing methodology 117

3.3.5 Reverse stress testing 118

3.3.6 Scenario analysis 119

3.3.7 Internal capital and stress testing 122

CHAPTER 4 Liquidity Value At Risk 123

4.1 Market Liquidity Effects 123

4.1.1 Market volatility 124

4.2 Market Liquidity Value At Risk 124

4.3 VaR Liquidation-Adjusted 133

4.3.1 Exogenous and endogenous liquidity risk in the VaR model 137

4.3.2 Liquidity risk horizons 138

4.4 Cash Flows At Risk 140

CHAPTER 5 Control Framework 143

5.1 Governance Principles 143

5.2 Control Processes 148

5.2.1 Functions in charge of liquidity risk management and control 150

5.2.2 Risk committees 151

5.2.3 Coordinating liquidity management 152

5.2.4 Liquidity risk monitoring function 153

5.2.5 Addressing documentation-related liquidity risks 154

5.3 Monitoring Liquidity Exposure 155

5.3.1 Available assets for refinancing 156

5.3.2 Funding concentration 157

5.3.3 Liquidity coverage ratio and NSFR in the various currencies 157

5.3.4 Market-related monitoring tools 158

5.3.5 Overall market information 158

5.3.6 Information on the financial sector 159

5.3.7 Company-specific information 160

5.3.8 Recommendations on the monitoring process 160

5.3.9 Reporting frequency and distribution 160

5.4 Setting Liquidity Risk Limits 161

5.4.1 Limit setting and review 162

5.4.2 Reporting and escalation procedures 163

5.4.3 Internal rules on limit setting and management 164

5.5 Contingency Liquidity Plan 164

5.5.1 Outlining the contingency funding plans 167

5.5.2 Internal procedures for CFP 168

CHAPTER 6 Conclusions 169

6.1 Funding Liquidity 169

6.2 Profitability Impact of Larger Counterbalancing Asset Stocks 170

6.3 Pricing and Liquidity 171

6.4 Lessons Learnt 171

Bibliography 173

Index 181

Risk Analysis in Finance and Insurance, Second Edition

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Risk Analysis in Finance and Insurance, Second Edition

English | 2011 | ISBN: 1420070525 | 328 pages | PDF | 4 MB
Risk Analysis in Finance and Insurance, Second Edition presents an accessible yet comprehensive introduction to the main concepts and methods that transform risk management into a quantitative science.

Taking into account the interdisciplinary nature of risk analysis, the author discusses many important ideas from mathematics, finance, and actuarial science in a simplified manner. He explores the interconnections among these disciplines and encourages readers toward further study of the subject. This edition continues to study risks associated with financial and insurance contracts, using an approach that estimates the value of future payments based on current financial, insurance, and other information.

New to the Second Edition
Expanded section on the foundations of probability and stochastic analysis
Coverage of new topics, including financial markets with stochastic volatility, risk measures, risk-adjusted performance measures, and equity-linked insurance
More worked examples and problems
Reorganized and expanded, this updated book illustrates how to use quantitative methods of stochastic analysis in modern financial mathematics. These methods can be naturally extended and applied in actuarial science, thus leading to unified methods of risk analysis and management.

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Features

Introduces the main ideas, techniques, and stochastic models of financial mathematics
Focuses on the foundations and key concepts of the modern methodology of quantitative financial analysis
Explores the problems of managing insurance risks
Examines the multiple intrinsic connections between insurance risks and financial risks
Shows how stochastic analysis is a powerful tool for modeling financial and insurance risk processes
Includes numerous worked examples and a collection of homework problems

Solutions manual available for qualifying instructors

Summary

Risk Analysis in Finance and Insurance, Second Edition presents an accessible yet comprehensive introduction to the main concepts and methods that transform risk management into a quantitative science. Taking into account the interdisciplinary nature of risk analysis, the author discusses many important ideas from mathematics, finance, and actuarial science in a simplified manner. He explores the interconnections among these disciplines and encourages readers toward further study of the subject. This edition continues to study risks associated with financial and insurance contracts, using an approach that estimates the value of future payments based on current financial, insurance, and other information.

New to the Second Edition

Expanded section on the foundations of probability and stochastic analysis
Coverage of new topics, including financial markets with stochastic volatility, risk measures, risk-adjusted performance measures, and equity-linked insurance
More worked examples and problems

Reorganized and expanded, this updated book illustrates how to use quantitative methods of stochastic analysis in modern financial mathematics. These methods can be naturally extended and applied in actuarial science, thus leading to unified methods of risk analysis and management.

Financial Management and Policy (12th Edition)

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Financial Management and Policy (12th Edition)

English | 2002 | ISBN: 0130326577 | 832 Pages | PDF | 25 MB

Highly respected for its effective integration of financial theory and practice, this classic book explores the rapidly evolving and exciting theory of finance as it relates to a corporation's investment in assets, financing, and dividends, explains the ways in which analytical techniques are brought to bear on financial decision making, and supplies the institutional material necessary for a solid understanding of the environment in which financial decisions are made. New cases are added, highlighting for readers major issues in financial analysis, valuation, and financing. Extensively revised coverage of relevant topics throughout provides new and updated information on topics such as efficient markets, share repurchase, empirical evidence, electronic funds transfers, loan pricing, private placements, tax treatment of preferred-stock dividends and tax-deductible preferred stock, exotic securities used in corporate finance, and many others. Financial analysis and analytical techniques are discussed in conjunction, applying these topics as they relate to financial decision making with an emphasis on formulating alternatives, analyzing them, and reaching a decision. An excellent resource for professionals in positions such as treasurer, controller, banker, investment banker, investment manager, or chief financial officer.

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"Natural Disasters: Multifaceted Aspects in Management and Impact Assessment" - pdf

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"Natural Disasters: Multifaceted Aspects in Management and Impact Assessment" ed. by Olga Petrucci

InTeOpP | 2013 | ISBN: 9535111900 9789535111900 | 123 pages | PDF | 8 MB

This book is an overview of the complex and multifaceted topic of natural disasters impact. Several possible approaches can be undertaken to assess economic, psychological, societal or environmental damage caused by natural disasters, aiming to reduce the effects of future events on the whole of these sectors.

This book proposes a range of studies realized in different continents, showing various aspects from which natural disasters can be view, thus giving a measure of the complexity and multidisciplinary of the topic.

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Disaster Recovery, Crisis Response, and Business Continuity: A Management Desk Reference.pdf

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Disaster Recovery, Crisis Response, and Business Continuity: A Management Desk Reference

English | ISBN: 1430264063 | 2014 | 316 pages | PDF | 2.7 MB

You re in charge of IT facilities, or core operations for your organization when a hurricane or a fast-moving wildfire hits. What do you do?

Simple. You follow your business continuity/disaster recovery plan.

If you ve prepared in advance, your operation or your company can continue to conduct business while competitors stumble and fall. Even if your building goes up in smoke or the power is out for ten days or cyber warriors cripple your IT systems, you know you will survive.

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Emergency Management and Social Intelligence: A Comprehensive All-Hazards Approach pdf

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Emergency Management and Social Intelligence: A Comprehensive All-Hazards Approach

Features

Explains how one-size-fits-all disaster planning will continue to fail during disasters
Illustrates how social welfare policy has mirrored disaster policy
Provides detailed case studies on a spectrum of disasters spanning a century, including hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, and oil spills
Describes how emergency management can provide a more robust response while still remaining a coordinating entity
Identifies methods for improving budgeting and capital improvement plans related to community development and infrastructure
Examines how to leverage existing capabilities within municipal departments to deliver more effective services and identify emerging trends

Summary

For effective preparedness, emergency managers must comprehend how a disaster impacts not only the physical infrastructure of the affected community but also the population. They must understand how the people interact with one another, how they interact with government, and how they react to the disaster event. In other words, they must have social intelligence. Emergency Management and Social Intelligence: A Comprehensive All-Hazards Approach provides a comprehensive framework for understanding a community before, during, and after a disaster in order to best mitigate the effect of a disaster on its people.

After an overview of what we’ve learned and what we haven’t learned from past events, the book provides detailed case studies on a spectrum of disasters spanning a century, including hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, and oil spills. This context provides a framework for understanding a host of essential issues, including:

The interplay between how people perceive people in their communities, the public policy which results from socially constructed views, and the issues which surface during and after disaster as a result
The base logic of Social Intelligence which is rooted in the U.S. national security and intelligence apparatus
The application of the intelligence cycle in emergency management and how to develop and understand situational awareness
Baseline data points applicable to any community or jurisdiction and how they can be woven together to build on existing jurisdictional competence and real-time situational awareness
How geographic information systems (GISs) are used in emergency management, along with their limitations and the different software programs available
Modeling for disasters and how this helps the emergency management community plan for and respond to disasters
How emergency managers can use social intelligence to build resiliency at the local level and harness preexisting community strength before, during, and after a disaster

The insight presented in this volume supplies emergency managers, policy makers, and elected officials with a powerful blueprint for implementing social intelligence in any community or organization, maximizing the effectiveness of disaster recovery efforts. Equally important, this volume supplies emergency managers, municipalities, government organizations, and private sector entities with a framework to understand and identify social and economic fault lines in communities.

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Construction Management JumpStart: The Best First Step Toward a Career in Construction Management, 2nd Edition

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Construction Management JumpStart: The Best First Step Toward a Career in Construction Management,

2nd Edition

Description

Launch your career in construction management with this one-of-a-kind book The construction management industry is expected to increase employment by 16 percent over the next decade. This second edition of a bestselling introduction to construction management walks you through each stage of the construction management process.
Written from the constructor's perspective, this book will familiarize you with all the construction management fundamentals and how Building Information Modeling (BIM) is impacting the construction management profession.

Covers interoperability of technology advances in the construction industry
Explains how BIM is challenging the traditional approach to project delivery and how this affects the constructor's role
Elaborates each stage of the design and construction process and the tasks associated with each of them
Shows step-by-step how to estimate project costs, administer contracts, manage job site and construction operations, plan and schedule a project, monitor project performance, manage project quality and safety, and assess project risks
Provides review questions at the end of each chapter to help enforce understanding

The tried-and-true project management principles presented in this book will help ensure you a successful start to your career.

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Introduction.

Chapter 1 The Construction Industry.

Chapter 2 What Is Construction Management?

Chapter 3 How We Get the Work.

Chapter 4 The Construction Contract.

Chapter 5 Project Stages.

Chapter 6 Estimating Project Costs.

Chapter 7 Contract Administration.

Chapter 8 Construction Operations and Job Site Management.

Chapter 9 Project Planning and Scheduling.

Chapter 10 Monitoring Project Performance.

Chapter 11 Managing Quality and Safety.

Chapter 12 Managing Project Risks.

Chapter 13 Building Information Modeling.

Appendix A Common Acronyms Used in Construction.

Appendix B Answers to Review Questions.

Glossary.

Index.

Effective Project Management: Traditional, Agile, Extreme, 7th edition

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Effective Project Management: Traditional, Agile, Extreme,

7th edition

Description

The popular guide to the project management body of knowledge, now fully updated
Now in its seventh edition, this comprehensive guide to project management has long been considered the standard for both professionals and academics. With more than 32,000 copies sold in the last three editions, it has now been fully updated to cover the new PMBOK 5. Well-known expert Robert Wysocki has added more than 100 pages of new content based on instructor feedback, enhancing the coverage of best-of-breed methods and tools for ensuring project management success.
With enriched case studies, accompanying exercises and solutions on the companion website, and PowerPoint slides for all figures and tables, the book is ideal for instructors and students as well as active project managers.

Serves as a comprehensive guide to project management for both educators and project management professionals
Completely updated to cover the new PMBOK 5
Examines traditional, agile, and extreme project management techniques; the Enterprise Project Management Model; and Kanban and Scrumban methodologies
Includes a companion website with exercises and solutions and well as PowerPoint slides for all the figures and tables used
Written by well-known project management expert Robert Wysocki

Preface xxix

Introduction xxxi

Part I Understanding the Project Management Landscape 1

Chapter 1 What Is a Project? 3

Chapter 2 What Is Project Management? 25

Chapter 3 What Are the Project Management Process Groups? 65

Part II Traditional Project Management 101

Chapter 4 How to Scope a TPM Project 103

Chapter 5 How to Plan a TPM Project 141

Chapter 6 How to Launch a TPM Project 217

Chapter 7 How to Monitor & Control a TPM Project 267

Chapter 8 How to Close a TPM Project 299

Part III Complex Project Management 309

Chapter 9 Complexity and Uncertainty in the Project Management Landscape 311

Chapter 10 Agile Project Management 327

Chapter 11 Extreme Project Management 351

Chapter 12 Comparing Linear, Incremental, Iterative, Adaptive, and Extreme PMLC Models 359

Part IV Managing the Realities of Projects 445

Chapter 13 Prevention and Intervention Strategies for Distressed Projects 447

Chapter 14 Organizing Multiple Team Projects 477

Chapter 15 Establishing and Maturing a Project Support Office 509

Chapter 16 Establishing and Managing a Continuous Process Improvement Program 555

Part V End State: Maturing to an Enterprise-Level Project Management Model 591

Chapter 17 Establishing a Project Portfolio Management Process 593

Chapter 18 A Practical Project-Based Model of the Enterprise 645

Appendix A Glossary of Acronyms 683

Appendix B What’s on the Website? 689

Appendix C Bibliography 691

Index 701

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Project Management JumpStart, 3rd Edition

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Project Management JumpStart,

3rd Edition

Description

The much-anticipated new edition of the popular project management introductory book The role of the project manager continues to become more diverse and demanding, placing strong project management skills in high demand. This in-depth introductory guide offers aspiring project managers the essential fundamentals of project management. Fully revised since the previous version, this new edition includes updated project management methods and practices as well as new examples and study questions. Project management guru Kim Heldman presents you with a clear, concise, and enjoyable writing style so that you can approach project management from a practical?rather than theoretical?standpoint.

Serves as an introduction to the fundamentals of project management
Provides completely updated and revised material on project management methods and practices
Features new examples and study questions
Addresses how to create project schedules and budgets and define project goals
Covers project management principles, Project Management Institute?s project management standards, and practical application of project management for the workplace

Whether you're considering a career in project management or simply wish to expand your understanding of general project management principles, Project Management JumpStart, Third Edition is ideal reading.

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ASCE Magazine

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ASCE Magazine March-2015

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