Managing Construction Projects (PDF)

Project management is of critical importance in construction, yet
its execution poses major challenges. In order to keep a project on
track, decisions often have to be made before all the necessary
information is available.

Drawing on a wide range of research, Managing Construction
Projects proposes new ways of thinking about project management
in construction, exploring the skills required to manage
uncertainty and offering techniques for thinking about the
challenges involved. The second edition takes the information
processing perspective introduced in the first edition and develops
it further. In particular, this approach deepens the reader's
understanding of the dynamics in the construction project process
- from the value proposition inherent in the project mission,
to the functioning asset that generates value for its owners and
users.

Managing Construction Projects is a unique and
indispensible contribution to the available literature on
construction project management. It will be of particular benefit
to advanced students of construction and construction project
management, as well as contractors and quantity surveyors.

Reviews of the First edition:

"A massive review of the art and science of the management of
projects that has the great virtue of being a good read wherever it
is touched. It spills the dirt on things that went wrong,
elucidates the history so you can understand the industry's current
stance, draws on other countries experience and explains the latest
management processes. Throughout it is liberally sprinkled with
anecdotes and case histories which amply illustrate the dos and
don't for practitioners wishing to deliver projects on time to
expected quality and price. A valuable book for students and
practitioners alike."

--John D Findlay, Director, Stent

"This is a valuable source for practitioners and students. It
covers the A-Z of project management in a confident contemporary
manner, and provides a powerful and much needed conceptual
perspective in place of a purely prescriptive approach. The
engaging presentation introduces a range of challenges to
established thinking about project management, often by making
comparisons between practices in the UK and those of other
countries."

--Peter Lansley, Professor of Construction Management,
University of Reading

"A refreshing and unique study of information management and its
impact upon international construction project management.... The
book is well presented and written, logical and succinct and is
flexible enough to allow readers to either read from start to
finish or to dip into selected chapters. This book deserves to be
an established text for any construction or civil engineering under
- and/or postgraduate course."

--CNBR, 25th November 2003

"Generous use is made of anecdotes andc case histories
throughout to support the theory. the book illustrates the mistakes
made by others, and the means to deliver projects on time and to
cost."

--Building Services Journal, April 2004