Modern Construction Management
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Beschreibung
This new edition of a core undergraduate textbook for constructionmanagers reflects current best practice, topical industrypreoccupations and latest developments in courses and fundamentalsubjects for students.
While the construction process still requires traditionalskills, changes over recent decades today demand improvedunderstanding of modern business, production and contractualpractices. The authors have responded accordingly and thebook has undergone a thorough re-write, eliminating some of theolder material and adding new processes now considered essential toachieving lean construction. Particular emphasis is given, forexample, to supply chains and networks, value and risk management,BIM, ICT, project arrangements, corporate social responsibility,training, health and welfare and environmental sustainability.
Modern Construction Management presents construction as asocially responsible, innovative, carbon-reducing,manager-involved, people-orientated, crisis-free industry that isefficient and cost effective. The overall themes for the SeventhEdition are:
* Drivers for efficiency: lean construction underpinningproduction management and off-site production methods.
* Sustainability: reflecting the transition to a lowcarbon economy.
* Corporate Social Responsibility: embracing health &safety, modernistic contracts, effective procurement, andemployment issues.
* Building Information Management: directed towardsthe improvement of construction management systems.
The comprehensive selection of worked examples, based on realand practical situations in construction management and methodswill help to consolidate learning. A companion website at www.wiley.com/go/MCM7 offersinvaluable support material for both tutors and students:
* Solutions to the self-learning exercises
* PowerPoint slides with discussion topics
* Journal and web references
Structured to reflect site, business and corporateresponsibilities of managers in construction, the book continues toprovide strong coverage of the salient elements required fordeveloping and equipping the modern construction manager with thecompetencies and skills for both technical and business relatedareas.
Autor*in
Frank Harris
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Baubetrieb Bauingenieur- u. Bauwesen Civil Engineering & Construction Construction Management Massenermittlung u. Bauökonomie Quantity Surveying & Construction Economics
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"This is a comprehensive and in-depth book covering anevolving discipline that is undergoing a technologicalmodernisation, particularly with building informationmodelling." (Civil Engineering, 1 August2014)
"Modern Construction Management is a textbook for advancedstudies in construction management. It is a substantial volume of572 pages with general descriptions, partly detailed texts,numerous examples and references." (ConstructionManagement and Economics, 8 January 2014)
"I highly recommend the landmark and very modern bestpractices oriented textbook ModernConstruction Management, Seventh Edition by Frank Harris,Ph.D., and Ronald McCaffer, Ph.D., to any students and graduates incivil engineering, construction management, building and quantitysurveying, corporate leaders, and government policy makers seekinga clear and all encompassing guide to the current business,technical, environmental, and societal issues and challenges ofmodern construction management. This book is a tremendous startingpoint for students and professionals at any level of constructionproject management." (Blog Business World, 10May 2013)
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