Major Infrastructure Projects
Planning for Delivery
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Beschreibung
Managing, developing and investing in crucial infrastructure is essential to keep up with the challenges of a fast-paced and globalised world, but effecting and overseeing change requires a deep understanding of complex interlocking systems.
In this unique and comprehensive textbook, the authors examine the challenges faced by governments around the world, and champion a fresh approach to major infrastructure project management that takes into account the interdependencies between economic, social, political, technological and legislative environments.
Complemented by a range of international case studies, Major Infrastructure Projects: Planning for Delivery will teach you how to:
· Effectively allocate capital resources at the portfolio level, to support and nurture even the most ambitious projects
; Enhance your existing project management models to meet the evolving challenges of the twenty-first century· Deepen your understanding of policy implementation, so that legislative realities can be a stepping-stone rather than a barrier to development
· Streamline and refine traditional methods to shrink the complexity associated with major infrastructure projects
Major Infrastructure Projects is the ideal companion for courses on any aspect of project management, taking you from project appraisal and supply chain maximisation to contract selection, governance and ethics.
Edward Ochieng is a Senior Lecturer in Programme and Project Management at Cranfield University, UK. Previously, Edward was a Senior Lecturer in Project Management at Liverpool John Moores University. He has presented at national and international conferences, and has published three books, multiple book chapters and over 70 papers in refereed journals and conferences.
Andrew Price is Professor of Project Management at Loughborough University, UK. He has over 30 years’ design, construction and industry-focused research experience, and has been Principal or Co-investigator on 44 funded research projects worth over £13M. He is also the author of six books and hundreds of journal papers, conference papers and industry guidance documents.
David Moore is a Reader at Robert Gordon University, UK. David has been involved in funded research examining the behaviours of superior-performing project managers, which was rated as tending to international significance by EPSRC. He has authored or co-authored seven books and over 85 papers.
Infrastructure development and maintenance is vital for a country's economy but the delivery of projects is becoming ever more challenging because of the economic and legislative environment. This book provides a comprehensive overview of the management of infrastructure projects, from project appraisal to supply chain to implementing practices. The authors incorporate contemporary approaches to project management and provide more linkage between techniques, risk, agile approaches and integrated supply chains, making this a comprehensive reference for students on infrastructure focussed project management modules at undergraduate and postgraduate level.
Each chapter contains a topical case study with discussion questions, allowing students to appreciate the bigger picture behind management practices on an international scale. Such cases studies include London’s Crossrail project and Al Maktoum International Airport in DubaiChapters conclude with a chapter summary and discussion questionsHighly illustrated with frequent figures, tables and flowchartsBridges the divide between funding/finance and operational project managementCreates links between techniques, risk, agile approaches and integrated supply chainsWritten by three well-known academics in the field
Primary: undergraduate students on construction management or civil engineering degrees and master's level students on project management or infrastructure management programmes
Secondary: postgraduate modules in risk management in construction, project planning and environmental assessment
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Edward Ochieng
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