Construction Project Planning and Scheduling - Tapa dura

"The overall order of the contents is logical. Having an introductory chapter that deals project management is useful. Then proceeding from WBS, to network plan, to network model, to computations, works well." - James Stein, Eastern Michigan University "The use of the townhouse case study is an excellent opportunity to make the material real." - John Jarchow, Pima Community College

For freshman/sophomore courses in Scheduling/Project Control, in departments of Civil Engineering/Technology and Construction Management/Technology. This text thoroughly covers the topic of the need and use of project planning and scheduling in the construction industry. It approaches the subject-and its related terminology and techniques-from a conceptual viewpoint that reinforces students' learning with increasingly difficult levels of analytical problems. The book includes development of work breakdown structures, precedence grids, precedence network node diagrams, analytical methods for network solutions, resource scheduling, leveling and allocation, time-cost tradeoffs, and project-scheduling simulation with PERT application.