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• List of Tables List of Figures Preface List of Acronyms PART I: SOCIAL STRUCTURES OF ACCUMULATION Social Structures of Organization Social Structures Applied to the Provision of the Built Environment Social Structures of Production PART II: CONSTRUCTION MARKETS Towards Usable Concepts of Construction Market Structure Construction Markets and Transaction Costs The Nature of Construction Markets PART III: CAPACITY Capacity of the Construction Industry Capacity of the Firm and Economics of Growth PART IV: PRICING AND INVESTMENT STRATEGIES Pricing and Investment Marketing and Production Decisions of Speculative Builders and Contractors PART V: CAPITAL CIRCUITS The Industrial Capital Circuit Capital Circuits, Conflicts and Strategies Bibliography and References Index.
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Examines the whole diverse range of firms that are found in the construction sector and their decision making and the economic environments in which they operate. The authors aim to provide a new and coherent perspective on these firms and the choices they have to make both for their managers and for all who have a stake in these firms and their industry.
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• Glossaries
• Introduction
• Relevance and Background
• Case Study
• Energetic, Economic and Ecological Lifecycle Performance Evaluation Model
• Results
• Summary and Outlook.

This doctoral dissertation presents a model to evaluate trade-offs between the energetic, economic, and environmental lifecycle performance of building projects. The model is explained so as to be replicable. The model is then applied for decision-making on different strategies for existing buildings in Germany. Results from the case-study show that current state-of-the-art building strategies considerably increase the risk of missing climate change mitigation targets in exchange to a relatively small economic improvement over innovative building strategies.

Built Environment and Property Management - A Focus on China and Hong Kong is a unique collection of previously published articles that represent the very highest level of scholarship in the field. The articles published in this collection identify some emergent themes that have subsequently established themselves as key trends among academics in the field. These include the following:- Public-private partnerships- China's property boom and the resulting increase in prices- Waste management issues.This new collection provides an unparalleled insight into the hospitality industry and will enable readers to access the most important 'thinkers' active in this arena today.
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Built Environment and Property Management - A Focus on China is a unique collection of articles that represent the very highest level of scholarship in the field. The articles published in this collection identify some emergent themes that have subsequently established themselves as key trends among academics in the field. These include the following:- Public-private partnerships- China's property boom and the resulting increase in prices- Waste management issuesThis new collection provides an unparalleled insight into the built environment and property management industry and will enable readers to access the most important 'AAÂ AAÂ thinkers' active in this arena today.
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• Process-Based Management Approach. Program Management Process Groups. Initiation Process. Planning Process. Execution Process. The Closure Process.
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Although construction is one of the largest industries in the United States, it lags behind other industries in its implementation of modern management techniques such as those contained in the Standard for Program Management (the Standard) by the Project Management Institute (PMI). Construction Program Management details the successful use of the.
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• Chapter 1 Historical Perspective
• Part 1 - Construction Management:
• Chapter 2 Overview of the Construction Industry
• Chapter 3 Construction Management Functions
• Chapter 4 Scheduling Techniques for Construction Projects
• Chapter 5 Construction Cost Estimates
• Chapter 6 Estimating Heavy/Civil Projects
• Chapter 7 Estimating Building Projects
• Chapter 8 Construction Contracts Administration
• Chapter 9 Construction Accounting
• Part 2 - Construction Practice:
• Chapter 10 Machine Power
• Chapter 11 Equipment Selection and Utilization
• Chapter 12 Equipment Cost
• Chapter 13 Building Materials
• Chapter 14 Building Construction Methods
• Chapter 15 Quality and Productivity
• Chapter 16 Safety
• Chapter 17 Trends Appendixes:Appendix AGlossary Appendix BSelected Unit Equivalents.
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Construction Management Fundamentals is intended as an introduction to both technical and business sides of construction, and is intended for use in an undergraduate Civil Engineering curriculum or for graduate courses in Construction Management. The text covers fundamentals of construction in a logical, simple, and concise format, and many examples reinforce construction and management concepts through applications, photographs, and illustrations derived from actual projects. Based upon professional practice, standard formats for analyzing common problems are presented and explained preparing students for fast-paced bid preparation.The second edition of Construction Management Fundamentals includes coverage of the Construction Specifications Institute's new MasterFormat 2004 edition, as well as a completely rewritten safety chapter incorporating the latest OSHA required safety practices and reporting practices. The book will help prepare the student who may take one or two courses in construction or the construction management professional.
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• Preface.1 Introduction.1.1 General.1.1.1 Purpose of 'delay analysis in construction'.1.1.2 Guidance.1.1.3 Construction planning and programming.1.2 Construction delays.1.2.1 Identifying delays.1.2.2 Analysing construction delays.1.2.3 Delay claim life-cycle.1.3 Burning issues in delay analysis.1.4 Presentation and case study.2 Construction Programmes.2.1 Introduction.2.1.1 Planning, Programming and Project Controls.2.1.2 Elements of a successful project.2.2 Planning and Programming.2.2.1 Project Planning.2.2.2 Work Breakdown Structure.2.3 CPM Programming Techniques-- the Fundamentals.2.3.1 Activity Durations.2.3.2 Activity Relationships.2.3.3 Event Date Calculations.2.3.4 Forward Pass.2.3.5 Backward Pass.2.3.6 Total Float.2.3.7 Constraints.2.4 Baseline Validation.2.4.1 Joint Baseline Review.2.4.2 Programme Approval.2.4.3 The Project Baseline.2.5 Other Planning Techniques.2.5.1 PERT - Project Evaluation and Review Technique.2.5.2 Gantt Charts (Bar Charts).2.5.3 Line of Balance.2.5.4 Critical Chain Method/Theory of Constraints.2.6 Why use CPM Planning or Scheduling Techniques?.2.6.1 Project Management.2.6.2 As-planned programmes.2.7 Project Controls and the Project Control Cycle.2.7.1 Progress Monitoring.2.7.2 Process and Analyse Information, Earned Value Method.2.7.3 The Cost and Schedule Performance Curves.2.7.4 Time Control.2.7.5 Programme Updates.2.8 Records, Records, Records...2.8.1 Electronic Records.2.9 Predatory Programming Practices.2.10 Guidance.3 Identification of Construction Delays.3.1 Establishing a Basis for Identifying Delay.3.1.1 General Requirements.3.1.2 Validation of an As-Planned Programme.3.2 Factual Evidence and As-Built Programmes.3.2.1 As-Built Programme Preparation.3.2.2 Summary.3.3 Identification of Delay Events.3.3.1 Delay Identification.3.3.2 Recording Delays.3.4 Identification and Analysis of Disruption.3.4.1. Disruption and Delay.3.4.2 Calculating Disruption.3.4.3 Establishing Cause.3.4.4 Total Cost Claims/Global Claims.3.4.5 Measured Mile.3.4.6 Graphical Presentation.3.4.7 Summary.4 Analysis of Construction Delays.4.1 Introduction to Delay Analysis Techniques.4.1.1 The use of CPM techniques.4.1.2 Project Planning Software.4.1.3 Identifying Delays - Cause or Effect?.4.2 Explanation of the Available Techniques.4.2.1 Additive Methods of Delay Analysis.4.2.2 Impacted As-Planned.4.2.3 Time Impact Analysis.4.2.4 Collapsed As-Built.4.2.5 As-Built Based Methods of Analysis.4.2.6 Total Time Assessments.4.2.7 As-Planned versus As-Built Windows Analysis.4.2.8 Contemporaneous Windows Analysis.4.2.9 Month-to-Month Update Analysis.4.3 Selection Criteria and Guidance.4.3.1 The SCL Delay and Disruption Protocol.4.3.2 The Core Statements of Principle.4.3.3 Recommended Practice No. 29R-03 'Forensic Schedule Analysis'.4.3.4 Which technique to use under given circumstances.4.4 Summary.5 Problematic Issues.5.1 Introduction.5.2 Float and Delay Claims.5.2.1 General Definitions
• What is 'Float'?.5.2.2 How Float is used.5.2.3 Float Loss and the Impact.5.2.4 Measurement of Float Loss.5.2.5 Who Owns the Float?.5.3 Concurrency.5.3.1 Definitions.5.3.2 Delay Analysis and Concurrency.5.3.3 SCL Delay and Disruption Protocol.5.3.4 Delay Scenarios.5.3.5 Common Questions.5.3.6 Experience and Commonsense.5.3.7 The Concept of Pacing.5.4 Programme Approvals and Onerous Specifications.5.4.1 Programme Requirements, Format and Compliance.5.4.2 Approval or Acceptance of Construction Programme.5.5 Acceleration and Mitigation.5.5.1 Mitigation.5.5.2 Acceleration.5.5.3 Contractors' right to early completion.6 Effective Presentation of Delay Analysis.6.1 Introduction.6.2 Case Study - Airport Terminal Expansion.6.2.1 Initial analysis by party appointed planning experts.6.2.2 Using Time Impact Analysis for Prolongation.6.2.3 Tribunal Planning Expert's Contemporaneous Approach.6.2.4 Runway Extension - Are delays to the Runway Extension relevant?.6.2.5 Terminal Building - Are delays to the Terminal Building relevant?.6.3 Float Mapping - Approach and Methodology.6.3.1 Extracting Float Values.6.3.2 Create Float Map.6.3.3 Identify Driving Activities.6.3.4 As-Built Critical Path.6.4 Demonstrating Acceleration.6.5 Presentation Skills - Demonstrative Evidence.6.5.1 Summary.Index.
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The most significant unanticipated costs on many construction projects are the financial impacts associated with delay and disruption to the works. Assessing these, and establishing a causal link from each delay event to its effect, contractual liability and the damages experienced as a direct result of each event, can be difficult and complex. This book is a practical guide to the process of delay analysis and includes an in-depth review of the primary methods of delay analysis, together with the assumptions that underlie the precise calculations required in any quantitative delay analysis. The techniques discussed can be used on projects of any size, under all forms of construction contract, both domestic and international. The authors discuss not only delay analysis techniques, but also their appropriateness under given circumstances, demonstrating how combined approaches may be applied where necessary.They also consider problematic issues including 'who owns the float', concurrent delay, early completion programmes, and disruption. The book, which is well illustrated, features practical worked examples and case studies demonstrating the techniques commonly used by experienced practitioners. This is an invaluable resource to contractors, architects, engineers, surveyors, programmers and delay analysts, and will also be of interest to clients' professional advisors managing extension of time or delay claims, as well as construction lawyers who require a better understanding of the underlying assumptions on which many quantitative delay analyses are based.
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