Civil engineering project management

✍ Scribed by A C Twort; J Gordon Rees

• Publisher: Elsevier/Butterworth-Heinemann
• Year: 2004
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 281
• Edition: 4th
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This new edition updates and revises the best practical guide for on-site engineers. Written from the point of view of the project engineer it details their responsibilities, powers, and duties. The book has been fully updated to reflect the latest changes to management practice and new forms of contract.

✦ Table of Contents

Content: The development of construction procedures --
Procedures for design and construction --
Payment arrangements, risks and project cost estimating --
Contract conditions used for civil engineering work --
Preparing contract documents --
Tendering --
The contractor's site organization --
The employer and his engineer --
The resident engineer's duties --
Health and safety regulations --
Starting the construction work --
Site surveys, investigations and layout --
The resident engineer's office records --
Programme and progress charts --
Measurement and bills of quantities --
Interim monthly payments --
Variations and claims --
Earthworks and pipelines --
Site concreting and reinforcement.
Abstract:

Written from the point of view of the project engineer, this guide details their responsibilities, powers and duties. It talks about the changes to management practice and the various forms of contract. It serves as a practical guide to on-site project management for the practicing engineers. Read more...