Integrated design and cost management for civil engineers

✍ Scribed by Whyte, Andrew

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2014
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 456
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Content: Introduction Civil engineering attributes Design, construction and management of civil engineering projects Chapter breakdown Cost planning and control Cost prediction and estimating in civil engineering projects Cost estimating Cash flow prediction and income/revenue monitoring The time-value of money and (civil) engineering economics Life cycle cost analysis: Civil engineering applications Timelines and scheduling civil engineering projects Scheduling techniques Rescheduling techniques to improve and adapt project timelines Risk: Structured reporting Alternative scheduling techniques for civil engineering projects Method statements Value management Critical chain project management scheduling Agile management Delay and (oil price) fluctuations in civil engineering projects Quality control in civil engineering projects Quality systems and quality standards Quality and contractual requirements Quality and continuous improvement Occupational health and safety in construction Prefabrication and modularisation productivity Prefabrication and design specification decisions Predicting defects in civil engineering activities Contract documentation for civil engineering projects Contractual arrangements Specifications for design solutions Design measurement and mensuration: Civil engineering bills of quantities Design drawings Engineering ethics and professional development Engineering traditions Professional engineering ethics Leadership Professional integration in a multidisciplinary (BIM orientated) team Integrated design and cost management solutions Integrated design practice examples Representative civil engineering cost and output-efficiency information References

✦ Subjects

Engineering economy. Public works -- Costs. Construction industry -- Management. Building -- Cost control.