Process management enables efficiency improvements by identifying and integrating generic sub-processes. This book provides a comprehensive introduction to process management in design and construction in order to meet the business needs of the construction industry in a highly competitive global en
Quantitative Methods in Construction Management and Design
โ Scribed by J. F. Woodward B.Sc., M.I.C.E., F.I.Struct.E., M.B.I.M. (auth.)
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Year
- 1975
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 192
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Introduction to Quantitative Methods....Pages 3-14
Network Planning Methods....Pages 15-37
Construction Planning....Pages 38-61
Certainty, Uncertainty, Probability, Variability and Risk....Pages 62-70
Front Matter....Pages 71-71
Decision-making under Conditions of Certainty....Pages 73-99
Cost Models in Plant Location....Pages 100-125
Capital-investment Appraisal....Pages 126-142
Front Matter....Pages 143-143
Decision-making under Conditions of Uncertainty....Pages 145-155
Multi-stage Decisions Under Conditions of Uncertainty....Pages 156-167
Competitive Bidding....Pages 168-180
Back Matter....Pages 181-185
โฆ Subjects
Operation Research/Decision Theory; Construction Management
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This book looks at the transfer and further development of value management procedures, as practised in North America, in a United Kingdom and Commonwealth construction industry context.
Process management enables efficiency improvements by identifying and integrating generic sub-processes. This book provides a comprehensive introduction to process management in design and construction in order to meet the business needs of the construction industry as they change in a highly compet
Process management enables efficiency improvements by identifying and integrating generic sub-processes. This book provides a comprehensive introduction to process management in design and construction in order to meet the business needs of the construction industry as they change in a highly compet
""Cover Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""About the Author""; ""Chapter 1 -- Project Value: The Source of All Quantitative Measures""; ""Chapter 2 -- Introduction to Probability and Statistics for Projects""; ""Chapter 3 -- Organizing and Estimating the Work""; ""Cha
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