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"The management of construction projects is a wide ranging and challenging discipline in an increasingly international industry, facing continual challenges and demands for improvements in safety, in quality and cost control, and in the avoidance of contractual disputes. Construction Management grew out of a Leonardo da Vinci project to develop a series of Common Learning Outcomes for European Managers in Construction. Financed by the European Union, the project aimed to develop a library of basic materials for developing construction management skills for use in a pan-European context. Focused exclusively on the management of the construction phase of a building project from the contractor's point of view, Construction Management covers the complete range of topics of which mastery is required by the construction management professional for the effective delivery of new construction projects. With the continued internationalisation of the construction industry, Construction Management will be required reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students across Europe. "--
List of contents
About the Authors x
Preface xi
1 Organising Construction Processes in Construction Companies 1
1.1 Educational outcomes 1
1.2 The facility life-cycle 1
1.3 Production by projects 4
1.4 The construction industry 6
1.5 Construction companies 9
1.6 Organisational structure of a construction company 13
1.7 The construction site within the construction company 17
References 18
Further reading 19
2 Contract Documents 20
2.1 Educational outcomes 20
2.2 Contract documents 20
2.3 Type of documents 23
2.4 Bidding documents 26
2.5 Contractor tender or bid 29
2.6 Estimating process 29
2.7 Contract agreement 33
2.8 Bill of quantities 35
2.9 General and particular conditions 37
2.10 Technical specifications 41
2.11 Contract drawings 43
2.12 Other documents 46
References 48
Further reading 49
3 Procurement Approaches 50
3.1 Educational outcomes 50
3.2 Introduction to procurement 50
3.3 Traditional procurement 53
3.4 Design-build arrangements 55
3.5 Management contracting 56
3.6 Construction management 58
3.7 Relational contracting 59
3.8 Public concessions and public-private partnerships 62
3.9 Organisation modelling 65
3.10 The project manager team 66
References 67
Further reading 68
4 Communications, Information and Documentation 69
4.1 Educational outcomes 69
4.2 Importance of communications, documentation and information 69
4.3 Communications on site 71
4.4 Daily logs 74
4.5 Reports 74
4.6 Construction diary 78
4.7 Meetings 79
4.8 Photographs and videos on site 80
4.9 Information and documentation flow in construction 81
4.10 Information and communications technologies (ICT) 82
4.11 Building information modelling (BIM) 87
4.12 Electronic business and project administration 89
References 93
Further reading 94
5 Site Setup and Construction Processes 95
5.1 Educational outcomes 95
5.2 Site constraints 95
5.3 Equipment constraints 98
5.4 Material storage and handling 99
5.5 Temporary facilities and auxiliary works 100
5.6 Construction jobsite offices 101
5.7 Security on construction sites 103
5.8 Internal organisation of the construction works 105
5.9 General approach to construction processes 108
5.10 Temporary works 110
References 112
Further reading 113
6 Machinery and Equipment 114
6.1 Educational outcomes 114
6.2 The need of machinery and equipment 114
6.3 Selection of machinery and equipment 115
6.3.1 Conditioning factors 115
6.3.2 Methods used to select the machine in relation to economic profitability 116
6.4 Calculation of costs 118
6.4.1 Fixed and variable hourly costs 118
6.4.2 Equipment ownership costs 119
6.4.3 Operating costs 124
6.5 Maintenance 127
References 129
Further reading 130
7 Productivity and Performance 131
7.1 Educational outcomes 131
7.2 Productivity and performance 131
7.3 Work study 134
7.4 Method study 135
7.5 Work measurement 136
7.6 Equipment performance 141
7.7 Assessment of production/p
