Location-Based Management for Construction - Planning, Scheduling and Control

Zusatztext "Location Based Management for Construction: Planning! Schedulling and Control by Kenley and Seppännen is the new 'Bible' for learning about Location Based Techniques."- www.cad-addict.com"This book is ideally suited for advanced scheduling courses and Masters level programmes where 'beyond the basics' can be covered."- Construction Management and Economics Informationen zum Autor Russell Kenley , author of Financing Construction: Cash flows and cash farming is Professor of Construction at Unitec New Zealand. In addition to his work on financial management of construction, he has 18 years' experience in planning the management of construction projects, including applying manual flowline techniques to improve production on many construction projects. Olli Seppänen is the developer of new software tools to support location-based methods for construction work of various types. In particular he is the developer of DynaProject, a powerful tool for planning and controlling many forms of construction using flowline methods, as well as DynaRoad, a highly innovative tool for optimising mass-haul and planning and controlling linear construction works. Klappentext With case studies for illustration! this is a practitioner's guide to a different production system for construction management using flowline scheduling. Zusammenfassung With extensive case studies for illustration, this book acts both as a practitioner's guide to an entirely new production system for construction management, and as a how-to guide for researchers and advanced construction students. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction Section 1: Construction Planning 2. The Development of Project Scheduling 3. Combining CPM and Location-Based Planning 4. Planning for Lean Construction 5. Flowline Methodologies 6. Implementation Section 2: Construction Control 7. Theory of Control in Construction 8. Tools for Controlling Construction 9. Control Methodologies 10. Implementation Section 3: Practical Planning for Projects 11. Planning Project Types 12. Case Study 1 13. Case Study 2 14. Case Study 3 15. Case Study 4 ...

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• Authors: Russell Kenley, Russell (Swinburne University of Technolog Kenley, Russell (Swinburne University of Technology Kenley, Russell Seppanen Kenley, Kenley Russell, KENLEY RUSSELL SEPPANEN OLLI, Kenley/Seppinen, Olli Seppanen, Olli (Software Developer Seppanen, Olli Seppänen
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.07.2009
• EAN: 9780415370509
• ISBN: 978-0-415-37050-9
• No. of pages: 554
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Heat, energy and power station engineering; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Construction / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industrial Management, The environment, Economics of industrial organisation, Building construction & materials, Building construction and materials, Economics of industrial organization