TY  - BOOK
AU  - O'Brien,James Jerome
AU  - Plotnick,Fredric L.
TI  - CPM in construction management
T2  - Mcgraw-Hill construction engineering
SN  - 9780071636643 (hbk.) :
AV  - HD9715 
U1  - 690.068 OBR 
PY  - 2010///
CY  - New York, London
PB  - McGraw-Hill
KW  - Critical path analysis
KW  - Construction industry
KW  - Management
KW  - House and Home
KW  - ukslc
KW  - Building construction & materials
KW  - thema
KW  - Business & Management
N1  - Previous ed.: 2006; CD-ROM; Includes index; Includes bibliographical references and index; Part I.Introdction to CPM planning and scheduling -- 1.Introduction to CPM planning and scheduling -- 2.Project control systems evolve in academia -- 3.Project control systems evolve inthe marketplace -- 4.The theory of CPM planning and scheduling -- 4.Your new tool - read before using -- 5.Network construction -- 6.The durations of the logic network -- 7.Output of calculations -- 8.Cranking the engine -- 9.Adding complexity -- 10.PDM and precedence networks -- 12.PERT, SPERT, and GERT -- 13.RDM networks restore the promise -- 14.Overview of prevalent software products -- Part 3.The tools of CPM planning and scheduling -- 15.Measure twice - cut once - 16.Choosing codes -- 17.Acquiring information to initial schedule -- 18.Acquiring the durations -- Part 5.The practice of CPM scheduling -- 28.Engineer\'s review of the submitted initla CPM -- 29.Updating the schedule -- 30.Engineer\'s review of the submitted update -- 31.Revising the logic network -- 32.Engineer\'s reivew of the submitted revision -- 33.Case histories -- Part 6.Advanced topics -- 34.Specifying CPM -- 35.CPM in  claims and litigation -- 36.Delay analysis -- 37.Disruption analyses -- 38.Other claim methods -- 39.Conclusion; Includes CD-ROM
N2  - Critical Path Method (CPM) and its application to the construction industry is described and discussed in this edition of a classic text, which includes new example cases, CPM software developed since 1993 and new scheduling techniques
ER  -