Project management for facility constructions : a guide for engineers and architects / Alberto De Marco.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

part 1. Contracting -- part 2. Human resources -- part 3. Money -- part 4. Material resources -- part 5. Uncertainty.

Part I. Contracting : Multiple-project management : The multiple-project environment ; Project portfolio management ; Program management -- Contract organization : Roles in construction projects ; Notion of contracting ; Delivery systems ; Payment schedules ; Award methods ; Selecting the appropriate contract organization -- Contract administration : Introduction to contract administration ; The bid and proposal management processes ; The contract documents ; Contract bonds ; Changes and extra work ; Project delays ; Claims and disputes ; project close-out -- Part II. Human resources : Project management organization : The organizational challenge ; Organizing the firm for project management ; Organizing the project team ; People and the project manager -- Project information and communications management : Role of information and communications ; Technologies and systems for project management ; Communication management -- Part III. Money : Project feasibility : Project financial engineering ; Financial evaluation of projects -- Planning and scheduling : Project planning: breakdown structuring ; Deterministic scheduling principles ; Scheduling systems ; Precedence diagramming method ; Resource-based scheduling -- Project monitoring and control : The monitoring process ; Measurement of actual progress ; Performance measurement: earned value analysis ; Forecasting performance ; Project reporting ; Areas of project control -- Part IV. Material resources : Procurement management : Introduction to procurement management ; Procurement methods and strategies for managing the construction supply ; The procurement process -- Site management : Management of construction equipment ; Quality management ; Site operation and safety -- Part V. Uncertainty : Decision making : Introduction ; Decision analysis ; Multiple-attribute decision making ; Monte Carlo simulation -- Probabilistic scheduling : Scheduling with uncertainty ; Pert ; Simulations -- Risk management : Risk identification ; Risk breakdown structure ; Risk quantification ; Risk control.