Product Description

Launch Your Construction Management Career—Quickly and Effectively

Written by an experienced construction management specialist, Construction Management JumpStart provides all the core information you need, whether you're considering a new career or expanding your responsibilities:

• Understanding the functions of construction management
• Understanding the design and construction process
• Working with contracts documents
• Estimating project costs
• Administering contracts
• Managing the job site
• Creating and maintaining a project schedule
• Measuring project performance
• Controlling quality
• Ensuring project safety

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #13430 in Books
• Published on: 2004-10-25
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 352 pages

From the Back Cover
Launch Your Construction Management Career—Quickly and Effectively

Written by an experienced construction management specialist, Construction Management JumpStart provides all the core information you need, whether you’re considering a new career or expanding your responsibilities:

• Understanding the functions of construction management
• Understanding the design and construction process
• Working with contracts documents
• Estimating project costs
• Administering contracts
• Managing the job site
• Creating and maintaining a project schedule
• Measuring project performance
• Controlling quality
• Ensuring project safety

About the Author
Barbara Jackson, is the CEO/President, Design-Build Services, Inc and Professor of Construction Management at California Polytechnic State University. She holds a B.S. Housing & Design/Construction Management, a Ph.D., Education & Human Resources, and is a licensed Class A Contractor.

Customer Reviews

A good oreintation for those considering entering the commercial construction field
The book is a useful overview of the management and administrative aspects of a commercial construction company. It is clearly written for a student or others considering entering the field. The organized presentation may clarify and refresh the thinking of a seasoned professional, but will provide little new in-depth information.

A limitation is that this is a construction management, but not project management perspective. So, the idea of establishing the nature and goal (charter) of a project, and feed back and control is not covered. And the quality system is presented in chapter 11 only as an inspection filter at the end of the project, not as an intregal part of planning and delivery.

Choosing Project Success - A Guide for Building Professionals

Great Primer and Reference for Commercial Construction Management
This is a great reference and primer for anyone interested working and advancing in the construction industry. The material is easy to follow even for someone with little prior construction experience.

Commendably, the author writes in a style that makes the material accessible for any gender. The examples and pronoun usage include both men and women, both he's and she's, instead of the outmoded 'universal he'. This makes the material and profession feel more inviting to women who might otherwise be intimidated from entering a male-dominated field.

One should be aware that although the author touches on Residential Construction Management, the bulk of the book is dedicated to Commercial and Industrial CM. Someone interested primarily in Residential CM can gain some useful insight, but should supplement their reading with other books such as Managing Residential Construction Projects

A Wealth of Usable Information
This book is a great tool for use in your new or current business. There is a wealth of information that is practical and easy to implement.