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050 0 4 _a658.404 $2 18
100 1 _aO'Brien, James J.
245 0 0 _aCPM in construction management
250 _a6th ed.
260 _aNew York
_bMcGraw-Hill
_c2005
300 _axx, 652p +
_ecd-rom
_bill, tables
_c24cm
350 _a55
505 2 _aIntroduction to CPM planning and scheduling -- The theory of CPM planning and scheduling -- The tools of CPM planning and scheduling -- The practice of CPM planning -- The practice of CPM scheduling -- Advanced topics.
520 _aA guide to the use of critical path management (CPM) in the construction industry. Discusses the fundamentals of CPM, event time computations, activity time computations, procurement, preconstruction, the CPM schedule, preparation of a CPM network, CPM by computer, monitoring project progress, CPM and cost control, equipment and work force planning, precedence networks, computer programmes and systems, applications and advantages of CPM, specifying CPM, CPM costs, and CPM in claims and litigation. Contains case histories of major construction projects around the world, and a case study followed throughout the book. The accompanying CD-Rom contains working models.
690 _aMANAGEMENT-PROJECT MANAGEMENT-PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT
700 1 _aPlotnick, Fredric L.
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999 _c105125
_d105125