| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Road Map | p. 1 |
| Origin of the Book and Acknowledgments | p. 3 |
| Contracting | |
| Multiple-Project Management | p. 7 |
| The Multiple-Project Environment | p. 7 |
| Project Portfolio Management | p. 8 |
| Program Management | p. 8 |
| Notion of Program Management | p. 8 |
| Grouping Projects | p. 9 |
| Defining Programs: Selecting and Prioritizing Projects | p. 10 |
| Developing Programs | p. 12 |
| References and Additional Resources | p. 13 |
| Contract Organization | p. 15 |
| Roles in Construction Projects | p. 15 |
| Notion of Contracting | p. 16 |
| Delivery Systems | p. 17 |
| Design-Bid-Build | p. 18 |
| Construction Manager | p. 20 |
| Design-Build | p. 22 |
| Turnkey | p. 23 |
| Build-Operate-Transfer | p. 24 |
| Summary of Delivery Systems | p. 24 |
| Payment Schemes | p. 25 |
| Time and Material | p. 27 |
| Unit Prices | p. 28 |
| Cost Plus Fixed Percentage Fee | p. 29 |
| Cost Plus Incentive Fee | p. 31 |
| Cost Plus Fixed Fee | p. 31 |
| Target Cost Plus Incentive Fixed Fee | p. 32 |
| Cost Plus an Award Fee | p. 34 |
| Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) | p. 34 |
| Firm Fixed Price | p. 36 |
| Summary of Payment Schemes | p. 37 |
| Award Methods | p. 38 |
| Selecting the Appropriate Contract Organization | p. 39 |
| References and Additional Resources About Contract Organization | p. 42 |
| Contract Administration | p. 43 |
| Introduction to Contract Administration | p. 43 |
| The Bid and Proposal Management Processes | p. 43 |
| The Contract Documents | p. 45 |
| Contract Bonds | p. 47 |
| Changes and Extra Work | p. 48 |
| Project Delays | p. 50 |
| Claims and Disputes | p. 50 |
| Project Close-Out | p. 52 |
| References and Additional Resources About Contract Administration | p. 53 |
| Human Resources | |
| Project Management Organization | p. 57 |
| The Organizational Challenge | p. 57 |
| Organizing the Firm for Project Management | p. 58 |
| Organizing the Project Team | p. 62 |
| People and the Project Manager | p. 64 |
| References and Additional Resources About Project Management Organization | p. 66 |
| Project Information and Communications Management | p. 67 |
| Role of Information and Communications | p. 67 |
| Technologies and Systems for Project Management | p. 67 |
| Filing System | p. 68 |
| Individual Productivity Tools | p. 68 |
| Project Planning Tool | p. 68 |
| Collaborative Workplace | p. 69 |
| Communications Management | p. 69 |
| References and Additional Resources About Information and Communication Management | p. 71 |
| Money | |
| Project Feasibility | p. 75 |
| Project Financial Engineering | p. 75 |
| Owner Financing | p. 75 |
| Project Financing | p. 79 |
| Contractor Financing | p. 79 |
| Financial Evaluation of Projects | p. 80 |
| Net Present Value | p. 81 |
| Choice of Discount Rate | p. 84 |
| IRR Versus NPV | p. 84 |
| References and Additional Resources About Feasibility | p. 87 |
| Planning and Scheduling | p. 89 |
| Project Planning: Breakdown Structuring | p. 89 |
| Work Breakdown Structure - "What" | p. 89 |
| Organizational Breakdown Structure - "Who" | p. 92 |
| Cost Breakdown Structure - "How Much" | p. 93 |
| Deterministic Scheduling Principles | p. 96 |
| Scheduling Systems | p. 97 |
| Matrix Scheduling | p. 98 |
| Gantt Chart Scheduling | p. 98 |
| Network Diagramming | p. 99 |
| Line-of-Balance Scheduling | p. 103 |
| Critical Path Method | p. 104 |
| Float Ownership | p. 108 |
| Precedence Diagramming Method | p. 109 |
| Resource-Based Scheduling | p. 110 |
| Time-Cost Schedule Optimization with CPM | p. 111 |
| Resource Leveling | p. 115 |
| Heuristic Scheduling Approaches | p. 116 |
| References and Additional Resources About Planning and Scheduling | p. 117 |
| Project Monitoring and Control | p. 119 |
| The Monitoring Process | p. 119 |
| Measurement of Actual Progress | p. 119 |
| Performance Measurement: Earned Value Analysis | p. 124 |
| Forecasting Performance | p. 129 |
| Project Reporting | p. 133 |
| Areas of Project Control | p. 134 |
| References and Additional Resources About Project Monitoring & Control | p. 136 |
| Material Resources | |
| Procurement Management | p. 141 |
| Introduction to Procurement Management | p. 141 |
| Procurement Methods and Strategies for Managing the Construction Supply | p. 141 |
| The Procurement Process | p. 143 |
| References and Additional Resources About Procurement Management | p. 145 |
| Site Management | p. 147 |
| Management of Construction Equipment | p. 147 |
| Quality Management | p. 148 |
| Site Operations and Safety | p. 149 |
| References and Additional Resources About Site Management | p. 150 |
| Uncertainty | |
| Decision Making | p. 153 |
| Introduction | p. 153 |
| Decision Analysis | p. 153 |
| Decision Trees | p. 154 |
| Expected Value | p. 155 |
| Utility Function | p. 156 |
| Notion of Risk Premium | p. 157 |
| Multiple-Attribute Decision Making | p. 159 |
| Monte Carlo Simulation | p. 161 |
| References and Additional Resources About Decision Making | p. 161 |
| Probabilistic Scheduling | p. 163 |
| Scheduling with Uncertainty | p. 163 |
| Pert | p. 163 |
| Simulations | p. 170 |
| Monte Carlo Simulations | p. 170 |
| GERT | p. 173 |
| References and Additional Resources About Probabilistic Scheduling | p. 174 |
| Risk Management | p. 175 |
| Risk Identification | p. 175 |
| Risk Breakdown Structure | p. 177 |
| Risk Quantification | p. 177 |
| Risk Control | p. 181 |
| References and Additional Resources About Risk Management | p. 182 |
| Abbreviations and Acronyms | p. 185 |
| Index | p. 187 |
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