TY  - BOOK
AU  - Harris, Frank
AU  - McCaffer, Ronald
AU  - Edum-Fotwe, Francis
TI  - Modern construction management
SN  - 9788126572298
U1  - 690.068 DDC23
PY  - 2013///
CY  - New Delhi
PB  - Wiley India
KW  - Civil Engineering
N2  - This new edition of a core undergraduate textbook for construction managers reflects current best practice, topical industry preoccupations and latest developments in courses and fundamental subjects for students. While the construction process still requires traditional skills, changes over recent decades today demand improved understanding of modern business, production and contractual practices.  The authors have responded accordingly and the book has undergone a thorough re-write, eliminating some of the older material and adding new processes now considered essential to achieving lean construction.; 
1 Introduction

    Structure of the book  
    Objectives and contents  
    Section 1  
    Section 2
    Section 3
    Section 4  

 

2 Quality management

    Summary  
    Introduction  
    Notions of quality  
    Quality in transition  
    Quality control and inspection  
    Quality assurance
    Total Quality Management
    A systems approach to managing quality
    Reference
    Section 1: Project production management 

 

3 Production process improvement

    Summary
    Introduction to lean construction
    Productivity
    Economic development
    Energy consumption
    Sustainability
    International environmental protocols
    UK emissions
    Productivity improvement
    Management systems
    Management processes (BSI (2002)
ER  -