Construction Contracting A Practical Guide to Company Management
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Book Description:
The definitive contracting reference for the construction industry, updated and expanded
Construction Contracting, the industry’s leading professional reference for five decades, has been updated to reflect current practices, business methods, management techniques, codes, and regulations. A cornerstone of the construction library, this text presents the hard-to-find information essential to successfully managing a construction company, applicable to building, heavy civil, high-tech, and industrial construction endeavors alike. A wealth of coverage on the basics of owning a construction business provides readers with a useful “checkup” on the state of their company, and in-depth exploration of the logistics, scheduling, administration, and legal aspects relevant to construction provide valuable guidance on important facets of the business operations. This updated edition contains new coverage of modern delivery methods, technology, and project management, with sample contracts and documentation and a companion website for additional guidance.
The field of construction contracting comprises the entire set of skills, knowledge, and conceptual tools needed to successfully own or manage a construction company, as well as to undertake any actual project. This book gives readers complete, up-to-date information in all of these areas, with expert guidance toward best practices. * Learn techniques for accurate cost estimating and effective bidding * Understand construction contracts, surety bonds, and insurance * Explore project time and cost management, with safety considerations * Examine relevant labor law and labor relations techniques
Between codes, standards, laws, and regulations, the construction industry presents many different areas with which the manager needs to be up to date, on top of actually doing the day-to-day running of the business. This book provides it all under one cover for the project side and the business side, Construction Contracting is a complete working resource in the field or office.
The construction industry is very large by any standard, and it can be described and defined in a number of different ways.
This chapter will begin to characterize the industry in terms of its size and economic impact, and will proceed to define by name and by function some of the practitioners who perform their professional work in the industry.
Also to be examined are terminology relative to types of contracts, public and private; single and separate contracts; competitive bid and negotiated contract formation;
different project delivery methods; different types of construction contractors; and various types or categories of construction projects.
All of these are vantage points from which the construction industry can be observed, and all of these terms provide descriptors for various aspects of the professional practice of construction contracting in the industry.
Table Of Content:
The Construction Industry
Business Ownership
Company Organization
Project Design and Contract and Bid Documents for a Project
Cost Estimating and Bidding
Construction Contract Provisions
Contract Surety Bonds
Construction Insurance
Business Methods
Project Management and Administration
Project Time Management
Project Cost Management
Labor Law
Labor Relations
Project Safety
Construction Contracting: A Practical Guide to Company Management
Author(s): Richard H. Clough, Glenn A. Sears, S. Keoki Sears, Robert O. Segner, Jerald L. Rounds
Publisher: Wiley, Year: 2015
ISBN: 1118693213
Construction Contracting A Practical Guide to Company Management