This fourth edition of the Construction Operations Manual of Policies and Procedures is designed to be your complete reference into the insights and intuition of the most successful examples of construction project management. It spans the gap between the haves and have-nots with respect to skill, experience, and resources. It will help you level the playing field if you are currently behind, and push ahead fast if you are currently at or near the forefront of your particular area of the business.
If your company has either private or public construction contracts in lump sum, construction management, or design-build formats, this manual will help you to squeeze every dollar of profit out of them. But it won't stop there. It will help you to hang on to each of those dollars and keep them away from those who would otherwise prefer to have their hands in your pockets. Every aspect of your operation will be given the tools to become more profitable. Whether or not you choose to focus your administrative processes in either manual or computerized formats, or in some combination of the two, you will be given economical, effective systems for planning, operating, and controlling. Weak areas in your operation will be flagged, and the most effective action is explicitly described in a step-by-step, how-to program. Every employee within your organization will be given fast reference to all company procedures. Each will be given the data, the tools, and the instruction that allow him or her to get it all done - the first time - every day.
The fourth edition of the Construction Operations Manual of Practices and Procedures is your complete:
- Office Administration Manual
- Project Manager's Handbook
- Project Engineering Operations Guide
- Field Superintendent Procedures Manual
- Project Safety and Loss Control Manual
- Contract Management Guide
- Risk-Management Manual
- Comprehensive Project Management System
In each of these areas the Construction Operations Manual of Policies and Procedures provides you with:
- Ready-made, full-size forms, including full descriptions and complete instruction.
- Step-by-step direction that will help you anticipate every situation and implement action at the earliest possible moment.
- Complete checklists that consolidate every important consideration of the given issue into clear action-plans.
- Word-for-word letters that communicate clearly, accurately document, and compel desired responses. Each example in the Operations Manual is time-tested. Each has proven itself to be the most effective for its situation. Each is loaded with obvious and subtle language designed to orchestrate and control both the short-term and long-range aspects of each issue.
- Form letters that greatly simplify and speed-up efficient handling of common and routine processes.
- An extensive chapter on Design-Build explaining this dynamic project delivery system that is being embraced by more and more public and private owners.
- A how-to chapter on Change Orders providing guidelines for the preparation and presentation of the change order process.
- Information about Building Information Modeling and Green Buildings - two important twenty-first century advances.
Turn a profit on every construction project with expert tips and techniques.
An exhaustive, business-boosting reference, Construction Operations Manual of Policies and Procedures, Fourth Edition, by Andrew Civitello, Jr., is loaded with procedures and step-by-step details for successfully managing construction operations. You get nearly 500 pages of methods, strategies and tactics, forms and ready-to-copy letters all laid out for you in a concise, easy-to-grasp style.
This timely new edition is a complete and useful guide for managing construction and features numerous new forms and templates. It also offers in-depth coverage of recent advances in claims and dispute resolution, and new material is devoted to the design-build process. The authors explore the distinctions between each of the project delivery formats, and deliver enhanced coverage of safety and loss control. Included CD-ROM packs project delivery forms, word-for-word letters, sample letters, and checklists to make the overall construction project management process easier and more efficient.
This updated and expanded manual not only covers all phases of construction operations management, it also provideds:
- Operations-simplifying, step-by-step procedures for easy learning.
- Safety and loss control, planning, scheduling, and funds analysis.
- Easy referencing of policies, procedures, and forms for all administrative clerical functions.
- Accompanying CD-ROM includes word-for-word letters, form letters, and checklists.
Cut down on paperwork with this time-saving, business-boosting reference and keep your construction operation running smoothly.
Contents
Chapter 1: Company Organization and Quality Assurance Program. Chapter 2: Company and Project Administration. Chapter 3: General Contracts. Chapter 4: Project Engineering. Chapter 5: Site Superintendence. Chapter 6: Safety and Loss Control. Chapter 7: Design-Build Project Administration. Chapter 8: The Preparation and Processing of Change Orders. Chapter 9: Progress Schedules and Funds Analysis. Chapter 10: Green Buildings and Sustainability. Index. |
