Principles of Macroeconomics or Managing the Construction Process

Principles of Macroeconomics

Author: N Gregory Mankiw

With its clear and engaging writing style, PRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS, 5E, continues to be one of the most popular books on economics available today. Mankiw emphasizes material that you're likely to find interesting about the economy (particularly if you're studying economics for the first time), including real-life scenarios, useful facts, and the many ways economic concepts play a role in the decisions you make every day.

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Managing the Construction Process: Estimating, Scheduling, and Project Control

Author: Frederick E Gould

Comprehensive and unique in its perspective, this reliable, easy-to-read book covers all areas of the Construction Management industry—with a balanced focus on both theory and practicality. It helps users gain a working knowledge of the whole Building Industry, as well as the technical skills required to manage a construction project from conception through occupancy. It emphasizes current industry practices, making it a useful reference for the construction professional. All topic areas are clearly marked for easy reference; these include: construction project management, contracts and delivery methods, detailed estimating, scheduling, network construction, project control, and project updating. For construction professionals, including engineers, technicians, schedulers, and planners.

Table of Contents:

Ch. 1	Industry and the project	3
Ch. 2	The project management process	29
Ch. 3	Construction contracts and delivery methods	55
Ch. 4	Estimating fundamentals	77
Ch. 5	Conceptual and square foot estimating	103
Ch. 6	Assemblies estimating	133
Ch. 7	Detailed estimating	173
Ch. 8	Scheduling fundamentals	205
Ch. 9	Network construction	227
Ch. 10	Activity duration and network calculations	247
Ch. 11	Fundamentals of project control	269
Ch. 12	Cost, schedule, and resource control	295
Ch. 13	Updating the project control in practice	319