Project Planning & Management

In these little books, the readers will find byte sized pieces of wisdom suited to meet almost any sitution encountered in the business arena.Ajanta E. Chakravarty is a management consultant and is the Director of the Centre for Cross-Cultural Communication. Her field of interest is the exploration ... More

Enterprise Architecture (EA) is a conceptual blueprint that integrates the framework that incorporates business architecture or the structure and functionality of an organization. Through models and methods, it describes business processes that support the company’s mission, information that suppo... More

FOOLPROOF EFFICIENCY. Offering a tested, almost automatic method, Fred Nashed's "Architectural Quality Control" helps expedite and ensure sound checking procedures to produce, consistent high-quality construction documents. Proven on more than 120 major architectural projects, and used in his highly... More

* Provides instant access to more than 1100 architectural equations * No math menus and shortcuts allow any building element to be sized quickly and accurately... More

A guide to a more integrated practice "Integrated practice may be the fastest-growing method of project delivery in the United States. Revenues for the country's top eight integrated design-build firms, for example, grew at nearly twice the rate of those for the top eight architecture-only firms in ... More

This is a self-contained text on the logic and institutions of project finance, supplemented by a series of project finance case studies illustrating applications in different economic environments, across different jurisdictions and at different stages of development. It will introduce an analytic... More

The construction industry is not as sleepy as it sometimes thought to be. Project collaboration (sometimes also called "project portals" or "project extranets") are becoming recognized at the start of the 21st century as a powerful tool for the development and management of complex projects. They ce... More

This new book from a well-regarded and established expert explores the changing relationship between the poetic intentions and technical means of environmental design in architecture. Working thematically and chronologically from the eighteenth century to the present day, these essays reach beyond t... More

How to launch an international design practice and gain projects overseas A comprehensive overview of the rewards and perils of international practice for architects, this book draws on the experience of dozens of leading practitioners to present lessons for the profession. Written primarily for arc... More

This book presents a new approach to whole-life costing and risk management for the construction industry. The options-based approach to making decisions has revolutionised the management of uncertainty in the financial world, and this pioneering study applies the same principles to costing in const... More

This book presents a new approach to whole-life costing and risk management for the construction industry. The options-based approach to making decisions has revolutionised the management of uncertainty in the financial world, and this pioneering study applies the same principles to costing in const... More

In this age of ever-increasing environmental awareness, the issue of sustainability is set to become the dominant factor in architectural design. At a time when, like most professions, architectural practice is increasingly governed by legal guidelines and requirements, competing policy demands requ... More

What is professional negligence? Who, for that matter, is a "construction professional" and what are their obligations in contract and their obligations in tort? In what circumstances might the difference between the obligations be important? These questions are of crucial importance to contractors,... More

Offers the reader a new understanding for market processes, strategic planning and business development at all levels. Presents comprehensive knowledge of contractual obligations throughout to include all phases of construction from owner requirements to market niches to planning to the bidding proc... More

A lively primer based on the course the author has taught to a generation of architects-in-training. Professional Practice is required in all accredited schools of architecture in the United States--the most hated course, by all accounts, for its dryness and seeming remoteness from architectural des... More

A complete and authoritative resource for professionals and students on a subject of essential interest for all in the world of architecture. The design of imaginary, conceptual, or radical buildings is as old as the practice of architecture itself. For centuries architects have drawn on their creat... More

Did someone say we need yet another anthology of essays? According to the editors of "Did Someone Say Participate?," the answer is an emphatic--or hysterical--"YES!" In fact, they'd go further and argue that the shifts that have taken place in the practice and pedagogy of architecture have been mirr... More

The revised edition of the single-best source of project management case studies Project Management Case Studies, Second Edition presents the most comprehensive collection of project management case studies available today. Compiled by Harold Kerzner, the leading authority on project management, it ... More

Master the essentials of planning, scheduling, and managing field construction projects For more than thirty years, Construction Project Management by Clough and Sears has been considered the preeminent guide to the Critical Path Method (CPM) of project scheduling. It combines a solid foundation in ... More