1 Project Organization -- Home Office and Project-Specific Personnel Assigned to the Project -- Preconstruction Organization -- Cost of Preconstruction Services -- Bid and Award Phase -- Construction Phase Organization -- Determining the Cost of Personnel Assigned to the Project-General Conditions -- Project Close-out Phase -- Duties and Responsibilities of the CM/GC's Personnel Assigned to the Project -- Project Executive (PE) -- Project Manager (PM) -- Account Executive (AE) -- Estimator -- Scheduler -- Accountant -- General Superintendent (GS) -- Superintendent -- Assistant Superintendent (AS) -- Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing, Sprinkler (MEPS) Engineer -- Project Engineer -- Labor Foreman -- Timekeeper -- Plan Clerk -- Site Safety Manager -- Project Stakeholders -- Role of the Owner's Representative -- Summary -- 2 Risk Assessment and Problem Solving -- Risk Management -- Risk Assessment -- Tools of Risk Management -- Categories of Risk -- Risks Encountered During the Project Life Cycle -- Health, Safety, and Environmental Risks -- Construction Defects as Potential Risks -- Why CM/GCs Fail -- CM/GC Company's Wellness -- Summary -- 3 Testing and Quality Control -- What Is Testing? -- Testing Groups -- Mixtures -- Connections -- Assemblies -- Material -- Load Capacity -- Pressures -- Flow -- Systems -- Performance -- Mock-Ups and Wind Model Tests -- Field Fabrication of Structural Components (Mixture and Components) -- Testing Procedure Organizations -- Project Tests -- Quality Control -- Summary -- 4 Building Codes and Permits -- Building Codes -- International Building Code (IBC) -- Means and Methods for the Construction Manager/General Contractor (CM/GC) -- Permits -- Permit Process -- Inspections -- Testing -- Certificate of Occupancy (C of O) and Temporary Certificate of Occupancy (TCO) -- Landmarks -- Summary -- 5 Safety -- History of Safety Issues -- Occupational Safety Health Administration (OSHA) -- New York City Safety Programs -- Tragic Accidents -- Safety Record -- Injury and Death Impact on the Construction Process -- Safety and Cost Implications -- Stanford Accident Cost Accounting System -- Workers' Compensation -- Liability Insurance -- Reducing Accidents on the Urban Job Site -- When an Accident Occurs on the Job Site -- The Safety Poem -- Summary -- 6 Logistics -- Logistics -- Cranes -- Crane Safety -- Hoists -- Temporary Services and Facilities -- Temporary Electrical Power -- Standpipe -- Field Offices and Shanties -- Storage -- Off-Site Storage -- On-Site General Storage -- Dumpsters -- Storage of Gas Cylinders and Other Hazardous Materials -- Required Permits -- Moratoriums -- Signage -- Sidewalk Bridges, Sheds, and Fencing -- Security -- Underpinning and Shoring -- Underpinning -- Shoring and Sheeting -- Excavation -- Initial Layout -- The Equipment -- Excavation Stability -- Rock Excavation -- Dewatering -- Methods for Dewatering -- Summary -- 7 Layouts and Surveying -- Surveying.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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"A solutions-oriented guide to the unique problems of construction management in an urban environment filled with hands-on advice from two seasoned professionals, this book offers you a wealth of solutions to the common problems of construction management in urban environments, including working on small sites, public safety, the permit process, coordinating with utility companies, and dealing with adjacent properties.Urban Construction Project Management uses numerous illustrations, photos, charts, tables, and diagrams to clarify the critical issues involved in urban construction projects. The book presents timely guidance on logistics, building code compliance, scheduling and procurement, insurance and bonds, renovation and demolition, costs, claims, and more. In addition, there are handy checklists and forms - such as RFI (Request for Information) logs, meeting minutes, and contact lists - that enables you to put information into practice quickly and easily."
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Knovel Corporation
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Urban construction project management.
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Construction industry-- Management.
Construction industry-- United States-- Management.