Project life cycle economics : cost estimation, management and effectiveness in construction projects / edited by Massimo Pica ; foreword by Russell D. Archibald.
Material type: TextLanguage: English Publisher: Farnham, Surrey ; Burlington, VT : Gower, [2015]Description: xxix, 407 pages ; 25 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781472419644 (hardback : alk. paper)
- 624.068/4 23
- HD9715.A2 P477 2015
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The essence of project management and its challenges -- Project management, projects and their life cycles : historical views -- Projects and their life cycles : some current views -- Introduction to project life cycle cost, schedule and requirements management -- Initiating the project -- Estimating and budgeting for project activities : project work breakdown structures and cost breakdown structures -- Developing and managing the project schedule -- Resource issues in schedule management -- Measuring, monitoring and controlling the project performance -- The percentage of completion as a metric of project control. concepts and calculation methods -- Project change management -- Project closeout and lessons learned -- Human factors in project life cycle economics -- Planning for the project life cycle of constructions and facilities -- Fundamentals of construction economics -- Identifying cost and life expectancy information -- The evolution of construction cost estimation and project management -- Environmental impact and lifetime cost effective sustainability of constructed assets -- Value for money assessment in construction projects : economic effects of PPP/PFI in projects -- Driving towards successful progress and delivery of construction projects -- Construction project monitoring in complex contexts.
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