| Summary: | This covers key project management concepts described by the Project Management Institute (PMI) and explains how they can be applied to construction site coordination and management. It provides professionals involved in construction with the knowledge they need to manage construction sites effectively. The book provides construction practitioners with the knowledge they need to successfully coordinate and manage construction projects. It highlights different construction processes required to enhance their practical performance in particular and further the construction industry in general. The topics highlighted in this book through the introduced seven chapters are for example, but not limited to, causes leading to poor site coordination, duties of a construction manager, important versus time-consuming coordination activities, temporary facilities and controls, developing the construction strategy, developing the performance management process, forms of procurement and contracts, variations and change orders, anti-dispute coordination, governing laws, how to review/coordinate design documents, how to review the construction plans, cost and risk management, quality and safety management, meeting management/coordination, submittal administration (shop drawings, samples, etc.), report preparation, data/document/transmittal circulation, preparation of closeout documents, and project record documents.
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