Practical Project Management for Building and Construction - Couverture rigide

Ottosson, Hans

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1439896550 ISBN 13 : 9781439896556

Editeur : Taylor & Francis Inc, 2012

Synopsis

This book gives general information about construction management, project management, project life cycle processes, project phases, and key documents. It presents information about the fourteen knowledge areas of project management important to construction business. For each knowledge area, the text explains the processes for scope, time, risk, cost and resource management. It describes procurement management including strategies, contract types, remuneration forms, and contract close out. The chapters also examine change management, working environment, quality, and communication.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Hans Ottosson has extensive experience in project management. It began in 1972 with a post as assistant project manager for a new brewery in Sweden. In the spring of 1998 he was persuaded to become project manager for the railway contract above and below the Öresund, between Denmark and Sweden.

Hans, who holds an MSc, started his professional career in 1969 as a structural engineer and a teacher of bridge design at Chalmers Technical University in Gothenburg, Sweden. He has worked as project manager for projects in the United States, Saudi Arabia, and Scandinavia. In 1977 he started his project management company, Projsam Quality AB, and has had clients such as Volvo, AstraZeneca, Avesta Sheffield, Skandia, Swedish Transport Administration, and a number of national and local companies.

He has worked as a client representative, structural designer, and contractor and been the project manager for various projects such as construction of production facilities, housing, medical research facilities, and schools. He has organized public conferences and reorganized companies in the IT sector; he has been responsible for international marketing projects.

Hans has developed project management procedures over many years. He was awarded a "Gold Palm" at the PMI conference in 2002 in Nice for best "tools and techniques." Hans teaches at Chalmers Technical University and for ESI in Stockholm.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Taylor & Francis Inc
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1439896550
• ISBN 13: 9781439896556
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 328
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible