Includes bibliographical references and index.

The construction industry: overview and trends -- Green construction: a builder's opportunity -- Construction projects and players -- Project stages: an overview -- The owner's feasibility: does this project make sense? -- Project delivery -- Programming and design -- Bidding and awarding the job -- Contractors: finding and qualifying for the right jobs -- Fundamentals of estimating -- Creating estimates -- Introduction to contracts -- Construction contracts -- Contract documents: the agreement -- Contract documents: general and supplementary conditions -- Contract documents: the specifications -- Pre-construction and mobilization -- Construction -- Fundamentals of scheduling -- Creating and using the schedule -- Buying out the job: subcontracting -- Changes in the work -- Getting paid -- Claims, disputes, and mechanic's liens -- Close-out and occupancy.

The new, updated and expanded edition of this bestselling text addresses the basics of how we design, develop, and construct our buildings and our communities. Written in a straightforward and highly readable style, Construction Project Management provides the reader with crucial background information often overlooked in other texts: The roles of the major players owners and designers, general and specialty contractors; Why contractors should avoid some jobs, and how to get the right ones; What bidding is, and why the low bid is not always the best bid; Why different types of construction contracts carry different levels of risk; Why cost estimates and schedules are keys to project success; How a contractor brings in a job on time and on budget; And much more: Alternative project delivery and BIM; Change orders and getting paid; MasterFormat; ConsensusDocs and AIA Documents; An expanded and updated introduction to Green Construction.