Abstract:
The principal objective of this book is to provide those
of us who are active in the construction industry with
a single source of information that will help address
the responsibilities and risks that we are likely to encounter.
The book not only introduces students, design professionals,
project managers, and owners to the special problems of construction, but also serves as a ready reference to experienced
contract administrators and construction engineers.
The first edition was addressed to students of construction management, on-site representatives, engineers, and
inspectors to provide them with a ready source of information in preparing for the responsibilities they could expect to
confront on modern construction projects.
However, during the many seminars held by the authors
throughout the United States, Venezuela, Guam, Canada,
Jamaica, and Mexico, and in the courses they have taught for
the University of California, Berkeley, Institute of Transportation Studies; University of Washington, Seattle, Engineering
Professional Programs; Eastern Kentucky University; and the
American Society of Civil Engineers, it became evident that
the project managers, contract administrators, and other
management personnel who worked with or exercised control
over the on-site project representatives had special problems
that also needed to be addressed if the project team concept
was to be realized. Thus, the concept for the second edition
was born: to bring together the office and field personnel and
present them with a workable system for operating as an effective construction team.
The third edition continued the concept of developing the
project team approach, with the added consideration of
claims-avoidance methods to reduce claims losses. Each member of the project team needed to become intimately familiar
with the principles of construction project administration. It
was toward this end that the author strove to meet the particular needs of the project team in today’s changing construction
environment. A considerable amount of new material wa
