Construction Management Jumpstart: The Best First Step Toward a Career in Construction Management

By Barbara J Jackson

Book Overview

The bestselling introduction to the field, updated and expanded

Construction Management Jumpstart is the definitive introduction to the field, providing a detailed walkthrough of each stage of a project from the construction manager's perspective. Authoritative coverage of fundamental concepts and practices clearly delineates the manager's role, while step-by-step guidance provides valuable instruction for essential management duties. This new third edition has been updated to reflect the field's current environment and best practices, giving students a highly-relevant introduction to an evolving industry. Three new chapters include insightful discussion of the pre-construction phase, team management, and sustainability; challenging chapter review questions help reinforce important concepts and help translate them to practice.

Construction managers work alongside project managers, and use many of the same tried-and-true techniques--but construction managers must also adhere to a vast array of industry-specific standards and regulations. This book helps you build a foundation in critical concepts and practices while tailoring traditional project management techniques to the construction management sphere.

Understand essential management roles and responsibilities for each stage of a construction project Learn how to estimate costs, administer contracts, manage operations, monitor performance, assess risks, and more Explore critical concepts in planning and scheduling that help keep projects running on-time and on-budget Discover how Building Information Modeling software is impacting the industry, and how it affects construction management

Evolving regulations, advancing technology, and economies in flux all impact the construction industry in a number of ways; management's job is to clear obstacles to delivery and streamline the project's completion. To be effective, construction managers must stay up to date on the latest tools and best practices, and have a strong grasp of the fundamentals of the role. Construction Management Jumpstart provides a practical, highly-relevant introduction to the field.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1119451019
• ISBN13: 9781119451013
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 1.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 7.3" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Jump Start is just that.

This book is intended as an introduction to Project Management. It covers all the fundamentals and then some. First, it covers the Revised Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK). Naturally, it is not the PMBOK, but it is a complementary view for those getting into the field of project management and related disciplines. There is more to this book than meets the eye. Many of the charts are in a strategic location in the book, and again in the appendices. This book cannot be everything for everyone, but if you look in the index, you may find there is more here than in most introductory books. As a test, the first thing I looked for was risk standard deviation, and it was there under a section on "Three-Point Estimate." The glossary not only has terms used in project management but also common words that are used differently in project management. Such as "Warrant Period" - A period of time when the stakeholders can notify the team of problems and have them corrected immediately. I am a little confused about the description of the Author, as the back cover says that Kim Heldman, PMP, has over ten years of experience in project management. Yet inside it, the book states Kim Heldman is the Chief Information Officer for the Colorado Department of Natural Resources. She has over 14 years of project management experience in the information technology field. True that there are different methods not covered in the book, and also how to integrate the information into different disciplines and coordinate with agencies like the FDA. But those subjects are for a different book. Anyway you look at it, this book serves its purpose and can still be used for years to come as a reference.