Management techniques applied to the construction industry /
R. Oxley and Joe Poskitt
- Fifth edition.
- [place of publication not identified] : Blackwell Science Ltd., c1996.
- vii, 312 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographic references and index.
General introduction and quality assurance; Management Techniques -- Planning generally; Bar charts; Project network techniques; Programming for repetitive construction generally; Sequence studies; Line of balance technique; Work study; Budgetary and cost control; Case Studies; Exercises
Now in its 5th edition, this well established text first examines individual management techniques and then demonstrates these in practice, via a large new section of case studies based on actual building projects. This edition also features a revised section on costing and a new set of exercises for students.