Construction and management
Subtitle: recent advances : proceedings of the National Construction and Management Conference, Sydney, Australia, 17-18 February 1994
By: edited by R.R. Wakefield & D.G. Carmichael.
Contributors: Wakefield, Ronald Richard.; Carmichael, D. G., 1948-
Publisher: A.A. Balkema
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Rotterdam, Netherlands; Brookfield, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 492
Subjects: Construction industry -- Management -- Congresses.; Industrial project management -- Congresses.
Description: This monograph covers the Proceedings of the National Construction and Management Conference held in Sydney, Australia, on 17-18 February 1994, and jointly organised by the National Committee on Construction Engineering of The Institution of Engineers, Australia, and the Department of Engineering Construction and Management within the School of Civil Engineering at The University of New South Wales. The Conference papers are representative of the state-of-the-art in construction and management. Topics covered include project management, risk management, quality management, information management, contracts management and legal issues. As well there are case studies highlighting special construction practices, and overview considerations. Of particular interest are the papers looking to the future in construction and management, involving decision support systems, management information systems, electronic data interchange, teleconstruction, real time simulation and computer uses. All persons working in construction, construction management and project management will find material of interest in this monograph.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.