Management Techniques Applied to the

This well established text examines individual management techniques and then demonstrates these in practice in a substantial new section of case studies based on actual buiding projects. The new edition features a revised section on costing and a new set of exercises for students.

Ray Oxley and J. Poskitt are the authors of Management Techniques Applied to the Construction Industry, 5th Edition, published by Wiley.

Preface

vi

(2)

Acknowledgements

viii

1 Construction Planning and Control

1

(24)

1.1 Introduction

1

(2)

1.2 Bar charts

3

(4)

Example 1.1: Roadworks project

4

(1)

Example 1.2: Roadworks project progress

5

(2)

1.3 Method statements

7

(3)

1.4 Sequence studies

10

(2)

Example 1.3: Procedure for preparing a sequence study

10

(2)

1.5 Site layout

12

(1)

1.6 The line of balance method (elemental trend analysis)

13

(12)

Example 1.4: Use of line of balance method

14

(4)

Example 1.5: Refurbishment project

18

(7)

2 Project Network Techniques

25

(71)

2.1 Introduction

25

(1)

2.2 Advantages of network techniques over the bar chart

25

(1)

2.3 The preparation of network diagrams

26

(1)

2.4 The preparation of arrow diagrams

26

(5)

Example 2.1: Village hall project

29

(2)

2.5 Analysis of arrow diagrams

31

(8)

Example 2.2: Analysis of village hall project

36

(3)

2.6 Scheduling

39

(8)

Example 2.3: Resource levelling

41

(2)

Example 2.4: Resource smoothing

43

(4)

2.7 Control with arrow diagrams

47

(3)

2.8 The preparation of precedence diagrams

50

(2)

2.9 Analysis of precedence diagrams

52

(3)

2.10 Control with precedence diagrams

55

(1)

Example 2.5: Application of precedence diagrams to village hall project

56

(1)

2.11 Time scale presentation of arrow diagrams

56

(5)

Example 2.6: Time scale presentation of village hall project

56

(5)

2.12 Effects of variations and delays

61

(3)

Example 2.7: Settling a variation

63

(1)

2.13 Cost optimisation

64

(23)

Example 2.8: Simple cost optimisation

66

(11)

Example 2.9: Optimal least-time solution

77

(2)

Example 2.10: Complex compression

79

(8)

2.14 Programme evaluation and review technique (PERT)

87

(9)

Example 2.11: Applying PERT to a construction project

91

(5)

3 Work Study

96

(38)

3.1 Introduction

96

(1)

3.2 Method study

96

(14)

Example 3.1: Steel-cutting and bending area

102

(3)

Example 3.2: Laying concrete upper floor slabs

105

(5)

3.3 Work measurement

110

(3)

Example 3.3: Working up the standard time for an operation

111

(2)

3.4 Activity sampling

113

(6)

Example 3.4: Activity sampling

114

(3)

Example 3.5: Carrying out an activity sampling study

117

(2)

3.5 Synthesis and synthetic data

119

(1)

3.6 Analytical estimating

119

(1)

3.7 Financial incentives

119

(15)

Example 3.6: Effects on cost when the estimate is based on a rating of 75

128

(3)

Example 3.7: Effects on cost when the estimate is based on a rating of 100

131

(3)

4 Budgetary and Cost Control

134

(36)

4.1 Budgets and budgetary control

134

(30)

Example 4.1: Repetitive construction

135

(4)

Example 4.2: Project budget and cash flow

139

(2)

Example 4.3: Multi-project cash flow

141

(11)

Example 4.4: Cost of financing projects

152

(4)

Example 4.5: Tabular presentation

156

(5)

Example 4.6: Cash flow forecasting

161

(3)

4.2 Cost control

164

(6)

5 Bidding Strategy

170

(8)

5.1 Introduction

170

(1)

5.2 Factors affecting the approach to the problem

170

(1)

5.3 When names of competing firms can be ascertained

171

(3)

Example 5.1

171

(3)

5.4 Competing against more than one known competitor

174

(1)

5.5 When names of competing firms cannot be ascertained

175

(1)

5.6 Tendering against an unknown number of competitors

176

(1)

5.7 Conclusions

176

(2)

6 Computer Applications

178

(24)

6.1 Introduction

178

(1)

6.2 Integrated systems and databases

178

(2)

6.3 MASTER

180

(7)

6.4 Spreadsheets

187

(8)

Example 6.1: Project budget and cash flow

190

(5)

6.5 Word processing

195

(7)

7 Case Studies

202

(99)

7.1 Case study 1: Refurbishment project

202

(32)

7.2 Case study 2: Line of balance applied to a refurbishment project

234

(6)

7.3 Case study 3: Kimberworth Surgery

240

(25)

7.4 Case study 4: Multi-project planning

265

(5)

7.5 Case study 5: Rossington bungalows

270

(21)

7.6 Case study 6: Herringthorpe United Reformed Church

291

(10)

8 Exercises

301

(5)

8.1 Refurbishment project: Case study 1

301

(1)

8.2 Line of balance applied to a refurbishment project: Case study 2

301

(1)

8.3 Kimberworth Surgery: Case study 3

302

(1)

8.4 Multi-project scheduling: Case study 4

302

(1)

8.5 Herringthorpe United Reformed Church: Case study 6

303

(3)

Bibliography

306

(2)

Index

308

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