Construction Superintendent's Operations Manual [Hardcover]

Sidney M. Levy (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0071412050 | ISBN-13: 978-0071412056 | Publication Date: October 6, 2003 | Edition: 1

This work contains a CD-ROM with dozens of forms, sample letters, and checklists! This is your one-stop resource for effective construction site supervision. As a construction superintendent, you know your job involves more than simply riding herd over a work crew and a site full of equipment. "Construction Superintendent's Operations Manual" provides a rich resource to help you in every aspect of your complex work. Written with insight by a noted construction industry consultant, this easy-to-use volume addresses three basic topics: administering construction contracts, supervising the construction process, and construction components and technology. It provides comprehensive guidance on a wide range of issues, including employee relations, construction quality, and safety. One also gets: over 100 handy forms, sample letters, and checklists; effective project-management techniques; in-depth review of contract documents; avoid pitfalls of renovation and rehab work; tips and techniques for successful job completion; and much, much more! So, if bringing in your jobs safely, on schedule, on budget, and without outstanding disputes or claims is your goal, make sure you have the "Construction Superintendent's Operations Manual" handy.

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CD-ROM with dozens of forms, sample letters, and checklists!

YOUR ONE-STOP RESOURCE FOR EFFECTIVE CONSTRUCTION SITE SUPERVISION!

As a construction superintendent, you know your job involves more than simply riding herd over a work crew and a site full of equipment. Construction Superintendent's Operations Manual provides a rich resource to help you in every aspect of your complex work.

Written with insight by a noted construction industry consultant, this easy-to-use volume addresses three basic topics: administering construction contracts, supervising the construction process, and construction components and technology. It provides comprehensive guidance on a wide range of issues, including employee relations, construction quality, and safety. Plus, you get:

* Over 100 handy forms, sample letters, and checklists
* Effective project-management techniques
* In-depth review of contract documents
* Avoid pitfalls of renovation and rehab work
* Tips and techniques for successful job completion
* And much, much more!

So, if bringing in your jobs safely, on schedule, on budget, and without outstanding disputes or claims is your goal, make sure you have the Construction Superintendent's Operations Manual handy.

About the Author

Sidney M. Levy is an independent construction industry consultant with more than 30 years in the industry. A resident of Baltimore, Maryland, he is the author of many books on construction methods and operations.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 352 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional; 1 edition (October 6, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071412050
• ISBN-13: 978-0071412056
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.6 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,304,844 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Construction Text and Reference, March 21, 2007

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Jim Peterson (San Francisco, CA United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Construction Superintendent's Operations Manual (Hardcover)

I am a project manager for a major San Francisco contractor. I've reviewed a lot of construction texts, and in my opinion this is the best text I've ever seen on the nuts and bolts of construction project administration. It contains very useful information for Superintendents, Project Engineers, and Project Managers.

We use the book as a textbook for a leadership class for those employees that may advance to the superintent level. It covers construction contracts, effective meetings, coordination, letter writing (with about 100 sample letters for all sorts of daily needs), quality control, change management, working in historic structures, and several other extremely useful topics.

Sidney Levy has authored several books on construction project management, and this is the best of the bunch in my opinion. If you're in construction, the money you spend on this book is money well spent.

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Construction Superintendent's Operations Manual, November 3, 2006

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Witold Makarewicz "Vitek" (China) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Construction Superintendent's Operations Manual (Hardcover)

Packed of useful information
Good reference book.
Saves lots of time while on construction site.

2 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I NEEDED THE BOOK, BOOK REVIEW., February 22, 2006

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Candida Pena "bookie" (new york baby) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Construction Superintendent's Operations Manual (Hardcover)

as per requirement of NYC's higher educational establishment, i purchased the following. great information, chock full of facts, couldn't and won't even try to pass my construction project management course without it, so there it is, helpful, technical, detailed, unemotional fact binding book! thanks for a prompt delivery.