Project Management for Building Designers and Owners presents the concepts, tools, and ideas to help design firms and owner/client project managers to better communicate and perform their jobs.
Topics include:
Streamlining the complexity and costs of current building design and construction
Integrating the often-fragmented nature of the team in designing and constructing buildings
Assessing the reengineering trend of reducing in-house facilities and staff in planning, coordinating, and managing a project
Outsourcing responsibilities to traditional engineering, architectural, and facilities firms as well as program and project management firms
Comparing traditional design firms and specialty firms - in terms of finding and keeping capable staffs, project scope management, fee and time pressures, and a myriad of other issues
Communicating effectively within this highly fragmented, specialized, and complex arena
This edition comprehensively outlines the fundamental means to effectively manage and control a project's scope, schedule, and budget.
Topics include:
This edition comprehensively outlines the fundamental means to effectively manage and control a project's scope, schedule, and budget.
