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Construction Contracting - A Practical Guide to Company Management
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 692.8
EAN: 9780471449881
ISBN: 0471449881
Label: Wiley
Manufacturer: Wiley
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 656
Publication Date: March 21, 2005
Publisher: Wiley
Sales Rank: 194422
Studio: Wiley
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Product Description: The industry's leading professional reference for four decadesfully revised and updated
Construction Contracting remains a bestseller in the construction industry forty years after its first publication. A cornerstone of the construction professional's library, this text presents the hard-to-find information essential to successfully managing a construction business, and applies to building, heavy civil, high-tech, and industrial construction endeavors alike.
This new Seventh Edition features important changes in construction insurance, tax law, labor law, and bonding and surety. It includes: - Contemporary contracting methods such as design/build and best value/competitive negotiation
- Computer assisted estimating, project accounting, scheduling, and document control
- Emerging technologies such as Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
- Critical updates to standard construction contracts, including the American Institute of Architects (AIA), the Construction Management Association of America (CMAA), the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC), and the Design Build Institute of America (DBIA)
Construction Contracting also features expanded coverage of such basics as business ownership and company organization, cost estimating, bidding procedures and strategies, project time and cost management, labor relations, and project safety.
This edition incorporates many special features, including new and updated contracting forms, the latest Construction Industry Arbitration Rules, a companion Web site, and a CD-ROM containing a complete library of forms from the AIA, AGC, and Engineers Joint Contract Documents Committee.
Construction Contracting, Seventh Edition is a complete working resource for the construction professional in the field or office and an indispensable preparatory tool for students.
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Although not an easy read, this book makes an excellent reference. It covers just about anything you would want to know and in detail. I would recommend it to anyone just starting out in the construction industry.
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Valueable & Worst for gaining Contractual Knowledge
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This book is a legendary classic in the field of general construction and is a must for personnel involved in construction management, general contracting and professional consulting. It covers all aspects of construction from company organization, estimating, field procedures, cost control, changes, punchlist, claims, labor relations and safety. The appendix contains reference standard documents and contract boilerplate from the AIA, AGC and others. It would take 20 years of work in the ... Read More
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