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  • © 1993

Resource Management for Construction

An Integrated Approach

Authors:

  1. M. R. Canter

    1. Anglia Polytechnic University, UK

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Part of the book series: Building and Surveying Series (BASS)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction

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    Pages 1-11

  3. Resources and Control

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    Pages 12-21

  4. Manpower Management

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    Pages 22-40

  5. Materials Management

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    Pages 41-59

  6. Plant Management

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    Pages 60-69

  7. Sub-contract Management

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    Pages 70-80

  8. Cost Classification

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    Pages 81-89

  9. Cost Monitoring

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    Pages 90-100

  10. Cost Control

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    Pages 101-112

  11. Resource Cost Management and Cashflow

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    Pages 113-128

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 173-177
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About this book

This book offers a new approach to the management of resources within the construction industry, and with special reference to smaller construction companies. A systems approach, based on a case study, is adopted to describe how the basic production resources are planned for, monitored and managed. Each resource is considered in detail, highlighting its associated problems for management, the aim being to develop a structured approach to the management of each resource within an overall integrated framework. The early chapters examine the problems of resource control; they describe the economic, financial, social and legal constraints under which management decisions are taken. Subsequent chapters deal with manpower, materials, plant and subcontracting. Then come several chapters that examine costs from the viewpoint of classification, monitoring and control. The closing chapters discuss resource cosy management and cashflow, culminating in a final chapter that demonstrates how an integrated systems of cost and cashflow management may be operated.
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Anglia Polytechnic University, UK

    M. R. Canter

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Resource Management for Construction

  • Book Subtitle: An Integrated Approach

  • Authors: M. R. Canter

  • Series Title: Building and Surveying Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-12411-4

  • Publisher: Red Globe Press London

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: M.R. Canter 1993

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 177

  • Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave

  • Topics: Building Construction and Design

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