Project life cycle economics : cost estimation, management and effectiveness in construction projects /: cost estimation, management and effectiveness in construction projects. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Massimo Pica ; foreword by Russell D. Archibald.
• Other Names: Pica, Massimo
• Contents: The essence of project management and its challenges -- Project management, projects and their life cycles : historical views -- Projects and their life cycles : some current views -- Introduction to project life cycle cost, schedule and requirements management -- Initiating the project -- Estimating and budgeting for project activities : project work breakdown structures and cost breakdown structures -- Developing and managing the project schedule -- Resource issues in schedule management -- Measuring, monitoring and controlling the project performance -- The percentage of completion as a metric of project control. concepts and calculation methods -- Project change management -- Project closeout and lessons learned -- Human factors in project life cycle economics -- Planning for the project life cycle of constructions and facilities -- Fundamentals of construction economics -- Identifying cost and life expectancy information -- The evolution of construction cost estimation and project management -- Environmental impact and lifetime cost effective sustainability of constructed assets -- Value for money assessment in construction projects : economic effects of PPP/PFI in projects -- Driving towards successful progress and delivery of construction projects -- Construction project monitoring in complex contexts.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (440 pages)
• Subjects: 624.068/4; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / General; Construction industry; Project management; Product life cycle
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781317075189; 1317075188
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.