The latest‎,‎ most effective engineering and construction project management strategies‎.‎ Fully revised throughout‎,‎ this up‎-to‎-date guide presents the principles and techniques of managing engineering and construction projects from the initial conceptual phase‎,‎ through design and construction‎,‎ to completion‎.‎ The book emphasizes project management during the beginning stages of project development to influence the quality‎,‎ cost‎,‎ and schedule of a project as early in the process as possible‎.‎ Featuring an all‎-new chapter on risk management‎,‎ the third edition also includes new sections on‎:‎ Ensuring project quality‎,‎ The owner‎'‎s team‎,‎ Parametric estimating‎,‎ Importance of the estimator‎,‎ Formats for work breakdown structures‎,‎ Design work packages‎,‎ Benefits of planning‎,‎ Calculations to verify schedules and cost distributions‎,‎ Common problems in managing design‎,‎ Build‎-operate‎-transfer delivery methods Based on the author‎'‎s decades of experience in working with hundreds of project managers‎,‎ this essential resource includes many new real‎-world examples and updated sample problems ‎-‎- page 4 of cover‎.‎