Integrated Construction Project Management: A Teaching Case Study
Publication: Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice
Volume 125, Issue 4
Abstract
Cost and schedule planning and control are two of the most important management functions in the construction industry. Major research efforts are focused on developing procedures for improving the effectiveness of these functions. As a result, researchers are concerned with the quality, integrity, and timeliness of data that flows through such planning and control systems. A number of data models have been proposed to integrate cost and schedule control functions because such integration is viewed as the solution to the many problems facing the management of construction projects today. This paper provides an overview of cost and schedule control, and discusses how these research findings were incorporated in the construction courses offered at the Construction Division of the Department of Civil Engineering and Construction at North Dakota State University.
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Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice
Volume 125 • Issue 4 • October 1999
Pages: 133 - 137
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Received: Mar 3, 1997
Published online: Oct 1, 1999
Published in print: Oct 1999
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