Construction Project Management

Peter Fewings is a senior lecturer in project, production and financial management at the University of the West of England, where he is programme leader of its BSc(Hons) Construction Management courses and has set up two project management masters courses. He has worked as a planner and a project manager on a wide range of construction projects and maintains close contacts with the industry. He has research interests in Health and Safety and PFI. He works closely at the University of the West of England with Martyn Jones and Tony Westcott who have contributed to this book.

Introduction 1. Project Life Cycles and Success Peter Fewings 2. Building the Client Business Case Peter Fewings 3. Project Definition Peter Fewings 4. Strategic Issues Peter Fewings 5. Construction Performance and Planning Peter Fewings Appendix 5. Critical Path Method 6. Organisational Structure, Culture and Leadership Martyn Jones and Peter Fewings 7. Engineering the Psycho-Productive Environment Peter Fewings 8. Managing Risk and Value Tony Westcott and Peter Fewings 9. Design Management Peter Fewings 10. Project Safety, Health and Environment Peter Fewings Appendix 10. Guidelines to Minimum Practice Requirements 11. The PFI Model Peter Fewings 12. The Emergence and Implementation of Supply Chain Management in Construction Martyn Jones 13. Quality and Customer Care Peter Fewings 14. Project Close and Systems Improvement Peter Fewings; contr. by Martyn Jones 15. Towards a more integrated approach Peter Fewings