Abstract: In the transition from engineer to manager, the individual's attention shifts by necessity, from detail to overview, specific to general and technical to administrative. To make that transition, the responsibilities of ...

Abstract: Every contract negotiated with a consultant by a government employee includes a number of factors such as the scope of work, the time required to complete the assignment, the man‐hours required to perform the work, the mix ...

Abstract: Cost and schedule management is an effort that requires extensive use and control of data. A project coding system such as a Work Breakdown Structure is a key element in developing and controlling cost and schedule. ...

Abstract: Since the Hyatt Regency Hotel walkway collapse in 1981, the engineering community and the public have been especially concerned with quality in the constructed project. A number of workshops and roundtable meetings have ...