Advanced scheduling and management techniques such as AWP and IPD, are being introduced to the construction industry and computer technology is widely used in schedule and project management.
This book is written in response to the need that the authors noted while teaching the construction scheduling course for years holding industry expertise. Construction education is a practical discipline, so students begin working right after completion of school work. Therefore, this book aims at teaching students to apply what they have learned when they start work in the industry. What students need is to learn how to create a master schedule and how to manage the construction schedules being implemented in the project. They should get ready to work as a project engineer/assistant superintendent.
To accomplish this aim, this book has practical aspects in addition to the techniques that many previous books focused on. Workbook for lab activities is included for practicality.
Mr. Larry McGinn received a M.S. in Construction Management from Texas A&M University and a B.S. in Construction Management from Louisiana State University.
After graduating from Texas A&M University, he worked as a Construction Manager at Jacobs Field Services, Inc for nearly 20 years all across North America executing large complex industrial mega projects in the oil and gas industry. He returned to Texas A&M in 2019 to join the Construction Science department in a Senior Lecturer role. The courses he teaches pertain to scheduling, project management, and industrial construction.
Dr. Boong Yeol Ryoo received a Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering with specialized studies in Construction Engineering and Management with a minor in Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He also received M.S. and B.S. degrees in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Yonsei University in Korea respectively. He had postdoctoral research at Purdue University.
After graduating from Yonsei University, he worked as an engineer at Daewoo Engineering company for 8 years. He also worked for Samsung SDS, which is one of the top information technology companies in Korea. In addition, he founded two information venture companies before coming back to academia.
In the past 18 years, as a faculty member at Texas A&M University and Florida International University, his primary appointments have emphasized research and teaching. His primary research interests are artificial intelligence, machine learning, and big data in construction education. The courses he taught are scheduling, estimating, construction equipment, plan reading, and structural analysis.
Chapter 1—Introduction to Planning and Scheduling
Chapter 2—Master Scheduling
Chapter 3—Scheduling Methods
Chapter 4—Scheduling Monitoring