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Tue, 2009-08-18 09:44
Sarah Sargeant
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Can anyone advise any good planning/ project controls books/ reading materials?
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Fri, 2012-01-06 05:10
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Vijay Anbumani
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Hi Planners,

             Its nice suggestion and i like i like Mcgraw hill publications because of the easy way and not more like foreign books.

 

thanks,

Vijay

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Fri, 2009-08-21 11:14
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Samer Zawaydeh
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Dear Sarah,

You will find plenty of good free information on this site as well;

http://www.aacei.org/technical/rp.shtml

With kind regards,

Samer
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Wed, 2009-08-19 03:52
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David Wallace
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Sarah,

Have a look at the Society of Construction Law’s Protocol on Delay and Disruption, it will give you an insight as to why proper planning and programming is important.

www.eotprotocol.com

David.
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Tue, 2009-08-18 21:02
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R. Catalan
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Sarah,

"Scheduling Manual" from www.rsmeans.com is an excellent reference for project planning/controls, as it explains the subject in detail with sample projects.

You can inquire them if this book is still on prints.

Regards,
R. Catalan
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Tue, 2009-08-18 16:01
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Samer Zawaydeh
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Dear Sarah,

You can also visit the following website.

http://www.planningengineers.org/publications/books.aspx

With kind regards,

Samer
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Tue, 2009-08-18 12:11
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Pranab Kumar Deb
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Hello sarah,

see these books and in the same order
1. PMBOK GUIDE 4th Edition
2. Project Management a system approach , Harold Kerzner.
3. Construction Planning and Scheduling, 2nd Edition
by Thomas E. Glavinich PE,
AGC of Amercia, 2004
341 pages
4.CPM in Construction Management, 6th Edition
by James J. O’Brien and Fredric L. Plotnick
McGraw-Hill, 2005
576 pages

This books will keep you busy for atleast 6-8 months.
regards

deb
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Wed, 2009-08-19 07:44
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Sarah Sargeant
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Thats great, thanks everyone, I’m sure that will keep me busy, any other suggestions, feel free to post them!
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