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For courses in construction accounting. The market’s most in-depth coverage of construction accounting and finance Construction Accounting and Financial Management covers all of the key accounting and financial management principles needed by construction managers to profitably manage the finances of construction companies, as well as how to adapt these principles for the construction industry. The text introduces construction financial management, details the framework for a construction accounting system, describes the management of costs, profits, and cash flows, and provides tools for making financial decisions. The 4th edition includes new sections on topics such as cost segregation, the design-build process, and pertinent provisions of The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act passed in December 2017.

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Author:   Steven Peterson
Publisher:   Pearson Education (US)
Imprint:   Pearson
Edition:   4th edition
ISBN:  

9780135232873

ISBN 10:   0135232872
Pages:   368
Publication Date:   01 January 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Replaced By:   9781292027289
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order  
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Table of Contents

PART I: INTRODUCTION TO CONSTRUCTION FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT 1. Construction Financial Management PART II: ACCOUNTING FOR FINANCIAL RESOURCES 2. Construction Accounting Systems 3. Accounting Transactions 4. More Construction Accounting 5. Depreciation 6. Analysis of Financial Statements PART III: MANAGING COSTS AND PROFITS 7. Managing Costs 8. Determining Labor Burden 9. Managing General Overhead Costs 10. Setting Profit Margins for Bidding 11. Profit Center Analysis PART IV: MANAGING CASH FLOWS 12. Cash Flows for Construction Projects 13. Projecting Income Taxes 14. Cash Flows for Construction Companies 15. Time Value of Money 16. Financing a Company's Financial Needs PART V: MAKING FINANCIAL DECISIONS 17. Tools for Making Financial Decisions 18. Income Taxes and Financial Decisions

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About our author Steven Peterson is a licensed professional engineer and a professor in the Parson Construction Management program at Weber State University, where he has taught since 2000. He has expertise in the financial side of managing a construction company and construction projects. Steven is the author of Construction Accounting and Financial Management (Pearson, 2020), Construction Estimating using Excel (Pearson, 2018), and Pearson's Pocket Guide to Construction Management (Pearson, 2012) and the coauthor of Estimating in Building Construction (Pearson, 2019). Before arriving at Weber State, Steven spent 15 years working in the construction industry completing projects in the government, commercial, multifamily and environmental sectors. He received a BS in engineering and an MBA from the University of Utah.

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