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Construction Management Fundamentals provides an integrated overview of the fundamentals of construction in a logical, simple, and concise format. Numerous examples are used in the text to reinforce construction and management concepts.  These include application details, photographs, and illustrations derived from actual projects.  Based upon professional practice, standard formats for analyzing common problems are presented and explained.  Such formats prepare students for fast-paced bid preparation where attention to detail is critically important. This updated third edition has been revised to reflect The National Academy of Construction (NAC), the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and ABET revised construction curriculum requirements to include Building Information Modeling/3-D Modeling and understanding 4D modeling.  •   Intended for use in an undergraduate Civil Engineering curriculum or for graduate courses in Construction Management.  •   The text covers the fundamentals of construction in a logical, simple, and concise format, and many examples reinforce construction and management concepts through applications, photographs, and illustrations derived from actual projects •   Meets the newly revised curriculum requirements (ASCE, NAC, and ABET) to include Building Information Modeling, 3-D modeling, and an understanding of 4-D modeling

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Cliff Schexnayder (Tempe, AZ) Eminent Scholar Emeritus at Del Webb School of Construction, Arizona State University. Dr. Robert L. Schmitt is a Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Wisconsin, Platteville Campus. He received his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Masters Degree in Civil Engineering from Purdue University, and Bachelor Degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Platteville. Dr. Schmitt has a combined 20 years of construction industry practice, research, and teaching experience. He has managed field-based research projects ranging from determining materials testing and inspection levels on highway construction projects, to improving productivity of field construction operations. He has taught a range of construction engineering courses for 10 years, including project management, costs & estimates, construction equipment, design of construction operations, engineering economic analysis, and senior-level capstone design. Dr. Schmitt is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, American Concrete Institute, Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists, and educational member of Associated General Contractors of America. He has been a registered professional engineer for 15 years.

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