Construction Planning and Scheduling, 4th Edition by Jimmie W. Hinze (Hardcover)

Construction Planning and Scheduling, Fourth Edition, by Jimmie W. Hinze is the Pearson hardcover textbook that teaches construction management students and working schedulers how to build, analyze, and manage project schedules using precedence diagrams, CPM networks, resource leveling, and PERT.

The book introduces precedence diagramming early and builds on it: estimating activity durations, allocating and leveling resources, computing floats and the critical path, and updating network schedules as the job changes. It covers short-interval and linear scheduling, computer-based scheduling, arrow diagramming, and PERT, and it includes a discussion of contract provisions that relate to scheduling, which is unusual in a textbook and useful in practice. A sample project runs through the chapters so the techniques are applied to one set of numbers.

What's included

• Construction Planning and Scheduling, Fourth Edition, by Jimmie W. Hinze
• Hardcover, new
• Publisher: Pearson
• ISBN-13: 9780132473989
• End-of-chapter problems and a continuing sample project

Who it's for

Construction management and civil engineering students in a scheduling or project controls course, field engineers and assistant project managers learning CPM for the first time, estimators moving into scheduling roles, and candidates preparing for the AIC Constructor exams or the PMI-SP who want a construction-specific treatment rather than a generic project management text.

Why this edition

The Fourth Edition is the current edition of Hinze’s text and the one most programs assign. Scheduling software changes every few years, but the logic underneath it does not, and this book teaches the logic in a way that transfers to Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, or any other tool. The hardcover binding holds up as a desk reference long after the course ends.

Frequently asked questions

Does Construction Planning and Scheduling teach Primavera or Microsoft Project?

It teaches the scheduling methods those programs implement, with a chapter on computer scheduling in general. It is not a software tutorial for a specific product.

Is prior construction experience required?

No. The book assumes a basic understanding of how a building project is organized, which a first construction management course provides.

Is this the hardcover edition?

Yes. ISBN 9780132473989 is the hardcover Fourth Edition from Pearson.

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