| Description |
1 online resource (691 p.) |
| Series |
New York Academy of Sciences Ser |
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New York Academy of Sciences Ser
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| Contents |
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Chapter 1 The Construction Industry -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 The Construction Project -- 1.3 Economic Importance -- 1.4 The People involved on a Construction Project -- 1.4.1 Owner -- 1.4.2 The Architect-Engineer -- 1.4.3 Engineering Consultants -- 1.4.4 Other Consultants -- 1.4.5 Construction Manager -- 1.4.6 The Prime Contractor -- 1.4.7 The Subcontractor -- 1.4.8 The Sub-subcontractor -- 1.4.9 Vendors -- 1.5 Construction Categories -- 1.5.1 Residential Construction -- 1.5.2 Commercial Construction -- 1.5.3 Heavy/Civil/Highway Construction |
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1.5.4 Industrial Construction -- 1.6 Project Financing -- 1.6.1 By Owner -- 1.6.2 By Builder-Vendor -- 1.6.3 By Developer -- 1.7 The Contract System -- 1.8 Project Delivery Methods -- 1.8.1 Construction Services Only -- 1.8.2 Design-Bid-Build -- 1.8.3 The Team Approach -- 1.8.4 Design-Build -- 1.8.5 Design-Manage -- 1.8.6 Preengineered Buildings -- 1.8.7 Fast-Track -- 1.8.8 General Conditions Construction -- 1.8.9 Value Engineering -- 1.9 Types of Construction Contracts -- 1.9.1 Single-Contract System -- 1.9.2 Separate-Contracts System -- 1.10 Forms of Construction Contract Award |
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1.10.1 Competitive Bid Contracting -- 1.10.2 Competitive Negotiation -- 1.10.3 Negotiated Contracting -- 1.11 Forms of Negotiated Contracts -- 1.11.1 Lump-Sum -- 1.11.2 Unit Price -- 1.11.3 Cost-Plus or Cost-Reimbursable -- 1.12 Basic Elements of Agreement in the Various Types of Cost-Plus Contracts -- 1.12.1 Cost Plus a Fixed Fee -- 1.12.2 Cost Plus a Percentage of CostThe owner will reimburse the contractor's costs -- 1.12.3 Cost Plus a Fixed Fee or Percentage of Cost, with a Guaranteed Maximum |
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1.12.4 Cost Plus a Fixed Fee or Percentage of Cost, with a Guaranteed Maximum and a Savings or Incentive Clause -- 1.13 Competitive Sealed Proposals -- 1.14 Other Forms of Contracts -- 1.14.1 Time and Materials Contracts -- 1.14.2 Job Order Contracting -- 1.14.3 Construction by Force Account -- 1.15 Small and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises -- 1.16 Seasonality in Construction -- 1.17 Licensing -- 1.18 License Bonds -- 1.19 Building Codes -- 1.20 Contractor Organizations -- 1.21 Management Practices in Construction -- 1.22 Business Failures in Construction -- 1.23 Summary and Conclusions |
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Chapter 1 Review Questions -- Chapter 2 Business Ownership -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Alternative Forms -- 2.3 Construction Contracting Firms -- 2.4 The Individual Proprietorship -- 2.5 The General Partnership -- 2.6 Establishing a Partnership -- 2.7 Liability of a General Partner -- 2.8 Dissolution of a Partnership -- 2.9 Subpartnership -- 2.10 The Limited Partnership -- 2.11 The Corporation -- 2.12 The Foreign Corporation -- 2.13 Stockholders -- 2.14 Corporate Directors and Officers -- 2.15 The S Corporation -- 2.16 Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) -- 2.17 Limited Liability Company (LLC) |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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2.18 The Joint Venture |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781119019978 |
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1119019974 |
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