This comprehensive and accessible text provides a basic and thorough introduction to the art of understanding and successfully implementing modern planning and control techniques.

Planning is a management activity which is undertaken as part of every construction project. Efficiency and cost-effectiveness of construction operations require detailed planning and the ability to monitor and control the various operations that constitute the construction process.

This comprehensive and accessible text provides a basic and thorough introduction to the art of understanding and successfully implementing modern planning and control techniques. Supported by the authors' extensive research, consultancy, and teaching work, this unique book combines the relevant theory with useful practical advice.

Civil Engineers, Builders, Project Managers, Clients, Architects, Consultants and Surveyors will all find this an invaluable practical text. In addition it will provide an excellent reference for students of civil engineering and construction.