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Accounting & Financial Management for
Residential Construction
Take Control
of Your Finances with Accounting and Financial
Management
This solid resource for builders, remodelers,
developers, and contractors provides detailed
information on how an accounting system operates
and the basic principles for processing
financial data. This fifth edition includes the
updated NAHB Chart of Accounts and explains:
;how technology facilitates procedures for such
items as accounts payable, change orders, and
payroll and how it impacts processing systems
;the impact of additional management reports and
how they can enhance and facilitate a manager s
job ;the key measurements that residential
construction professionals should track ;the
integration of job cost accounting with
estimating, purchasing, and scheduling ;and the
profit center concept for multiple-project
companies and its reporting requirements |
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Builder's Guide to Accounting Revised
Step-By-Step Guidelines To Setting Up and
Maintaining Your Records
Step-by-step, easy-to-follow
guidelines for setting up and maintaining records for your building
business. This practical, newly-revised guide to all accounting
methods shows how to meet state and federal accounting requirements,
explains the new depreciation rules, and describes how the Tax
Reform Act can affect the way you keep records. Recommended reading
for many state contractor's exams. Each chapter ends with a set of
test questions, and a CD-ROM included FREE has all
the questions in interactive self-test software. |
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Building Better Homes - DVD
A Multimedia Training
Program for Builders, Architects and Remodelers
Building Better Homes is a fully-interactive educational tool that
demonstrates how to apply the latest building science tools and
techniques to residential home construction. The Building Better
Homes interactive DVD-ROM breaks new ground in home construction
education by teaching cutting-edge, easy-to-access techniques
through hands-on video, close-up photos, animation and step-by-step
instructions. The program follows the entire construction process
step-by-step, with photos of construction details, installation
video clips, technical animations, and six hours of interactive
construction content. Printable construction drawings, checklists
and work forms can be put to use immediately by supervisors, foremen
and subcontractors. |
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Construction Accounting & Financial Management
Melds Basic Business
Accounting With Specifics For Construction
For courses in Construction Accounting and
Construction Finance, as well as upper-level
courses in Engineering Economics. This book
takes general business accounting and financial
principles as well as engineering economics and
adapts them to the unique characteristics of the
construction industry. It provides all of the
key financial management principles needed by
construction managers under one cover,
addressing how they are applied in the
construction industry and how they interact. To
get similar material students would have to
purchase accounting, finance, and engineering
economics books--and they still would not have
all the information needed to know how these
disciplines specifically relate to the
construction industry |
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Construction Guide: Accounting and
Knowledge-Based Audits - Book With CD-ROM
Provides Guidance on
Accounting, Auditing and Reporting on
Construction Businesses
provides CPAs with guidance on engagements for a
wide range of situations, including those
special to utility contractors, road builders,
home construction, home builders, real estate
developers, commercial construction, residential
construction, and more. The book includes work
programs, practice aids, checklists, and sample
reports. A free companion CD-ROM that includes
the work papers, practice aids, checklists, and
sample reports found in the book is included
with the volume |
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Contractors
Guide to QuickBooks Pro 2008
Understand How To Use QuickBooks Pro 2008 In
Your Construction Business
QuickBooks Pro can save you hours of
time in preparing taxes for your construction business. But setting up the new 2008 QuickBooks
Pro can be complex and time-consuming. Contractor's Guide to
QuickBooks Pro 2008 can save
hours of time in setting up and putting to use all the new features
that this edition offers. QuickBooks Pro isn't just for taxes.
You can use it for payroll, keeping track of your vendors and subs
-- even job costing (comparing your estimated costs to your actual
costs and finding out where you're making and losing money.) |
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Contractors
Guide to QuickBooks Pro 2005
QuickBooks Pro can save you hours of
time in preparing your taxes. But setting up the new 2004 QuickBooks
Pro can be complex and time-consuming. Contractor's Guide to
QuickBooks Pro 2005 can save
hours of time in setting up and putting to use all the new features
that this 2004 edition offers. QuickBooks Pro isn't just for taxes.
You can use it for payroll, keeping track of your vendors and subs
-- even job costing (comparing your estimated costs to your actual
costs and finding out where you're making and losing money.) |
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Contractors
Guide to QuickBooks Pro 2004
QuickBooks Pro can save you hours of
time in preparing your taxes. But setting up the new 2004 QuickBooks
Pro can be complex and time-consuming. Contractor's Guide to
QuickBooks Pro 2004 can save
hours of time in setting up and putting to use all the new features
that this 2004 edition offers. QuickBooks Pro isn't just for taxes.
You can use it for payroll, keeping track of your vendors and subs
-- even job costing (comparing your estimated costs to your actual
costs and finding out where you're making and losing money.) |
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Financial Management and Accounting Fundamentals
for Construction
Hands-On
Guide to Successful Financial Management In
Construction
This book is a compact summary of the basic
financial skills that a construction
professional must have to be successful in the
management of a construction company and its
projects. Its topics address many of the
questions that any construction administrator
will face |
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Markup
& Profit: A Contractor's Guide
Learn How
To Properly Calculate Markup and Profit on Every
Construction Job
To succeed in a construction business,
you have to price your jobs to cover all labor, material and overhead
expenses, and make a decent profit. The problem is knowing what
markup to use. This book gives you tried and tested formulas, with
step-by-step instructions and easy-to-follow examples, so you can
easily figure the markup that’s right for your
business. Includes a CD-ROM with forms and checklists for your use. |
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Peachtree Premium
Accounting for Construction 2010 Software
Advanced Accounting and
Analysis Tools for Contractors
Provides advanced accounting and analysis tools,
a multi-user option* for improved productivity
with screen-level security and a clear audit
trail, and construction-specific features and
reports to help small construction companies
improve their operations. Construction features
include progress billing, labor burden
calculation, subcontractor insurance expiration
tracking, and retainage* management for payables
and receivables. Choose from among three methods
for calculating progress billing payments.
Crystal Reports® 2008* is included, giving
contractors even greater operational analysis.
Peachtree Premium Accounting for Construction
2009 is the ideal choice for small construction
companies that want to improve their operations. |
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Quickbooks
2010 Solutions Guide for Business Owners and
Accountants
The Definitive Guide For
Quick Solutions to Quickbooks Challenges
This is the definitive, must-have reference for
every business owner, entrepreneur, accountant,
and bookkeeper who relies on QuickBooks 2010.
Not a beginner’s guide, it’s a high-productivity
resource for solving the problems that
intermediate-to-advanced QuickBooks users
encounter most often. Thoroughly updated for
QuickBooks 2010, this book brings together
indispensable, start-to-finish techniques for
troubleshooting QuickBooks data files and fixing
QuickBooks mistakes wherever they occur |
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Quickbooks Premier
Contractor Edition 2010 Software
Quickbooks Premier
Software Specifically Geared to Contractors
QuickBooks Premier Contractor 2010 helps you
easily organize and maintain your business
finances all in one place. Use tools to track
change orders, bill clients by job phase and run
cost to complete job reports. Easily track all
liability and workers compensation insurance
expirations. Track job costs as you pay
suppliers, subcontractors & employees; stay on
top of your cash flow using the job
profitability center. Instantly create invoices,
track payments, manage expenses and gain greater
insight with contractor specific report. |
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Quicken
for Contractors
Most builders, contractors, and
remodelers came up through the ranks, learning their craft "in the
trenches." They know how buildings go together, but office
management skills like bookkeeping, accounting, payroll and job costing
are often a new, and dangerous, challenge. Quicken for
Contractors explains how to use Quicken, an affordable,
easy-to-understand computer program published by Intuit. It shows
step-by-step how Quicken can work in the builder’s office,
putting accurate bookkeeping within easy reach. (Computer Disk
included) |
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Business Forms, Logs & Contracts |
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Atlas Construction Business Forms
- Soft-cover
This publication contains 122 essential forms for the
Architecture, Engineering, Construction, Contracting, HVAC,
Plumbing, Electrical, Design, and other industries. The accounting,
estimating, contract, field, and general business forms make it easy
for you to keep all of your transactions looking professional. |
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Atlas Electrical Contractors
Business Forms - Soft-cover
This book contains more than 40 forms created specifically
for the electrical industry. The accounting, contract, estimating,
field, and general forms in this book will help you to keep all of
your transactions professional and organized. |
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Atlas Construction
Daily Project Log for Construction and Maintenance
Track events and projects with the
Construction Daily Project Log
395 undated log pages give you the flexibility to keep track of
events without preprinted dates! Effortlessly keep track of daily
events and occurrences including: weather conditions, craftspeople,
contract extras, equipment usage and rental, material purchases,
overall progress, safety concerns, accidents |
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Building Contractor's
Checklists and Forms
Increase the Quality Level and Profitability
of your Project
This comprehensive collection of checklists and forms will
improve your on-site and in-office business management, inspection
and negotiation techniques, and organizational skills. With this
unparalleled asset, you won't miss a trick in the contracting
business. Codifying Sidney Levy's years of experience as a
successful contractor and construction industry consultant, this
book steers you clear of mistakes and step-by-step through an
orderly, smoothly flowing process. You'll save countless hours of
digging for information -- and your temper. Covering the day-to-day
business practices of building contractors, it leaves nothing to
chance. It's a great time-saver and hassle-eliminator for
contractors both small and large. |
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Building Your
Successful Handyman Business
A Guide to Starting & Operating a
Profitable Handyman / Contracting Business
Informative guide to help start and grow your handyman business or
similar contracting company. Includes access to 65 business forms
and templates customizable to your business. The author, Chuck
Solomon owns and operates a successful home improvement business
serving the Triangle area (Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill) of
North Carolina. This guide is the result of his experience spending
many hours starting and growing his own home improvement business. |
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Business Letters For The Construction Industry -
With CD-ROM
Over 100 Professional Letters Specifically for
the Construction Industry
This book presents a practical and invaluable
arsenal of professionally-written model letters
tailored specifically to the construction
industry. Use this book to make your business
stand out from the crowd and get your message
across more effectively than ever before! The
organized format lets you pinpoint exactly what
you need through realistic scenarios that
explain when to use each letter. A company
letterhead field makes it easy to customize the
look of your letters, and a simple generic model
gives you a clear, professional letter every
time |
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California
Construction Forms and Contracts on CD-ROM
Forms & Contracts
Specifically Designed for The 2007 California
Codes
Based on the most recent 2007 changes to
California Construction Law, the best
construction attorneys in the state have updated
our forms. The 2007 changes were significant,
and they affected some of the most widely-used
forms in our industry |
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Construction Daily Log Book -
Hardcover
Ideal for Tracking
of Daily Progress of Construction Projects
A daily diary to track day-to-day construction project
activities--allowable to be used in court if necessary. New edition
includes helpful hints, charts, quick reference tables, key
standards and regulations, and checklists. 400 pages. Hard-cover. |
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Construction
Forms & Contracts
125 forms you can copy and use – or
load into your computer (from the FREE disk enclosed). Then you can
customize the forms to fit your company, fill them out, and print. Loads
into Word for Windows, Lotus 1-2-3, WordPerfect, Works, or Excel
programs. You'll find forms covering accounting, estimating,
fieldwork, contracts, and general office. Each form comes with
complete instructions on when to use it and how to fill it out. |
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Contractor's Year-Round Tax Guide
How to set up and run your construction
business to minimize taxes: corporate tax strategy and how to use it to
your advantage, and what you should be aware of in contracts with
others. Covers tax shelters for builders, write-offs and investments
that will reduce your taxes, accounting methods that are best for
contractors, and what the I.R.S. allows and what it often questions. |
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Daily Log -
Construction Project Management - Hardcover
A Daily
Construction Project Log That Makes Sense with 2 pages per day
To successfully complete your projects good recordkeeping
is a must. A new and user-friendly means of documenting work
progress. Two full pages per workday and extra wide-page format. An
efficient method of planning, managing, and controlling your work.
Your reports will be organized, comprehensive, and relevant. Ideal
for general and trade contractors and construction project managers.
Hard-bound and applicable for legal documentation and reference use.
--By BrassBalls Publishing Company, Inc. .750 pages. Hard-cover. |
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DeWalt Contractor's Daily Log &
Jobsite Handbook
Helps To Logically &
Efficiently Document Jobsite Activity
Two-in-one resource that provides all of the necessary elements
needed to effectively run and complete a construction project. Part
One offers daily log pages, designed to assist contractors in
documenting everything necessary on the jobsite, from daily
activities to weather conditions to schedule, deliveries,
subcontractors, OSHA requirements, and more. Part Two complements
the preceding section by including a variety of resources related to
the daily log, including a math/calculations section, an extensive
jobsite safety/OSHA requirements section, Spanish/English
translations and a comprehensive reference section. An ideal tool
for contractors, builders, maintenance managers, and construction
managers alike, its consistent use can prove invaluable in the
progress of a project, especially in preparing for potential legal
matters that may arise. |
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DeWalt Contractor's Forms &
Letters - Soft-cover
The most comprehensive contractor’s forms and letters
reference available comes with an accompanying CD that allows users
to easily and effectively manage every area of their contracting
business! This extraordinary CD resource contains a user-friendly
interface in which all of the forms and letters are easy to find and
utilize in both Microsoft Word and Excel formats. Together, the book
and CD provide over 150 of the most useful forms and letters
available on topics such as general company and staff
communications, customer correspondence, accounting notices, and
more! 251 pages. |
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Form Builder:
Contracts - CD-ROM
Over 70 of The Most Used
Builder's Forms & Contracts on CD
Simplify your life by having all the forms you
need at your disposal. This CD can provide you
with all the contracts you need to smoothly run
your business. Over 70 of the most used builder
forms and contracts on one CD! Save money by
customizing them to fit your specific needs. |
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Home Builder Contracts &
Construction Management Forms
Home Builder Contracts & Construction Management Forms
contains 95 of the most useful business forms and contracts for
builders. These forms will help you systemize your business, work
more productively, and manage more effectively. You can browse the
book for the contracts and forms you need, download the documents
from the CD, and customize them to meet your business needs, with
your address, logo, local specifications, and more! Benefit from the
experience of successful builders across the country and increase
your business success. You’ll save hours of work—and that can mean
saving hundreds of dollars with every form you use! |
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Means Forms
for Building Construction Professionals
Hundreds of Customizable
Construction Forms in a 3-Ring Binder
Forms can be customized with your company name
and reproduced on your copier or at your local
instant printer. Forms for all primary
construction activities-estimating, designing,
project administration, scheduling, appraising.
Many optional variations-condensed, detailed
versions. Forms compatible with Means annual
cost books and other typical user systems.
Full-sized forms on durable reproduction paper
presented in a sturdy three-ring binder. Over
375 pages, three-ring binder. |
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Production Checklist for Builders
Tailor each checklist to meet your specific
needs and print out a clean, customized set for every job.
These easy-to-use, step-by-step checklists give you day-to-day
procedures to confirm start dates, monitor progress, predict
completion dates, meet production schedules, and produce a
quality finished product every time. Includes computer disk. |
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Understanding &
Negotiating Construction Contracts
Understand All Aspects of
Creating & Negotiating Construction Contracts
Construction is a complex business. Each project
has its own unique physical and commercial
considerations. Since there’s no such thing as a
“standard” or “typical” construction project,
construction contracts should also not be
considered standard. The contractor must
carefully manage both in order to have a
successful outcome and protect the company’s
interests and assets. |
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Estimating & Bidding |
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ConcreteCalc Pro
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with protective hardcover case
The only Calculator Designed Specifically
for Concrete Construction Pros!
Use the calculator that is helping thousands of construction pro's
save time, eliminate costly mistakes, and improve profits. The
innovative ConcreteCalc lets you perform instant square-ups,
layouts, accurately estimate material costs & volumes, and solve
common construction problems like a pro. Why work another day
without it? |
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Construction Master
Pro (Desktop Version)
With Jumbo Display For Building, Carpentry & Architect/Engineering
Pros
Work Smarter, Build Better, and Improve Your Bottom Line!
The Construction
Master Pro Desktop is the most complete construction-math
calculator on the market! With many powerful new built-in
solutions and expanded preference selection; it’s easy to
use for fast, accurate solutions to construction problems.
Perfect for completing layouts, bids and estimates – saves
time, money, materials and frustration. No office should be
without it. |
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Construction Master Pro
(Handheld Version)
Top-of-the Line Jobsite Calculator for Builders, Carpenters &
Construction Pros
The Construction
Master Pro sets the industry standard for advanced construction-math
calculators. It provides powerful built-in solutions and expanded
preference settings. It’s easy to use in the field or office and
perfect for completing plans, layouts, bids and estimates – saves
time, money, materials and frustration. Work smarter, build better
and improve your bottom line with the Construction Master Pro! |
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Construction Master Pro Workbook and Study Guide
An
easy-to-use training aid that will help you learn common construction-math
principals, building techniques and acquire the skills to utilize
the Construction Master Pro
advanced Feet-Inch-Fraction calculator – accelerating your
productivity on the job and in the classroom. This comprehensive, must-have
study guide conveys the fundamentals of the most complete builder’s,
construction-math calculator on the market!
(Buy Both and Save!) |
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Builders Essentials: Estimating
Building Costs for the Residential & Light Commercial Contractor
A detailed look at every construction specialty—explaining all the
components, takeoff units, and labor needed for well-organized,
complete estimates. Every contractor has a unique system for putting
a bid together... but when you submit a price, you must be prepared
to back it up with a reliable estimate. This book gives you a
step-by-step process for organizing all the information you need to
assemble an estimate you can rely on… so you’ll be competitive and
know that you’ll make a worthwhile profit. |
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Successful
RFPs in Construction
The
negotiated contract method for RFPs is a rapidly growing trend in
construction
There is no other book on
the shelf that either focuses specifically on RFPs in the
construction industry, or features a step-by-step method for
implementing the negotiated contract method. - This is a
step-by-step guide for managing the RFP process in a way that saves
time, money, enhances team collaboration, and assures quality in
construction. |
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Exam Preparation |
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Building Contractor’s Exam Preparation Guide
Passing today’s contractor’s exams can be a
major task. This book shows you how to study, how questions are
likely to be worded, and the kinds of choices usually given for
answers. Includes sample questions from actual state, county, and
city examinations, plus a sample exam to practice on. Knowing how to
answer these questions, as well as what to expect from the exam, can
greatly increase your chances of passing. |
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Contractor's Exam Book
How to Pass the Examination
for Master Builder and General Contractor
Designed and written to help candidates prepare for the certified
General and Residential Contractor Licensing Exams. Contains
valuable information on site plans, excavation, framework, concrete,
masonry, framing, steel construction and much more. |
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Contractor's State License Guide -
Everything you need to pass the General Building License exam for
the State of California.
You’ll find hundreds of multiple
choice questions and answers to help you pass the state exam.
Originally written for the State of California, this exam guide can
be used to help you raise
your score on any state’s licensing exam. |
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DeWalt Building Contractor's
Licensing Exam Guide
Prepare For Your Exam - Based on the 2006
International Codes.
Prepare for your state or county licensing exam with the most
comprehensive building contractor's licensing guide on the market
today. Developed by an industry leader in contractor education, the
DEWALT Building Contractor's Licensing Exam Guide Second Edition
provides complete coverage for exams that are based on the
International Building Code®
or International Residential
Code®. With topics ranging from code and OSHA requirements to
business management and building theory, readers are introduced to
critical concepts. They are also given the opportunity to apply
their knowledge, both with sample exams in the book, and simulated
exam experiences in the back-of-book CD. |
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Office Management |
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Construction
Planning and Scheduling
Broad
Coverage of All Major Construction Scheduling
Subjects
Provides full coverage of the fundamentals of
construction scheduling, presenting a
straightforward and comprehensive introduction
to all of the aspects and techniques of this
field. It begins with a treatise on the
fundamentals of scheduling and develops and
discusses such topics as: precedence diagrams,
activity durations, contract provisions,
resource allocation and leveling, money, project
monitoring, computer scheduling, earned value,
productivity, litigation, short-interval
schedules, linear scheduling, and arrow
diagrams. Construction Planning and Scheduling
serves as an excellent resource for scheduling
professionals in construction and related
business sectors, as well as construction
attorneys |
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Construction
Scheduling: Principles & Practices
Complete
Coverage Of Construction Scheduling From Basics
To Advanced Scheduling
This book is a comprehensive, stand alone
reference for project scheduling. It includes
complete coverage of scheduling from the basics
to advanced applications along with a detailed
tutorial on the four most popular software
programs—Primavera Project Planner (P3),
SureTrak, P3e/c, and Microsoft Project. Having
scheduling information and software instructions
in one book obviates the need for two texts, and
the exercises and examples in the scheduling
portion are tied to the same exercises in the
software portions |
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Easy Scheduling:
A Construction Scheduling Resources Handbook
A Highly
Recommended Resource For Anyone Engaged In The
Building Trades
"Easy Scheduling: A Construction Scheduling
Resource Handbook" is an invaluable
instructional guide for insuring each days
productivity is maximized through task
allocations that are properly timed. Novice
contractors will learn to make cost-effective
scheduling templates, trade shortcuts, and more.
Addressing pertinent issues including scheduling
for profitability; setting up customized project
templates; step-by-step pre-construction
scheduling; calendar, calculation and interface
options; tracking and reporting systems;
customizing and formatting; setting task
relationships; consolidating schedules, and cash
flow definition and details |
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Project
Scheduling and Management for Construction
Comprehensive, Easy-To-Follow Guide to
Construction Project Scheduling
Today's Successful Project Planning, Scheduling,
and Management Techniques - clearly explained and illustrated.
Completely Revised and Updated version. A comprehensive, yet easy-to-follow guide to
construction project scheduling and control - from vital project
management principles through the latest scheduling, tracking, and
controlling techniques. The author explains how to think through and
prepare a schedule, then use it effectively. |
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Scheduling with SureTrak
- Updated to Release 3.0
Scheduling with SureTrak, 2nd Edition utilizes the
latest screen captures from the premier construction scheduling
software on the market as visuals to illustrate all facets of
project control. Its distinctive coverage of construction scheduling
includes the traditional theory associated with planning,
scheduling, and controlling construction projects, along with the
actual use of Primavera’s SureTrak software into these applications.
This book not only exposes learners to on-screen images but also
shows them how to manipulate hard copy prints for exceptional
communication and demonstration results. |
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SureTrak Project
Manager Software - Version 3.0
Software
for Planning, Scheduling and Organizing Your
Projects
SureTrak Project Manager helps you plan,
schedule and organize projects from start to
finish. Even if you've never managed a project,
you can do it like a pro with SureTrak. View
your project - graphically, Speed up the
process, Simplify resource assignments, Forecast
shortages to avoid delays, Anticipate obstacles.
See how rescheduling one activity affects the
predecessor and successor activities in the
Trace Logic window of PERT. As you encounter
project delays or resource shortages, SureTrak
automatically displays the downstream effects on
the rest of the project, and most importantly,
on the critical path. |
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