The Wiley Project Engineer's Desk Reference: Project Engineering, Operations, and Management / Edition 1

by Sanford I. Heisler

Overview

A companion volume and sequel to The Wiley Engineer's Desk Reference. Covers major areas regarding the technology of engineering and its operational methodology, accentuating questions of schedule and schedule maintenance. Describes professional practice skills and engineering aspects essential to success. Includes a slew of examples, checklists, sample forms and documents to facilitate understanding.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780471546771
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	02/08/1994
Pages:	520
Product dimensions:	6.36(w) x 9.57(h) x 1.12(d)

About the Author

SANFORD I. HEISLER is President of Heisler Associates, an engineering and project management consulting firm. He has almost forty years of design, field engineering, and project management experience in the power, mining, industrial, and aerospace fields and is a registered engineer in both Pennsylvania and California. He is an arbitrator for Large Complex Cases for the American Arbitration Association and is a guest lecturer at universities in the United States and abroad. He is the author of several other books, including The Wiley Project Engineer's Desk Reference.

Table of Contents

THE PROJECT.

The Project.

THE ENGINEERING PROCESS.

The Engineering Process.

Design Control.

Engineering Organization.

PROJECT OPERATIONS.

Scheduling and Forecasting.

Estimating and Cost Control.

Material Acquisition.

Project Management.

International Projects.

PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE.

Proposals.

Contracts and Legal Considerations.

Human Resources.

Business Operations.

Appendices.

Selected References.

Index.

Editorial Reviews

A continuation and expansion of the author's The Wiley Engineer's Desk Reference (1984), this reference describes and defines the routine operational engineering matters--such as organizational, procurement, project, and general management, contract, cost, estimating, financial, marketing, sales, and schedule matters--and provides techniques and data to assist such work. Numerous examples are included to illustrate the elements or factors that enter into and provide control of the work process or product, and samples of manually prepared documents for small or low-technology projects are shown. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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