Construction Management and Finance by Abebe Dinku

This textbook, viz., Construction Management and Finance is an outcome of a long-felt requirement for a book of this kind for the graduate and undergraduate students of Civil Engineering of the Ethiopian universities. It deals with the subject of construction management and finance, as these subjects are a part of civil engineering. The book has been written in a lucid and comprehensible language. The subject has been dealt with in such an easy way, as if, the students are attending a class on this subject and getting knowledge from their teacher.

The 15 chapters in this book include Civil Engineering Profession; Planning Studies; Construction Scheduling and Planning Techniques; Network Scheduling â?? CPM Diagrams; Program Evaluation and Review Technique; Simulation; Least Control Scheduling and Resource Leveling; Financial Project Appraisal; Sources of Large Development Project Finance; Depreciation and Inflation; Civil Engineering Plant; Health and Safety at Work; Communications; Insurance Requirements in Construction Industry; and Claims and Dispute Resolution Mechanisms in the Construction Industry. The topics are supplemented with two appendices â?? Appendix A includes Simple First Aid Procedures and Appendix B deals with Code of Professional Ethics of the Ethiopian Association of Civil Engineers, references and index. The book will also benefit the practising engineers.