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Books...
CPM In Construction Management, Second Edition: Project Management with CPM, by James J. O'Brien, President; Management Data Corporation. McGraw-Hill; 321 pages, 6 x 9; 311 illustrations; $14.50; Publication: November, 1971.
When the first edition of CPM in Construction Management: Project Management with CPM was published, the "critical-path method" was a proven-but nonetheless optional-tool for fast, accurate construction scheduling. Today it is, more often than not, a requirement in construction contracts. In the new fully updated second edition of this established reference, architects, construction managers, and contractors will find an indispensable working tool for controlling scheduling, quality, and/or costs on entire construction projects or individual phases thereof.
By far the most realistic, flexible, adaptable, and nonacademic treatment of CPM available, this book can be used by anyone. In twenty-three sections, it explains what CPM is and how to use it to get speed, accuracy, and flexibility in scheduling. It indicates how to apply CPM by using either simple arithmetic or computer calculations; describes CPM in terms of examples and case histories, complete with tables, charts, diagrams, and photographs; focuses on actual on-going construction processes, showing CPM in action; and covers CPM extensions, including scheduling, manpower allocation, cost control, and cost forecasting.
In addition to all the topics included in the First Edition, the new Second Edition includes five new chapters: Precedence Networks; Multiproject Scheduling. Project Scheduling: Management Information Systems; and Case Histories. The book provides, in short, the best and most easily followed guide to the most useful construction-scheduling tool to appear in years-CPM.
Proper Uses and Common Abuses of Striking and Struck Tools. 1971. 32 pages. Illustrated. Service Tools Institute, New York, N.Y. 254.
This 32-page booklet on the proper use of such striking tools as hammers, sledges, axes, hatchets and the like, and struck tools such as chisels, punches, star drills, etc., with instructions for resharpening, carries many helpful tips for the professional as well as the novice.
Line drawings with callouts illustrate each type of tool. Two cartoon characters, "Hazardous Harry" and "Careful Cal," graphically emphasize the do's and don'ts of hand tool use. The booklet is considered one of the most comprehensive treatments of the subject to date. Practices and procedures suggested represent the consensus of leading hand tool manufacturers and constitute a safety code endorsed by the Service Tools Institute.
Single copies are priced at 254. Quantity copies of 100 or more cost 15e each. Write Service Tools Institute, 331 Madison Ave., New York, N.Y. 10017.
Architecture Observed, by Alan Dunn. 144 pages; 81½ x 9; 138 cartoons; $6.95; McGraw-Hill. Publication: October 30, 1971. $6.95.
Having universally established himself as one of America's funniest and most incisive commentators on the foibles of American architecture, Alan Dunn possesses that unique ability to both sense the humor of a situation, and convey it in such a way as to leave the reader grinning even at himself.
In Architecture Observed, the editors of "Architectural Record" have selected 138 of Dunn's cartoons from
One of the many gently prodding cartoons from "Architecture Observed" by Alan Dunn.
the harvest he produced for them for 35 years gentle and clever documents that bring out the latent absurdities in architectural and environmental trends.
Herbert L. Smith, managing editor of "Architectural Record" states, "Always in the avant-garde of ideas and trends, Alan Dunn is one of the most knowledgeable and effective critics of architecture today. And in this role he consistently and wittily reminds us that architecture is for people and language is for communication."
masonry • Nov./Dec., 1971