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Network Planning Methods

In: Quantitative Methods in Construction Management and Design

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  • J. F. Woodward

    (University of Stirling)

Abstract

The construction industry has been slow to take up a wide range of operational research techniques, but one area that has become widely developed is the use and application of network planning methods. There is no generally accepted name for these methods but they are variously called network planning, CPM (critical path method), PERT (programming evaluation and revue technique) and other similar names. There have been many useful books published on this subject, some of which are referred to at the end of this chapter,1,2,3,4 and it may be superfluous to go over this material yet again in this book. The use of the methods has however become very widespread in the industry and it is therefore felt that no book on the use of quantitative methods in the construction industry would be complete without a chapter on network planning methods. This chapter sets out to explain the fundamentals of network planning methods and to discuss the advantages, disadvantages and practical applications of the methods. It is not possible within a single chapter to cover the whole ground and therefore the more sophisticated and advanced aspects of network planning methods have been omitted, but the reader is directed towards other books on the subject.5,6

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  • J. F. Woodward, 1975. "Network Planning Methods," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Quantitative Methods in Construction Management and Design, chapter 2, pages 15-37, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-349-15579-8_2
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-15579-8_2
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