Construction project management for subcontractors

Construction Project Management for subcontractors Every major book on construction project management is written from the general contractor's chair, or the owner's. Subcontractors perform most of the work on a commercial project and have almost nothing written for them. Their problems are not the same problems. The general contractor manages a schedule; the subcontractor is handed one and absorbs the compression. The general contractor issues back-charges; the subcontractor defends against them. The general contractor holds retention; the subcontractor chases it. The general contractor writes the flow-down; the subcontractor lives inside it. This is the reference for the other side of that relationship. Written for project managers, project engineers, and estimators at specialty trade contractors -- mechanical, electrical, sheet metal, glazing, drywall, steel, roofing, fire protection -- and for foremen moving into the office. WHAT IT COVERS Forty-eight chapters in eight parts: BEFORE YOU OWN IT -- the estimate-to-budget handoff, scope gap analysis, why Division 01 costs more than your own section, exclusions that survive negotiation, and the six clauses that decide whether you get paid. BUYOUT AND PRECONSTRUCTION -- flowing terms down to your own purchase orders, long leads and the procurement chain, sequencing the submittal register by required date instead of spec order. SUBMITTALS, RFIS, AND THE PAPER RECORD -- the rejection loop, delegated design, RFI discipline, and the line between a clarification and a change. FIELD EXECUTION -- manpower curves, daily reports that hold up years later, documenting stacking and trade interference, weather and standby. MONEY -- the schedule of values, pay applications, conditional versus unconditional waivers, retention, change order pricing, T&M tickets, back-charges in both directions, and when stopping work ends you. TIME -- baseline schedule review, excusable versus compensable versus concurrent delay, notice provisions, and constructive acceleration. DISPUTES -- building the record, mechanics liens and bond claims, dispute resolution economics, and assembling a claim package. CLOSEOUT -- punch list management, O&M manuals and as-builts, final payment, and the post-job review that changes the next estimate