Successful Construction Project Management: The Practical Guide

There is no substitute for actual experience in construction project management but this book does an excellent job of covering the basics and helping people to understand and build a base level of competence in the field. Recommended for someone who’s thinking of entering the field as a career or, as is my case, aging out of in the field work and making the transition to the office.

I'm learning as fast as I can to understand the challenges and pitfalls of project management. This book is fun to read and full of examples of what to be aware of with project management. His stories are insightful and educational. His style of writing is fun and useful. I recommend this book to anyone who want to hear real life stories about projects. It's relevant to any kind of project management, not just construction.

Very informative reading!!

A practical and really helpful guide to navigating the myriad of things to think about when managing a construction project. I found that referring to this book was like having my own mentor on tap. Excellent.

Not useful to me.

It is quite clear beyond any doubt that Mr. Netscher has been through many projects of all different sizes, in different construction categories and in many different places which opens up to different cultural labor force and different construction method and added risk. I'm glad he didn't take the usual class room process group text book approach. Most chapters deals with a specific content, ready to be applied by the contractor. It's also good to learn from someone who made mistakes, takes blame, which made the book real. He presents the information to cover everything in an easy flowing read. Great Job.

The book is really great. Its perfectly refills majority of PM theoretical books with practical experience of real professional. I like this type of material because its not just an interesting reading (its really is) but it is a kind of methodology.The point is that’s you can dig out some practical methods from stories inside and write them in the form of procedures or processes.Construction contracts, PM templates can be seriously improved if you are ready to educate yourself with this helpful supporting source.Thanks a lot Mr. Netscher Waiting for new inputs from you.Potapov Mikhail

Been involved in construction management for 17 years and this is the best book I have read on what it takes to be a Project Manager. Book is written in plain english and doesnt read like a textbook.

Really great experience written in this book , Practice way to explain and given key to success full lock opening.

Volume molto valido, essenziale come deve esserlo una guida ma, nel contempo, preciso ed esaustivo. Essendo una guida pratica presuppone la conoscenza teorica ed una robusta esperienza pratica di base per essere compreso e fruito al massimo

En general me parece bastante útil para tener una idea mas clara de un proceso constructivo bien organizado. Puede servir como una guía básica de cosas a tomar en cuenta antes y durante un obra.

Although initially opening the table of contents the shear number of touch points for a Construction Project Manager seem overwhelming, and sometimes in practice it can be, Paul has effectively broken them down into building blocks flowing through the project cycle. The practical, real situational stories highlight context and entices the reader to seek the next saga, all in the safety of our virtual learning in cautionary tales of lessons learned by others. A page turner for those wanting to raise their game and truly express the essence of a Construction PM. The industry appreciates your effort Paul!

Insighful book with heaps of great information and well constructed.