Project management of technological buildings

This unique guide to the world of technological construction introduces all the main activities of the project manager in the preparation and implementation of buildings where production technology plays a major role. The publication clearly and systematically describes the entire investment process from the selection of the most economical option through project design, legislative preparation of the construction to the actual construction and warranty tests of the technology. The book provides a basic orientation when selecting contractors and guidance on how to conclude conventional contracts and contracts according to the FIDIC methodology for the delivery of construction with foreign technology. Readers will appreciate the detailed procedure for pricing design and engineering activities and for estimating the cost of the construction and technology portion of a building based on whole unit capacity, individual equipment performance, and typical unit prices. General project management methods are applied to the management of technological constructions with a large number of concrete examples and practices from practice. Strong emphasis is placed on the used
English equivalents of all the main construction terms. The comprehensive view, together with detailed practical information, is the main strength of this publication, which has a high chance of becoming a basic teaching text for aspiring project managers and a valuable reference guide for experienced workers in the field of investment construction. The book is also intended for students of technical colleges, for whom a large number of sample examples are provided. The author of the book has worked since 1995 as a project manager or project director on many technological constructions for major Czech, Japanese, Dutch, French and Israeli investors. He is currently the director of the business department of technological buildings in the Czech branch of the international engineering and design company TEBODIN.