CPM in Construction Management, Seventh Edition
James J. O&#8217;Brien, P.E., PMP,was vice chair of the board of O'Brien-Kreitzberg & Associates, Inc., the construction management firm that handled the renovation of San Francisco&#8217;s cable car system. He was also the program manager for the redevelopment of JFK International Airport. Mr. O&#8217;Brien is the author or editor of many books, includingContractor&#8217;s Management Handbook, Second Edition; Construction Management: A Professional Approach; Value Analysis in Design and Construction; andScheduling Handbook, all published by McGraw-Hill.Fredric L. Plotnick, Ph.D., Esq., P.E.,is principal and president of Engineering & Property Management Consultant, Inc., and an adjunct professor in the Civil Engineering and Engineering Management Departments at Drexel University. He has thirty years&#8217; hands-on experience with the legal and technical aspects of project controls and the management of engineering design and construction. Dr. Plotnick is a member of the Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering International and a charter member and director of Academic Liaison and the Technical Track of the annual conference of the PMI college of Scheduling.