Construction Management

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Subject Directories

• Education Index > Construction Trades Resources
• Michigan Construction News > Industry Links
• University of Nevada - Las Vegas Libraries > Architecture and Building

Internet Sites

• Business.com > Construction Management
• Construction Management Glossary
• Yahoo! > Construction – Business directory
• Yahoo! > Construction > Michigan – Michigan Business Directory

Professional Associations

• American Council for Construction Education 
• Associated General Contractors of American - Greater Detroit Chapter 
• Building Industry Association of Southeastern Michigan
• Construction Association of Michigan
• Construction Industry Institute
• Construction Management Association of America

Articles: Indexes and Full Text

• General Business File (Infotrac)
  • On-campus
  • Off-Campus
• Business Source Elite (EBSCOhost)
  • On-Campus
  • Off-Campus 

Selected Ebooks

Read books at your computer!  Read some FAQs about ebooks and how to set up your account. Here are some ebook titles:

•  Betts, Martin, ed.  Strategic Management of IT in Construction.  Malden, Mass.: Blackwell Science, 1999.  
• Carr, Frank.  Partnering.  Chicago, Il.: 1999. 
• Smith, Nigel J., ed.  Managing Risk in Construction Projects.  Oxford: Blackwell Science, 1999.

Print Sources

• To find print (and some non-print) materials in OCC Libraries, search the Library Catalog. Some sample Library of Congress Subject Headings searches are:
  • concrete construction
  • construction industry -- management
  • masonry
  • project management
  • surveying
     
• Selected Reference Books
  • Brooks, Hugh. Illustrated Encyclopedic Dictionary of Building and Construction Terms.  Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hall, 1976.
         AH, OR  Reference  TH 9 .B76
  • Chudley, R. and R. Greeno.  Building Construction Handbook.  Boston: Butterworth, Heineman, 1998.
         AH  Reference  TH 151 .C52 1998
  • Merritt, Frederick S., ed.  Building Construction Handbook.  New York : McGraw Hill, 1975.
         AH  Reference  TH 151 .M4 1975
  • Michigan Residential Code: Incorporating the 2000 Edition of the International Resident Code for One- and Two-Family Dwellings and the Michigan Uniform Energy Code/Bureau of Construction Codes.  Lansing: Bureau of Construction Codes, 2001.
         OR  Reference  KFM 4659 .A1 M5326 2001
  • Wilkes, Joseph A., ed.  Encyclopedia of Architecture: Design, Engineering , & Construction.  New York: Wiley, 1988.
         AH  Reference  NA 31 .E59 1988
     
• Browsing Call Numbers (in Library of Congress Classification)
  • HD 9715  Construction Industry
  • QA 402  System Analysis
  • TA 401-492  Materials of Engineering and Construction
  • TA 501-625  Surveying
  • TH  Building Construction
  • TH 4805-4890  Building Construction. Houses

OCC Catalog Degree Program Descriptions

• Management Development Concrete Construction Management

• Management Development Construction Management Option  

• Industrial Technology Technical Apprentice/Skilled Trades 

OCC Departmental Web Pages

• Construction Management

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