Civil Engineering Project Management, Fourth Edition
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loginMost civil engineering construction projects are completed to time and budgetbut few get publicity for it. More often building projects are reported as exceed-ing time or budget because a building has to cater for the diverse needs of themany users of the building which can be difficult to forecast or may change asconstruction proceeds. In civil engineering the principal hazards come from theneed to deal with below ground conditions, make structures out of re-assembledsoils or rocks, and to cater for the forces of impounded or flowing water. Theconstruction of roads, railways, tunnels, bridges, pipelines, dams, harbours,canals and river training measures, flood and sea defences, must all be tailoredto the conditions found on site as construction proceeds because it is not possi-ble to foresee such conditions in every detail beforehand.
