Masonry Magazine August 1968 Page. 29
Stained, covers the fundamentals of network analysis for planning construction work, and operational research, a new science in the field of construction.
The fifteen chapters of Principles of Construction Management for Engineers and Managers cover:
the principles of management; engineering economics the principles; engineering economics-economic comparisons I; engineering economics-economic comparisons II; engineering economics-valuation, depreciation and uncertainty; the utilization of mechanical equipment-basic considerations; the utilization of mechanical equipment-earthmoving equipment; planning for construction-pre-tender and contract planning: planning for construction-basic network construction; planning for construction-the critical path; planning for construction-cost and the network; planning for construction-the allocation of resources; cost control the classification and distribution of costs; cost control the controlling process; operational research and construction.
After obtaining 1st Class Honors in the Loughborough College Engineering Diploma, 1946, Mr. Pilcher spent two years in the Royal Engineers before entering the construction industry where he was at one time with Taylor Woodrow. In 1963, after fifteen years as a practicing engineer, he returned to Loughborough to take up his present position.
Further information on Pilcher's Principles of Construction Management for Engineers and Managers may be obtained from the McGraw-Hill Book Information Services, 327 West 41st Street, New York, New York 10036.
Koehring's Earnings Up
Koehring Company earnings for the six months ended May 31, 1968 totaled $4,957,000, equal to $1.71 per share on sales of $109,625,000 compared to earnings of $4,410,000 or $1.52 per common share for the first six months of 1967 on sales for that period of $100,863,000.
Koehring Company president Orville R. Mertz said that the rate of incoming orders continues to run ahead of a year ago, and that mid-year backlogs of unfilled orders are up to $57,600,00. He said that the source of Koehring's sales and earnings gains over last year continues to be certain lines of construction machinery-principally hydraulic excavators-and plastics machinery.
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