The construction industry: overview and trends -- Green construction: a builder's opportunity -- Construction projects and players -- Project stages: an overview -- The owner's feasibility: does this project make sense? -- Project delivery -- Programming and design -- Bidding and awarding the job -- Contractors: finding and qualifying for the right jobs -- Fundamentals of estimating -- Creating estimates -- Introduction to contracts -- Construction contracts -- Contract documents: the agreement -- Contract documents: general and supplementary conditions -- Contract documents: the specifications -- Pre-construction and mobilization -- Construction -- Fundamentals of scheduling -- Creating and using the schedule -- Buying out the job: subcontracting -- Changes in the work -- Getting paid -- Claims, disputes, and mechanic's liens -- Close-out and occupancy