In an increasingly competitive environment, construction professionals must ensure that efficient schedules are kept and that costs are kept to a minimum. Presenting a new construction scheduling model - CONSCOM - this book aims to provide the solution to effective construction scheduling and cost optimization. It presents a general mathematical formulation for the scheduling of construction projects and using this formula repetitive and non-repetitive tasks, work continuity considerations, multiple-crew strategies, and the effects of varying job conditions on the performance of a crew can be...