Construction Project Management

How the Great Ones Do It

By: Joe Egan

Narrated by: Joseph R Egan

Length: 1 hr and 17 mins

Publisher's summary

Many want to achieve success in being a project manager, but not everyone is given a roadmap on how to get there. Think about it. You worked hard, got promoted into a project management position and then what?

Having risen from the entry level, Joe Egan, shares over 45 years of his knowledge and experiences in, Construction Project Management: How the Great Ones Do It.

Joe puts you in the driver’s seat and gives you a roadmap to become more than an "OK" project manager. You are the navigator, you can ascend to success or descend to failure.

Going in either direction starts with the first step, so watch your step! Success is about doing many hundreds of things right and successfully managing the hundreds of things that go wrong. This book is one way to help you excel, even if there are roadblocks.

Having perseverance and courage are just two tools that you need to add to your box. One of the best ways to achieve what you want in life, is to have a plan to get there. Create your roadmap. In doing so, you will have access to great opportunities, enduring relationships, and monetary success.

©2020 Joseph R Egan (P)2020 Joseph R Egan

Excellent!!!

Great book for the emotional and relational aspects of construction and can easily be applied to other industries and every aspect of life.

Basic Book

This book covers basic leadership and common sense business practices. Purchase the book outright, don't use a credit.

Good for personal development

I agree with another reviewer above. fantastic for personal growth and identifying places you may need to grow your management style but nothing about construction. as in there no specifics regarding any of the processes of construction start to finish but how different scenarios within the process can challenge your character and fortitude. very good narrator though. likeable type voice.

Suffered through 30min

I’m unsure of where to begin with this gem. For 30 min it was a generic feel good pump you up positive thinking and importance of character monologue. I gave up once the narrator reveals his cards about his religious faith based truths. Spent my entire life having that ground into me and at this point in my life I don’t need your faith based opinions. Came for real substantial tools for project management. Ended up in some Tony robins feel good life success seminar. Yes your mind and how you perceive yourself and conduct yourself are pretty foundational to success but we’re past that I have some real production and project management deficiencies that don’t some stoic work yourself into the dirt solution.

The book kind of repeated suggestions from other authors in general life and professional behavior.

The book was very generalized. The book kind of repeated suggestions from other authors in general life and professional behavior.

Top Shelf CPM Information

Well written and concise CPM information. This Audible book exceeded my expectations. Two thumbs up!

Reaching to call this "construction management"

Joe Egan is a respectable individual with knowledge of construction. I went into the book looking for a little bit of insight into better handling my responsibilities as a Superintendent, but was disappointed that majority of his advice was very generic towards management in general. A lot of the tips he gives are pretty much common sense and things you already know that you should be doing, but there are a few other examples and tips that were insightful.

Overall this isn't a "must read" if you are considering getting into construction management. If you are already in the field and experienced, then this book won't offer anything really new except for a few tips on critical thinking and how you should respond to certain events. Not bad, but not good. Just decent

It was ok

Was ok, was more about mind set than anything else. Not sure it’s a project management book haha. More like a customer service book

Extremely obvious

This book provided absolutely no valuable information. It told you pretty standard things basically don’t be an asshole, pay people well, and get good at problem-solving.

Not a book on Project Management

I was looking for a book on construction project management and unfortunately, this book was not it. If you are looking for leadership principles and how to interact with different parties on a project then you will enjoy this book. For me, the title of the book and the summary were misleading. There were no practical methods or tools for managing a construction project.