A book by Ed Warmoth
The Superintendent's Guidebook
The complete field reference for running construction projects – from first plan to final closeout.
Thirty-one chapters of hard-won construction project management, written for the person the whole job leans on. Planning, scheduling, budgeting, risk, safety, procurement, quality, closeout – plus the modern methods reshaping the field: green building and LEED, BIM, lean construction, and value engineering. It's the systematic reference a superintendent keeps within reach.
31 chapters · available in paperback and Kindle.
Inside the book
Thirty-one chapters, every phase of the project
Project planning and initiation – goals, stakeholders, and a plan that survives the field
Scheduling and time management – building a master schedule that actually holds
Budgeting, cost control, and financial management that protects the margin
Risk management and jobsite safety, from identification through mitigation
Procurement and contract management – vendors, contracts, and resolving disputes
Quality assurance, project monitoring, reporting, and a clean closeout
Communication, client relationships, and conflict resolution under pressure
Modern methods: green/LEED building, BIM, lean construction, and value engineering
Who it’s for
Written for the field, by someone who lived it.
New superintendents & field engineers
The full body of knowledge the job would otherwise teach you the hard way – organized and in one place.
Working supers & project managers
A complete desk reference: every phase of the project, ready when you need it.
Estimators, owners & students
The systematic view of how a construction project is actually run, start to finish.
“A deliberate force in a stormy industry.”
Ed Warmoth has spent four decades building – a Florida State Certified General Contractor qualified in 42 states, and the mind behind the SCPM Framework. The Superintendent’s Guidebook is that experience, organized into 31 chapters you can put to work on Monday.