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u/jimbojones321 ยท 3 pointsr/Construction

I'm currently a CM student, I'm assuming you came from a different education background.

The textbook we use in my building construction class is Building Construction 3rd Edition and I find it to be pretty comprehensive. It explains how buildings go up, everything from foundations to finishes. Its around 1000 pages, 37 chapters, has pretty good diagrams, and lots of pictures.

The professor for my class cherry picked 10 or 12 chapters that we study over 15 weeks. Its a great book if your looking to learn about some of the technical aspects of construction, particularly wood, concrete, steel, masonry, etc. Primarily the structural stuff.

For PM topics we use Construction Project Management 4th Edition, which is great if you don't have knowledge of how project development and delivery works. It goes into bidding/procurement, some estimating, planning/scheduling, things along those lines.

Unfortunately I'm early in the curriculum and we've only really touched on this sort of thing, so I can't comment on the quality. I'm sure you can't learn everything about project management all from one book, but it seems pretty detailed and at the very least a good place to start. That one is 350 pages and almost all text, it can be pretty dry.

Hope this helps. Good luck.