Introduction and basic overview of Construction Management
Introduction and overview of the subject, Construction industry, players and their roles, organizational hierarchy, Types of Construction Projects, Construction Economy and Civil Engineer, Skills and responsibilities of construction managers and information and knowledge management.
Project Planning & Scheduling and Controlling
- Bar Chart/Gantt Chart/WBS & Resource schedules & Leveling
Introduction to scheduling techniques, Work Breakdown Structure, Gantt Chart, Scheduling of labor, materials, equipment and expenditure, Determining the minimum total cost of a project, Resource levelling concepts.
- Deterministic Techniques
Critical Path Method using Activity on Arrow (A.O.A) Diagram, Critical Path Method using Activity on Node (A.O.N) Diagram, Precedence Diagram Method (PDM), Line of Balance Method.
a) Probabilistic Techniques
Project Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT), Graphical Evaluation and Review Technique (GERT), Determining Mean, Variance, Standard deviation, Probability and Beta Distribution.
Software Application: Introduction to software application in construction project management.
Construction Equipment and Management
Importance of Equipment Management in Construction, Developments in Construction Equipment, Types of Construction Equipment, Selection of Construction Equipment & Factors influencing the productivity of equipment and planning, AI applications in modern equipment
Engineering contracts and procurement methods Different types of engineering contracts, Procurement methods and their selection, Procurement in project life cycle,Procurementguidelines,E-procurementin constructionindustry.Prequalificationprocess, Preparation of bidding documents and NIT, Factors influencing, contractor selection, Joint venturing, Public Private Partnership, Construction claims and dispute resolution