Course Plan

Construction Management, CE 5342

Introduction: Phase of project, project management and its relevance, stake holders of a project, structure of project organization, management levels, and traits of a project manager.

Construction Planning: Introduction, activities involved types of project plan, work breakdown structure. Planning terminologies, Critical path method, forward and backward pass, PERT, Ladder network, Precedence network, Line of balance.

Project scheduling and resource leveling: Introduction, Resource allocation and leveling for unlimited resources, Resource allocation for limited resources, Multi resource allocation, Optimal scheduling.

Contracts Estimation and Bidding Strategy: Introduction, Determination of bid price, Bidding models such as EPC, Turnkey etc.

Project Monitoring and Control: Introduction, Project updating, Cost control.

Construction Management: Construction Equipment and Management, Construction Account Management, Construction Material management, Construction Quality Management, Construction Safety Management, Computer Application In Construction Management, Workforce Motivation And Human Factors In Construction Management, Plant Management, Project Communication

Text Books/References:

1. Callahan, M. T., Quackenbush, D. G., and Rowings, J. E., Construction Project Scheduling, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1992.
2. Cleland, D. I. and Ireland, L. R., Project Management: Strategic Design and Implementation 4th Edition, McGraw-Hill, New York, 2002.

Course Outcomes: At the end of the course, student will be able to:

CO- 1 prepare work break down plan and estimate resources requirements.

CO- 2 solve problems of resource allocation and levelling using network diagrams.

CO- 3 plan and develop management solutions to construction projects.

CO- 4 understand the principles of project management, resource management and inventory.

Class Notes & PPTs

1. - PPT