Course detail

Project Management of Building Constructions I

FAST-BV08Acad. year: 2011/2012

Introduction to project management – historic evolution, current conception, suitable use, subject and content, fundamental terms. Project connected with construction, construction as subject of construction project, participants of construction process, construction as place of conflict of private and public interest. Lifecycle of project and its phases. Pre-investment phase of project, initiation, goals setting, documentation, project management, feasibility study. Evaluation of project proposal, planning, structuring of construction project, structuring of construction object. Investment phase of project. Work organisation of project, construction project participants, organisation structure, ways of construction, personnel provision, project manager. System of construction project planning, historic development, types, actualisations and levels of project plans, techniques of project planning, network analysis, terminal planning, planning of sources, cost planning, financial planning. Financing of project, proposal prices of project works, relations between participants in investment project, work contract, mandate contract. Risks and changes management, risks engineering, risks in construction, project risks management. Project controlling, analysis of achieved performance values and progress of project costs, system of progress reporting and cost controlling. Information for construction and civil engineering.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

5

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Department

Institute of Structural Economics and Management (EKR)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Knowledge of common procedures and specific skills of project management.

Prerequisites

Common knowledge of construction production in Czech Republic, legislative processes connected with construction development, documentation of construction projects, technology of construction production and basics of net analysis.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Requirements for successful completion of the subject are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Course curriculum

1. Introduction to project management – historic evolution, current conception, suitable use, subject and content, fundamental terms
2. Project connected with construction, construction as subject of construction project, participants of construction process, construction code
3. Pre-investment phase of project, initiation, goals setting, documentation, project management, feasibility study
4. Evaluation of project proposal, planning, structuring of construction project, structuring of construction object
5. Work organisation of project, construction project participants, organisation structure, ways of construction, personnel provision, project manager
6. System of construction project planning, historic development, types, actualisations and levels of project plans, techniques of project planning, terminal planning
7. Network analysis, CPM, PERT method, Gantt chart, planning of sources, planning of sources outputs, sources histogram, cost planning, financial planning
8. Financing of project, proposal prices of project works
9. Relations between participants in investment project, work contract, mandate contract
10. Risks and changes management, risks engineering, risks in construction, project risks management
11. Construction management models
12. Project controlling, analysis of achieved performance values and progress of project costs, system of progress reporting and cost controlling
13. Information for construction and civil engineering

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

To get common knowledge and skills of project management and adopting concrete procedures and methods of construction project management. Necessary knowledge for planning and management of projects from the investor’s side. Presumption for acquiring project manager certification in Czech Republic according to IPMA policy for level D „Certified Project Management Associate".

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

NOVÝ, Martin, NOVÁKOVÁ, Jana a WALDHANS, Miloš: Projektové řízení staveb I. Brno: VUT v Brně, Fakulta stavební, 2006. Elektronická studijní opora. (CS)

Recommended reading

DOLANSKÝ, Václav, MĚKOTA, Vladimír a NĚMEC, Vladimír: Projektový management. Praha: Grada, 1996. ISBN 80-7169-287-5. (CS)
LEVY, Sidney, M.: Project management in construction. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2002. ISBN 0-07-139587-3. (EN)
MATĚJKA, Vladimír: Management projektů spojených s výstavbou. Praha: Informační centrum České komory autorizovaných inženýrů a techniků činných ve výstavbě, 2001. ISBN 80-86364-56-9. (CS)
NĚMEC, Vladimír: Projektový management. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2002. ISBN 80-247-0392-0. (CS)
ROSENAU, Milton, D.: Řízení projektů. Praha: Computer Press, 2003. ISBN 80-7226-218-1. (CS)
SVOZILOVÁ, Alena: Projektový management. Praha: Grada, 2011. ISBN 978-80-247-3611-2. (CS)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme B-P-C-ST Bachelor's

    branch E , 3 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer