Course detail

Management of building production

FAST-CW03Acad. year: 2011/2012

Commercial code in relation to the origin of individual legal subjects – companies. Participants of construction work and their relations. Forms of control structures in companies. Supplier´s forms of construction, financing of buildings, contract for work. Problems of building manufacture, production plan, balance of sources. Building production management, tasks of managers. Control and operational elements of building production, delegation of powers and responsibilities. Preparation of employees, materials and machines. Final acceptance of site, written documents of site agent. Methods of work planning on site, management of employees and their motivation. Monitoring of labour safety, outputs and quality, acceptance proceedings in relation to sub-suppliers and to the client. Invoicing and final accounting of construction work.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

4

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Department

Institute of Technology, Mechanisation and Construction Management (TST)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

By mastering the objectives of the Building Operations Management course the students get the principal knowledge of the construction process from the contractos´s point of view. An integral part of the acquired knowledge will be understanding of the activities performed by the contractors in pre-production, production and operational preparation and its relation to scheduling, resource planning and record keeping, every day administration and material activity of the operative management incl. knowledge of the principal safety rules and strategy of tender proceedings.

Prerequisites

Knowledge of complete construction process and rights and obligations of individual subjects in construction incl. requirements of public hearing. Knowledge in the area of general construction preparation.

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.Basic terms of the Commercial Code for the establishment and operation of construction companies, alternatives of obligation relations, parties in the construction, their right and obligations
2. Supplier systems of construction, Contract for Work (sub-contractor, ordering client), financing of constructions
3. Principals of successful management, inter-personal relationships in the management process, transformation of a specialist in a manager, motivation of managers and subordinates, control and operation features of general management principles, delegation of competence and responsibility
4. Specific features of building production, production plan, balance of sources
5. Organisation of construction companies with stress laid on production section and its links
6. Initial data files for construction management, realisation documentation, production and operation preparation
7. Passing over and take-over of the site, obligations of individual entities
8. Planning as an integral part of the management, operational plan and its link to production calculation and accounting files
9. Supporting sections of the construction management at the level of a company, dispatch, specialised centres, mechanisation
10. Work management and organisation on site, obligations of the main contractor´s site managers (chief site managers), contractor´s site managers, foremen
11. Agenda of the site manager, basic documents on the course of work on site, keeping of builder´s log, care for building production quality, quality inspection
12. Care for occupational safety and work hygiene from the point of view of the employer and employees
13. Acceptance procedure in relation to sub-contractors and to ordering client, invoicing and final accounting of construction

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Making the student acquainted with basic rules of construction company management and operation, its division, competences of individual departments. Daily routine, rights and obligations of the operational management of construction companies, documents important for their management activity, safety rules to be met. Pre-production, production and operation preparation of constructions. Bidding and tender proceeding in construction in the link to the activities of the contractor. Contacting of students with managers of particular construction companies with stress laid on their specific activities.

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

Boyce, T.: The comercial engineer. Hawksmere London, 1990.
Frková J., Tománková J.: Projekt z přípravy a řízení staveb. ČVUT Praha, Fakulta stavební, 2000.
Hájek, V., Jelen, V., Vokálová J.: Ekonomika a management 10, část 1., 2.. ČVUT Praha, Fakulta stavební, 1999.
Harris, F., McCaffer, R.: Modern construction management. Granada publishing, London, 1993.
Jarský Č. Musil F. a kol.: Příprava a ralizace staveb. AA CERM Brno, 2003.
Malý, S.: Legislativa ve stavebnictví. ČVUT Praha, Fakulta stavební, 2000.
Ziegenbein, K.: Controlling. Ludwigshafen, Kiel, 1995.

Recommended reading

Fuller, D.: Vést nebo být veden. London, 1986.
Hájek, V., a kol.: Řízení stavební firmy. ČKAIT, 1999.
Kadlčáková A.: Ceny, náklady, kalkulace. ČVUT Praha, Fakulta stavební, 2000.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme N-P-E-SI Master's

    branch S , 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

  • Programme N-P-C-SI Master's

    branch S , 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

  • Programme N-K-C-SI Master's

    branch S , 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer