Course detail

Project Management of Building Constructions I

FAST-BV08Acad. year: 2013/2014

In this course students will acquaint with the history and present of project management. Attention is also focused on projects associated with construction. Project life cycle is divided into individual phases, which provide the organizational and plan their course. Scheduling techniques focusing on the use of network analysis for term, resource, cost and financial planning are discussed. Part of teaching is also managing issues of risk management in construction. Students will acquaint with Microsoft Project.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

5

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Ing. Martin Nový, CSc.

Department

Institute of Structural Economics and Management (EKR)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Students will gain general knowledge and skills of project management. They will learn specific techniques and methods in construction project management. They are able to use network analysis for term, resource, cost and financial planning. They manage the issue of risks in construction. They are acquainted with Microsoft Project. All forms the knowledge base for the realization of projects for the investor.

Prerequisites

General knowledge of construction production in Czech Republic, legislative processes associated with construction development, documentation of construction projects, technology of construction production and basics of network analysis.

Co-requisites

To understand the basic terms of leadership and management in the construction industry, identifying the principles and methods of management, the definition of communication, decision-making and control processes.
To obtain basic information about environmental management systems and quality management.
Business and civil proceeding obligational relations. The most frequently used types of contracts. Basic system information and status of the Building Act.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

The teaching is divided into lectures and seminars.
PowerPoint presentation is prepared at every lecture by lecturer. Basic depiction ideas are developed further orally. Discussed theory is by options completed by brief examples, diagrams, pictures or graphs. Partial block of teaching is at the end of a brief summary and control questions verify its understanding. At the end of the lecture, students are invited to discuss.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Study of the course is concluded by credit and examination.
Credit is given after completion of all obligations, i.e. attendance, submission of partial assignments and successfully passed credit written work.
The exam consists of written and oral part. Attendance at the test is conditioned by awarded credit. The written test consists of five questions. After a positive evaluation follow an oral examination with the debate over the three issues, which are selected from previously known list.

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-K-C-SI Bachelor's

    branch E , 4 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

  • Programme B-P-C-SI Bachelor's

    branch E , 4 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

  • Programme B-P-E-SI Bachelor's

    branch E , 4 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Martin Nový, CSc.

Syllabus

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, software Microsoft Project
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, termination of lectures

Exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Martin Nový, CSc.

Syllabus

1. Program of teaching, instruction and guidance. The interpretation and practical examples - Modelling of course of the project, methods and examples of the use of network analysis
2. Examples of calculation of network graph, reserves and their use
3. The course of a construction project. Processing flowchart of construction project, correction network graph
4. 1st task - project definition by method of the logical framework, processing a problem analysis
5. Continuing work on the 1st task, processing a target analysis and own logical framework
6. Public presentation of the project definition by method of the logical framework by each group
7. 2nd task – processing of structural plan for particular building
8. Continuing work on the 2nd task
9. 3rd task – processing the organogram and functional diagram for particular building
10. Correction 3rd task, credit test
11. 4th task - Processing and analysing well arranged a schedule of particular building for gross phases of planning and realization, updating and modification of this schedule. The part of this task is processing a costs plan, deployment plan of factual resources and financial plan
12. Continuing work on the 4th task - correction
13. Continuing work on the 4th task – correction. To submission of all processed documents in an envelope. Credit