Course detail

Project - Project Management of Building Constructions

FAST-BV14Acad. year: 2013/2014

The course is focused on the processing of documents for the project management of construction a concrete building by the investor.
It contains the creation of flowcharts in the course of project, structural plans, organograms, functional diagrams, plans of outputs, clearly and coordinating schedules in the form of network diagrams and Gantt diagrams, costs plans, deployment plans factual, personal and financial resources, processing of construction organization plan as part of project documentation for building proceedings of this building, the proposal for an issuance of decision on the location of the building, the application for a building permit and a proposal for building approval application. Program Microsoft Project is used for processing.

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

Students will apply general knowledge and skills of project management on specific construction contract. They use network analysis for terms, resource, cost and financial planning. They process construction organization plan. They set of outputs in Microsoft Project. They will learn specific techniques and methods in the preparation and realization buildings for the investor.

Prerequisites

Managed basics of project management, phasing of projects associated with the construction, content and methods of planning and realization of constructions used on the investor side, the technology construction production, basic network analysis. Computer skills.

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.
Gaining of 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

Students are divided into groups of two to three members, in which they process the project for concrete construction contract. They are acquaint with the contents of particular assignment and trained on Microsoft Project software. Continuously consultations are executed in the teaching, presentations and defences of developed project are taking place at the end of consultations.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Projects will be processed in a maximum of three-membered groups of students. A base for getting a classification credit will be point evaluation handed project, which will be obtained for particular assignment, continuous consultation, the presentation and defences.

Course curriculum

1. Submission of project and determination of needed groundwork
2. Gross phase of defining
3. Mandatory agreement
4. Structural plan of construction project running.
5. Costs plan
6.-7. Time plan of construction project running
8. MS Project
9. Gross phase of planning
10.-11. Construction organization plan
12. Gross phase of realization
13. Handover of project

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

To get further knowledge and skills from project management and to adopt concrete procedures and methods in construction project management. Necessary knowledge for planning and management of projects on the supplier’s side. To know specialized software applications. 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

NOVÁKOVÁ, Jana a WALDHANS, Miloš: Projekt - Projektové řízení staveb. Brno: FAST VUT v Brně, studijní opora, 2007. (CS)

Recommended reading

DOLANSKÝ, Václav, MĚKOTA, Vladimír a NĚMEC, Vladimír: Projektový management. Grada Publishing, Praha, 1996. ISBN 80-7169-287-5. (CS)
FRKOVÁ, Jana a TOMÁNKOVÁ, Jaroslava: Ekonomika stavebního díla 42 – Projekt z přípravy a řízení staveb. Praha: Vydavatelství ČVUT, 2000. ISBN 80-01-02101-7. (CS)
JARSKÝ, Čeněk: Příprava a realizace staveb. Brno: CERM, 2003. ISBN 80-7204-282-3. (CS)
KUBÁLEK, Tomáš a KUBÁLKOVÁ, Markéta: Řízení projektů v Microsoft Project 2010. Brno: Computer Press, 2010. ISBN 978-80-251-3266-1. (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. Grada Publishing, Praha, 2002. ISBN 80-247-0392-0. (CS)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme B-K-C-SI Bachelor's

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

  • Programme B-P-C-SI Bachelor's

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

  • Programme B-P-E-SI Bachelor's

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

Type of course unit

 

Exercise

52 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Syllabus

1. Assignment of project and determination of needed materials for procession of project
2. Gross phase of defining
3. Mandate agreement
4. Structural plan of construction project running
5. Microsoft Project
6. Costs plan
7.-8. Time plans of the construction project course
9. Gross phase of planning
10.-11. Plan of construction organization
12. Gross phase of realization
13. Presentation and defence of the project. Submission of project