Course detail

Construction Project Planning

FAST-CW022Acad. year: 2020/2021

The subject analyses and explains the necessity of construction technology planning, their classification and the connections between them. It deals with methods of processing construction technology planning documentation and its content at the investment stage of a construction project and during preparations for building production. It contains the principles governing the creation of a budget for a construction project and the use of BIM technologies for the preparation and management of construction execution.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

5

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Vít Motyčka, CSc.

Department

Institute of Technology, Mechanisation and Construction Management (TST)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

The students will master the objective of the Construction Technology Planning (R )course, they become acquainted with fundamentals of the construction technology preparation and they learn elaboration of the respective basic documents.

Prerequisites

Students are required to have a basic understanding of the planning of construction execution and a basic knowledge of engineering economics. The topic taught is also linked to knowledge from the area of the mechanical equipment and techniques used in construction sub-processes and building execution.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Not applicable.

Course curriculum

1. Construction technology planning as an element of project management. Definition, meaning, material supply planning and time scheduling and connections to other activities conducted by a building company; related legislative regulations.
2. Theory of and methods used in the production of a construction technology planning study of the execution of the main technical stages of construction execution.
3. Time planning for a construction project, time and financial planning for a construction project divided up with regard to the execution of individual structures.
4. Classification and contents of documentation produced as part of a contractor’s production planning , methods used.
5. Design of construction site facilities, technical documentation.
6. Principles for the proposal and evaluation of the main lifting devices at the site, taking into account their time utilization.
7. Principles governing and options for an operational plan for construction execution, methods of coordinating the provision of necessary resources for the construction project, arrangement of outsourced sub-deliveries , and cooperation.
8. Creation of a budget for a building contract.
9. Calculation of the price of construction work.
10. Proposal of a budget bid with regard to tenders.
11. Use of BIM technologies in construction technology planning. The types of processes, equipment, software solutions and risks associated with the introduction of BIM. Theoretical options for the use of modelling in the future.
12. Construction management tools utilizing BIM technologies. Legislative regulations, technical standards and standards related to BIM technologies.
13 Practical usage of BIM technologies in construction technology planning and management at real construction sites. BIM from the perspective of sustainable building construction. Use of augmented reality technology as part of a construction site manager´s activities.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The objective of course is to make the students acquainted with the principles of building- technological preparation and to learn them to elaborate its basic documentation. The students obtain knowledge in the area of building-technological planning, resulting in the knowledge how to elaborate the documents for the construction preparation and realization especially from the point of view of the building contractor.

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

Not applicable.

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme N-P-C-SI Master's

    branch R , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

  • Programme N-K-C-SI Master's

    branch R , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

  • Programme N-P-E-SI Master's

    branch R , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Vít Motyčka, CSc.

Syllabus

1. Construction technology planning as an element of project management. Definition, meaning, material supply planning and time scheduling and connections to other activities conducted by a building company; related legislative regulations. 2. Theory of and methods used in the production of a construction technology planning study of the execution of the main technical stages of construction execution. 3. Time planning for a construction project, time and financial planning for a construction project divided up with regard to the execution of individual structures. 4. Classification and contents of documentation produced as part of a contractor’s production planning , methods used. 5. Design of construction site facilities, technical documentation. 6. Principles for the proposal and evaluation of the main lifting devices at the site, taking into account their time utilization. 7. Principles governing and options for an operational plan for construction execution, methods of coordinating the provision of necessary resources for the construction project, arrangement of outsourced sub-deliveries , and cooperation. 8. Creation of a budget for a building contract. 9. Calculation of the price of construction work. 10. Proposal of a budget bid with regard to tenders. 11. Use of BIM technologies in construction technology planning. The types of processes, equipment, software solutions and risks associated with the introduction of BIM. Theoretical options for the use of modelling in the future. 12. Construction management tools utilizing BIM technologies. Legislative regulations, technical standards and standards related to BIM technologies. 13 Practical usage of BIM technologies in construction technology planning and management at real construction sites. BIM from the perspective of sustainable building construction. Use of augmented reality technology as part of a construction site manager´s activities.

Exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Vít Motyčka, CSc.

Syllabus

1. Introduction to construction technology planning issues, requirements and documents for practical classes. 2. Study of the execution of the main technical stages of the construction process for an assigned building. 3. Time schedule and financial plan for a construction project divided between structures housing construction site facilities, utilizing engineering economics indicators. 4. Inspection and consultation regarding work done on assigned tasks. 5. Design of construction site facilities. 6. Proposal of the main lifting mechanism for a construction site. 7. Inspection and consultation regarding work done on assigned tasks. 8. Creating an order in connection with the budget of a construction project, creation of a blank budget for completion by competing potential contractors . 9. Calculation of the prices of construction work in connection with the creation of a bill of quantities. 10. Inspection and consultation regarding work done on assigned tasks. 11. Autodesk Navisworks, importing of data and 3D model formats. Modelling of the stages of the construction process; the use of timelines. 12. Advanced modelling of the technical preparations being performed for an assigned building – analysis of the project and construction site, technological standards in 3D, inspection and coordination of projects, calculations and budgets in BIM. 13. Detection of collisions, operational management of a construction project, estimation of progress to be made on the construction project over time, time planning in 3D. Other computer programmes and their demonstration in construction technology planning. Evaluation of completed tasks, defence of proposed solutions, credit.