Course detail

Construction Management

FA-RES-KEAcad. year: 2022/2023

Subject is aimed at problems of preparation and realization phase of building construction and deals with principles if investment process, with tasks of construction participants and public discussion of construction works. Problems of land planning, land and building permission proceedings and related documentation. Subject is closely aimed at importance, content and division of building preparation and elaboration of basic documentation. Subject also includes acquainting with supply and investment systems in building construction and acquaints students with activities and means of control of production process and common agenda of site engineers and site foremen. Further, relations on time planning, finance draw, assurance of quality of building works in input control, control between operations and output control, general technical requirements on building construction and principles of safety execution of building works will be explained. Students also gain knowledge from the field of mechanization and automation of building processes and optimal employment of building machines.

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

2

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Department

Department of Expertise in Civil Engineering and Real Estate Appraisal (OON)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

– Students gain basic knowledge of preparation and realization of building from the point of view of all participants with emphasis on building suppliers.
– Students gain basic information and knowledge about modelling of time, space and technological structure of the building and optimization of sources – finance, materials, workers and machines.

Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Credit is granted for attendance in seminars and successful elaboration of given tasks in term of semester.
Exam is written and oral. Students can go to oral part, if they successfully pass written part.

Course curriculum

Course syllabus:
  1. Introduction to the subject, investment policy, investment process, preparation and realization phase, participants on site, public discussion, main legal regulations 
  2. Building Act, zoning and building management, documentation for building management, procedures, deadlines and its requirements according to the implementing decree
  3. Activities in production process, working site acceptance, works acceptance, acceptance process, approval process
  4. Working site equipment, concept of operation on working site, working site equipment objects, transport on the working site and out of the working site, underground services, determination of landfill areas, areas for BSO (building site objects)
  5. Time planning, models, outputs, time and financial working schedules, continuous financing, partial invoicing, network charts - basic models, rules
  6. Selection procedures, specificity of building manufacturing, contracts
  7. Basics of tax system and tax in construction. Ways of financing construction. Basics of construction budgeting

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Goal of the study is to acquaint students with course of realization of investment project, with tasks of all participants of building construction with emphasis on activities and tasks of building supplier. The student also acquires basic knowledge about the planning and management methods of the construction work.

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

Attendance in seminars will be controlled. In term of semester will be controlled commanded tasks and documentation.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

HALPIN, Daniel W.; LUCKO, Gunnar; SENIOR, Bolivar A. Construction management. NJ: Wiley, 2017. ISBN: 978-1-119-25680-9. (EN)
HANNA, Nessim; DODGE H. Robert. Pricing: Policies and Procedures. Macmillan International Higher Education, 2017. ISBN: 9781349134472. (EN)
HARRIS, Frank; McCAFFER, Ronald; EDUM-FOTWE, Francis. Modern construction management. Wiley-Blackwell, 2013. ISBN: 978-0470672174. (EN)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Elearning

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme NE_A+U Master's 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
  • Programme NE_A+U Master's 1 year of study, summer semester, elective

  • Programme BX_A+U Bachelor's

    branch ARCH , 1 year of study, summer semester, elective

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Exercise in computer lab

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Elearning