Course detail

Construction Company

FAST-BVA018Acad. year: 2024/2025

Management of the production in the construction company.
Efficiency of firm’s construction activity.
Planning in the construction company. Firm’s evidence and information.
Control of firm’s activity with the use of control systems.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

6

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Department

Institute of Structural Economics and Management (EKR)

Entry knowledge

Knowledge of labour engineering and fundamentals of costing and price setting in civil engineering, company finances and accounting.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Aims

To acquire ability to manage production costs in construction firm with utilisation of control systems.
Knowledge of Management of the production in the structural firm

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Petra Taušl Procházková, Eva Jelínková. Podniková ekonomika - klíčové oblasti. 2018, Grada, ISBN: 978-80-271-0689-9 (CS)
Stephen Grunenberg, Noble Francis. Economics of Construction. 2018, Agenda Publishing, ISBN: 9781788210140 (EN)
Synek Miloslav a kolektiv. Manažerská ekonomika. 5., aktualizované a doplněné vydání. 2011, Grada, ISBN: 978-80-247-3494-1 (CS)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme BPC-SI Bachelor's

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

  • Programme CZV1-AKR Lifelong learning

    specialization PBC , 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Syllabus

1.–3. Costs in the firm, the costs theory.

4.–5. Material management.

6. Wages and workforce.

7. Working machines and machinery.

8. Efficiency of the firm’s activity.

9. Planning.

10. Basic attributes of the controlling in the construction company.

11. Basic attributes of the benchmarking.

Exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Syllabus

1. Assignment of semestral work.

2. Calendar working time.

3. Costs for labor.

4. Costs for material.

5. Costs and revenues.

6. Production calculation.

7. Performance indicators.

8.–9. Modelling measures for next year.

10. Evaluation of model measures and their combination.

11. Control and handing-in semestral work, presentation of results.