Course

Unit 1

Construction management environment – Construction activities and sequence. Construction planning – Network scheduling – Bar chart, linked bar chart, work-breakdown structures, activity-on-arrow diagrams – event based networks. Critical path method. PERT network analysis. Introduction to Precedence networks.

Unit 2

Network compression – Time-cost study. Resource management. Construction procedure – contracts – types – bidding process – contract conditions – specifications – Quality management-Principles-TQM. Construction safety.

Unit 3

Materials management – inventory control. Transportation model and application for distribution of materials. Construction equipment – selection factors – planning of equipment – equipment for excavation, transport, hoisting, piling, and concrete construction. Basics of Lean Construction and BIM in project management. Introduction to project management softwares.

Demonstration and Hands on exercises: Project Scheduling using project management softwares.

(Enterprise, WBS, Calender, Scheduling, Critical Path, and Report generation)

Course Objectives

To provide a basic idea on construction dynamics – various stakeholders, project objectives, processes and resources required.

To develop an ability to plan, control and monitor construction projects with respect to time and cost

To provide an insight on how construction projects are administered with respect to contract structures and issues

Course Outcome

CO1: Apply knowledge of network scheduling techniques to identify critical activities CO2: Apply knowledge of construction procedures in assessing different contract options CO3: Assess quality and safety aspects in project environment

CO4: Take decisions on inventory and transportation of construction materials.

CO5: Select appropriate equipment for various construction activities

CO-PO Mapping

Text Book(s)

Kumar Neeraj Jha, “Construction Project Management”, Pearson Education, 2015.

L. Peurifoy and Schexnayder, “Construction Planning, Equipment, and Methods”, Tata McGraw Hill, 2018.

Reference(s)

Gahlot, P. S. and Dhir, B. M., “Construction Planning and Management”, New Age International, 2018. Chitkara, K. K. “Construction Project Management – Planning, Scheduling and Control”, McGraw Hill Education, 2019.

Jerome D. Wiest, Ferdinand K. Levy, “A Management guide to PERT / CPM”, PHI Learning, 2009.

Managing Quality, Dale B. G, Fourth Edition, Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, 2013.

Reese. C.D and Eidson J.V, Handbook of OSHA Construction Safety and Health, Second Edition, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 2006