An-Najah National University
Faculty of Engineering
Civil Engineering Department
Construction Engineering and Management
Course title and number |
Construction Engineering and Management, 61472 |
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Instructor(s) name(s) |
Dr. Nabil Al- Dmaidi |
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Contact information |
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Semester and academic year |
First Semester 2010/2011 |
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Compulsory / Elective |
compulsory |
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Prerequisites
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61371 , 61471 |
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Course Contents (description) |
This course is designed to prepare students to handle the practical and managerial tasks the engineer is exposed to in the real life. It covers the main concepts in the following field of planning, scheduling, organizing and controlling safety and quality control.This course covers a construction project schedule as a network of activities. An understanding of the logic diagram; network analysis through forward pass, backward pass, critical path and float; and updating, evaluation and use of schedule in cost crashing and resource leveling are explained. Application software systems are utilized |
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Course Objectives |
The course is part of the core course requirements for the Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering. The course will provide the students with a thorough understanding of the issues related to the application of planning scheduling and controlling principles in the construction industry. It is intended to provide an in depth discussion of some of the important scheduling issues faced by various agencies involved in the construction industry. The principal objectives of the course are to:
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Intended learning Outcomes and Competences
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At the end of this course students should be able to;
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Textbook and References (Online Resources) |
TextbookConstruction project Scheduling and Control , saleh Mubarak
References
The instructor will provide class notes, handouts, technical papers, laboratory manual and other reading materials for the course |
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Assignment Criterial |
Activity |
Percent (%) |
Midterm Exams |
40 |
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Homework and quizzes |
10 |
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Other criteria (Research, Discussion..etc) |
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Final Exam |
50 |
Week
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Subject
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1 |
Introduction of construction project planning and scheduling |
2 |
Bar (Gantt) Chart |
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Basic Networks |
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Preparation and usage of the Critical Path Method (CPM) |
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Preparation and usage of Precedence Diagramming Method (PDM) |
6 |
Resource Allocation and Resource leveling |
7 |
MIDTERM EXAM 1 |
8 |
Schedule updating and project control |
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Time cost tradeoff and Crashing the project |
10 |
Reports and Presentations |
11 |
Scheduling as part of project management effort |
12 |
Scheduling Methods |
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MIDTERM EXAM 2 |
14 |
Construction delay claims |
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Safety Control Quality control. |
16 |
Final Exam |