Construction Engineering & Management second semester 2011

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Course Code: 
61472
Course Outline: 

 

Construction Engineering & Management

61472

CIVIL ENGINEERING

Semester

Teaching Methods

 

Credits

9

Lecture

 

Rec.

 

Lab.

 

Project

Work

 

HW

 

Other

 

Total

 

Credit

 

44

-

-

10

20

10

84

3

Language

English

Compulsory /

Elective

Compulsory

 

Prerequisites

61371 ,  61471

Course

Contents

 

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

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:

  1.  Provide an overview of the construction project planning and scheduling process
  2.  Introduce various construction project scheduling techniques
  3. Develop an understanding of time management, cost management, and resource management principles
  4. Highlight issues related to schedule monitoring, schedule updating, and schedule compression
  5. Provide an overview of advanced concepts of construction planning and scheduling

Learning

Outcomes and

Competences

 

At the end of this course students should be;

  1. able to describe construction projects, understanding of time management, cost management.
  2. able to Perform schedule computations to calculate project duration, activity early and late dates, and total and free floats and identify the critical path
  3. able to control, update, monitor project progress and recommend an appropriate course of action when the schedule must be shortened or crashed and evaluate construction project progress
  4. able to compare and contrast the appropriateness of scheduling tools for varying construction operations and conditions.

 

 

G

 

 

 

A

 

 

 

E+J

 

 

 

 

I

 

10%

 

 

 

50%

 

 

 

30%

 

 

 

 

10%

 

Textbook

References

 

Construction project Scheduling and Control , Saleh Mubarak, 2010

  • Barrie, D.S. and Paulson, B.C., 1994, “Professional Construction Management”, 3rd edition, McGraw-Hill, Inc. N.Y
  • Clough, R.H. and Sears, G.A., 1991 “Construction Project Management”, 3rd edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. N.Y.
  • Smith, Currie & Hancock (2005) Common Sense Construction Law. 3 rd Edition, John Wiley and Sons, Hoboken, New Jersey.
  • Fisher, Roger and Ury, William (1991) Getting to Yes. 2nd Edition, Penguin Books, New York
  • Callahan, M.T., Quackenbush, D.G. and Rowings, J.E., 1992, “Construction Project Scheduling”, Irwin McGraw-Hill, Inc. N.Y1.      Ahuja, Dozzi, and AbouRizk (1994) Project Management: Techniques in Planning and Controlling Construction Projects, John Wiley.
  • Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK™), The Project Management Institute Standards Committee.
  • Harris R.B., 1978, “Precedence and Arrow Networking Techniques for Construction”, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. N.Y.
  • Project Management, The Managerial Process, Clifford F. Gray and Erick W. Larson, McGraw-Hill Co., 2000, ISBN: 0-07-365812-X.
  • Oberlender, G. D., Project Management for Engineering and Construction, Second Edition, McGraw-Hill Co., 2000.
  • Hinze, Jimmie (2006) Construction Planning and Scheduling. Prentice-Hall, New Jersey

Assessment

Criteria

 

 

If any,mark

as (X)

 

Percent

(%)

 

Midterm Exams

 

X

 

40

Quizzes

 

 

 

Homeworks

 

X

 

5

Projects

 

X

 

5

Term Paper

 

 

 

Laboratory Work

 

 

 

Other

 

 

 

 

Final Exam

 

X

 

50

Instructors

 

Associate. Prof. Dr. Nabil Dmaidi, pa@najah.edu

Week

 

Subject

 

1

Introduction of construction project planning and scheduling

2

 Bar (Gantt) Chart

3

 Basic Networks

4

 Preparation and usage of the Critical Path Method (CPM)

5

Preparation and usage of Precedence Diagramming Method (PDM)

6

Resource Allocation and Resource leveling

7

MIDTERM EXAM 1

8

Schedule updating and project control

9

Time cost tradeoff and Crashing the project

10

Reports and Presentations

11

Scheduling as part of project management effort

12

Scheduling Methods

13

MIDTERM EXAM 2

14

Construction delay claims

15

Schedule Risk Management

16

Final Exam