Construction Planning & Management Course Overview Dr. Attaullah Shah

1. Construction Planning & Management Course Overview Dr. Attaullah Shah

2. Course Objectives: • To develop ability of students in planning and management techniques for various projects. • To provide basic concepts of economic analysis of different projects.

3. Introduction: The construction industry, main players of construction industry, • Types of Construction Industry, • Value Engineering, phase of value engineering study, objections to value engineering studies, • Identification of project life cycle, • Project Stake holders, • project management objectives and processes.

4. Planning & Scheduling • Network Techniques, • Arrow Diagram, • Diagram, • Critical Path, Types of Floats, CPM Calculations, • Bar Chart, Time Scaled Diagrams, • Resource Leveling, Resource Allocation, • Network Compression, • Types of Costs, • PERT.

5. Management • Project, Management, • Qualities of a good Manager, • Scope Triangle, • Types of Management • Creeps, S-Curve and its types, • Project Failures, • Techniques of Construction Planning, • Pre-tender Planning, Pre-construction, Planning, Method Statements.

6. Economics • Definitions of Engg. Economics, • Sole Proprietorship, Partnership, Joint Stock Companies, • Fund-raising for Joint Stock Companies, • Types of Banks, • Site Selection for Factories, • Types of Markets, Value, Utility, • Competition and its types, Monopoly and its types, • Supply Schedule, Demand Schedule, Forecasting Techniques.

7. Books Recommended • Blank, L.T. & Anthony J. Tarquin, Engineering Economics, McGraw Hill Book Co. • Barrie and Paulson, Professional Construction Management, McGraw Hill. • Robert B. Haris, Procedure and Arrow Networking Technique for Construction, John Wiley &Sons, • HR. L. PeurifoyH, HW. B. LedbetterH, HC. J. SchexnayderH, HCliff J. Schexnayder • Construction Planning Equipment and Method. 5th Edistion, McGraw-Hill Companies • Martin Rogers, Engineering Project Appraisal, Blackwell Science.