Project life cycle - Organizational chart of a construction company - Role and responsibilities of Project Manager - Role of Project Management Consultants - Project management software
Choice of Technology and Construction Method - Defining Work Tasks – Defining Precedence Relationships among Activities – Estimating Activity Durations – Estimating Resource Requirements for Work Activities
Construction Scheduling – CPM – PERT– Scheduling with Resource Constraints and Precedences – Crashing and Time/Cost Tradeoffs
The Project Budget - Forecasting for Activity Cost Control - Financial Accounting Systems and Cost Accounts - Control of Project Cash Flows – Schedule control - Schedule and Budget Updates
Planning for quality - Quality control – Quality Assurance – Quality standard – Planning for safety provisions - Analysis of construction hazards and accidents
Reference Book:
1. Chris Hendrickson and Tung Au, “Project Management for Construction – Fundamental Concepts for Owners, Engineers, Architects and Builders”, Prentice Hall, Pittsburgh, 2000. (Unit-I,II,III,IV) 2. Calin M. Popescu, ChotchaiCharoenngam, “Project Planning, Scheduling and Control in Construction: An Encyclopedia of terms and Applications”, Wiley, New York, 1995. (Unit-I,II,III,IV) 3. Halpin, D. W., “Financial and Cost Concepts for Construction Management”, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1985. (Unit IV) 4. John L. Ashford, “The Management of Quality in Construction”, E &F.N.Spon, New York, 1989. (Unit V) 5. TamilNadu Factory Act, Department of Inspectorate of factories, Tamil Nadu. Health Management, Prentice Hall Inc., 2001. (Unit V)
Text Book:
1. Seetharaman.S, “Construction Engineering and Management”, Umesh Publications, Delhi, 2017. 2. Chitkara.K.K, “Construction Project Management: Planning, Scheduling and Control”, McGraw- Hill Publishing Company, New Delhi, 2014.
