ES3D4 Construction Management in Practice
Module Leader: Dr A.M. Price
Co-lecturers: Mr George Webb (Opus, Australia), Mr Martin Fairlie (Martin Fairlie Consulting Limited), Mr Paul Markham (RNP Consulting Limited), Ms Nikki Meads (Geosphere Land Surveys) and Ms. K.S. Bradbury
Module Information
Scope
This 15 CATS module is one of the third year modules for:
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Aims
To provide the students with a grounding in the methods and techniques used in the construction and management of building and civil engineering works. To prepare students for working in the construction industry and related project management environments and to be able to understand and articulate their personal role and responsibility as a professional engineer.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the module the student should be able to...
- Develop and apply business understanding to the construction industry.
- Understand the management roles and processes in order to implement the design economically, sustainably and safely.
- Identify a range of surveying techniques and apply them appropriately with due regard to survey control, analysis and purpose.
- Apply appropriate systems of adjustment to surveying data.
Syllabus
Surveying
Survey planning & control: Whole to part, Geodetic vs plane, Types of survey
Common techniques and equipment: tape, level, theodolite, EDM, GPS
Techniques of measurement and error evaluation and control: Error types and mitigation, Bowditch, Least Squares, GPS
Setting out: profiles, curves
Construction Management
Civil Engineering and Construction Procurement.
Particular forms of Contract.
Contract Documents :- Method of Measurement, Billing and Pricing, Getting Paid.
Tender Procedures
Application of Programming techniques to Construction.
Management of Change.
Legal Considerations
Health and Safety in Design and Construction, CDM Regulations
Contract Law: English Legal System, Law of Contracts, Forms of Contract
Site Waste Management Plans
Sustainability
Managing Waste
Finance
Construction Finance Investment Appraisal
Advanced Financial Control.
Construction
Site Organisation
Formwork Systems and Pressures
Teaching Methods
This module includes 30 hours of lectures and 24 hours of laboratory sessions.
Required self-study: 96 hours
Assessment
A 15 CATS module: 80% examined via a 2 hour paper
Exam rubric information:
- 4 Compulsory Questions
and 20% assessed consisting of a 2000 word essay.
Links to:
Recommended Textbook:
March, C., "Operations Management for Construction", Taylor & Francis, 2009
