Construction Project Management
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Construction Project Management Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Construction Project Management (subject code 4360603) as prescribed for CIVIL · Semester 6 divides the course into 5 units, covering 31 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (4360603)Unit 1 Construction Industry and Management
- 1.1. Project Definition and formulation.
- 1.2. Construction Project Management.: objective and Functions
- 1.3. Causes of Project failure.
- 1.4. Agencies associated with construction work-owner, promoter, builder, designer, architects.
- 1.5. Qualities, role and responsibilities of project manager, Role of Project Management Consultants. Construction Project Management Course code: 4360603 5
Unit 2 Tendering
- 2.1. Contract-Introduction, requirement and types.
- 2.2. Contract documents and conditions of contract, Contract agreement
- 2.3. Tender-Types, Termsand Conditions, Tendering procedure, Scrutiny, Acceptance, Rejecting.
- 2.4. Prepare tender notice.
- 2.5. Technical terms- Administrativeapproval, Technical Sanction, Issue rate, Competent Authority, Earnest money deposit (EMD) and Security deposit(SD).
- 2.6. Standard Bidding Process in state government.
Unit 3 Time Management Methods and Tools in Construction
- 3.1. Method of Construction Scheduling, Development of bar chart, Merits and limitations of bar chart.
- 3.2. Elements of Network: Event, activity, dummy activities, Precautionsin drawing Network, Numbering the events.
- 3.3. Workbreakdown structure, activity cost and time estimation in CPM and PERT techniques. Type of Floats and their significance.
- 3.4. Critical path method-Important terms, Basic Rules, Advantages and disadvantages.
- 3.5. Examples of CPM and PERT network.
- 3.6. PERT analysis-Important terms, Advantages and disadvantages.
- 3.7. Cost optimization.
- 3.8. Introduction to Project Management software. Construction Project Management Course code: 4360603 6
Unit 4 Construction Resourceman agement
- 4.1. Material management-Purpose, Objective, material Scheduling, material handling, Storage, safety precautions, Economy Order Quantity.
- 4.2. Job layout
- 4.3. Equipment Management : Equipment Scheduling, Factors affecting selection of equipment.
- 4.4. Various costs associated with equipment, Maintenance Management, Replacement of Equipment, Economic life of Equipment.
- 4.5. Manpower Management : Objectives, Labour schedule, output.
- 4.6. Suitable organization structure for construction industry.
- 4.7. Information Management : MIS – its concept and need.
Unit 5 Safety Aspect and Legal aspects in Construction Industry.
- 5.1. Concept of Safety in Construction Industry, Importance of Construction Safety.
- 5.2. Safety Benefits to Employers, Employees and Customers, Construction Safety Problems, Approaches to improve Construction Safety.
- 5.3. Safety measures in construction as per IS code
- 5.4. Workers Compensation
- 5.5. Labor laws related to construction industry. Note:TheUOs need to be formulated at the ‘Application Level’ and above of Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy’ to accelerate the attainment of the COs and the competency.
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