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421-451 Project Planning and Control

Credit points: 5.00

Contact: 18 hours of lectures and six practice classes

Timetable: Second semester

Objectives:

At the conclusion of this course students should have a more advanced understanding of the role of a project engineer in coordinating a multidisciplinary project to help ensure its delivery on time, within budget and to the specified quality. Students will be conversant with the basic skills of a project engineer including computing and planning, the elements of the construction process, and tools of communication.

Content:

Planning and financing large projects. Project management including feasibility studies, construction groups, cash flow and cost control. Planning, scheduling and control techniques. Manual and simple computer techniques.

Assessment:

Up to four assignments of up to 5,000 words each (40%) and a two-hour examination (60%).

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Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Engineering (Volume 4 page 97)

Status:          Official 1996
Date created:    Oct  9 1995
Last modified:   Oct  9 1995
Authorised by:   Academic Registrar
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