702-236 Management of Construction 2

Credit Points

Coordinator

Prerequisites

Management of Construction 1.

Semester

Contact

Subject Description

The subject expands the understanding of management of building techniques and systems. Basic management techniques utilised in the building industry. Interpretation of drawings and specifications. Converting of design information into construction method. Methods of construction including the examination of the buildability of various methods. Site visits and videos (when available) will be used to illustrate alternative methods. Site management issues will be addressed including the basic concepts of personnel management and materials handling. Introduction to the computer based techniques of time management, computer calculation of initial project critical path networks of approximately 100 activities, including preliminary consideration of the resource allocation and priority constraints.

Assessment

One two-hour examination (50%). Tutorial exercises and assignments to the equivalent of not more than 3000 words and a critical path network. (50%).