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Resource Management Syllabus

This document outlines the topics covered in 5 units of a course on resource management in construction. Unit 1 discusses resource planning, including types of resources like manpower, equipment, materials, money and time. It also covers resource procurement, identification, personnel planning, and cost control. Unit 2 covers equipment management, including planning equipment selection and types of construction equipment. Unit 3 discusses labor management, including labor productivity, job-site productivity factors, and labor relations. Unit 4 covers material management, including procurement, purchasing, inventory control, and material logistics. Unit 5 is about time management, including personnel time management, project time management, forecasting, critical path analysis, and cost control. The document also lists 9 reference books on related

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Resource Management Syllabus

This document outlines the topics covered in 5 units of a course on resource management in construction. Unit 1 discusses resource planning, including types of resources like manpower, equipment, materials, money and time. It also covers resource procurement, identification, personnel planning, and cost control. Unit 2 covers equipment management, including planning equipment selection and types of construction equipment. Unit 3 discusses labor management, including labor productivity, job-site productivity factors, and labor relations. Unit 4 covers material management, including procurement, purchasing, inventory control, and material logistics. Unit 5 is about time management, including personnel time management, project time management, forecasting, critical path analysis, and cost control. The document also lists 9 reference books on related

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ACM 15: RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN CONSTRUCTION

UNIT 1:

RESOURCE PLANNING: Types of resources, manpower, Equipment, Material, Money,


Time. Resource Planning, Procurement, Identification, Personnel, Planning for
material, Labour, time schedule and cost control. Characteristics of resources,
Utilization, measurement of actual resources required.

Unit 2:

EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENT: Planning and selection of construction equipment,


Excavation and Earthmoving equipment, Equipment for road construction,
Equipment for Tunnelling, Other equipment for construction. Construction
Equipment - Choice of Equipment and Standard Production Rates - Construction
Processes Queues and Resource Bottlenecks. Planning and selecting by optimistic
choice with respect to cost, Time, Source and handling.

UNIT 3:
LABOUR MANAGEMENT: Historical Perspective - Labour Productivity - Factors
Affecting Job-Site Productivity - Labour Relations in Construction Systems approach,
Labour, Classes of Labour, Cost of Labour, Labour schedule, optimum use Labour.

UNIT 4
MATERIAL MANAGEMENT -
Introduction to Materials Management, Procurement Purchasing Principles &
Strategies, Selection of Source and Supplier Development, Production Management-
Logistic Chain and Supply Chain Management.

Problems in Collective Bargaining - Materials Management - Material Procurement


and Delivery - Inventory Control - Tradeoffs of Costs in Materials Management. -
Material: Time of purchase, quantity of material, sources, Transportation, Delivery
and Distribution. Estimating Resource Requirements for Work Activities.

UNIT 5

TIME MANAGEMENT

Personnel time, Management and planning, managing time on the project,


forecasting the future, Critical path measuring the changes and their effects – Cash
flow and cost control.
TEXT BOOKS & REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Andrew,D., Szilagg, "HandBook of Engineering Management", 1982
2. Sharma S.C. Construction Equipment and Management, Khanna Publishers, New
Delhi, 1988.
3. Deodhar, S.V. Construction Equipment and Job Planning, Khanna Publishers, New
Delhi, 1988.
4. Dr.Mahesh Varma, Construction Equipment and its planning and Application,
Metropolitan Book Company, New Delhi. 1983.
5. Chitkara, K. K. Construction Project Management: Panning, Scheduling and
Control, Tata Mc Graw Hill Publishing Company, New Delhi, 1998.
6.James.A., Adrain, "Quantitative Methods in Construction Management", American
Elsevier Publishing Co., Inc., 1973.

7. Oxley Rand Poslcit, "Management Techniques applied to the Construction''

8. David A. Day, Neal B. H. Benjamin, Construction Equipment Guide, Wiley Series of


Practical Construction Guides) 2nd Edition.
9. Peurifoy, R.L., Ledbetter, W.B. and Schexnayder, C., Construction Planning,
Equipment and Methods, 6th Edition, Tata McGraw-Hill, New Delhi, 2003

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