SYLLABUS
SYLLABUS
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COURSE OBJECTIVE
To study and understand the formulation, costing of construction projects,
scheduling and various safety concepts and its requirements applied to
construction projects.
UNIT I GENERAL OVERVIEW AND PROJECT ORGANIZATION 6
Introduction - Interdisciplinary nature of modern construction projects – execution of
project – evaluation of bits – resource management.
UNIT II ESTIMATION OF PROJECT COST & ECONOMICS 6
Estimating quantities – description of items – estimation of project cost – running
account bills – decision making in construction projects – depreciation of construction
equipment – case study.
UNIT III PLANNING AND SCHEDULING 6
Introduction – project scheduling – uncertainties in duration of activities using PERT –
Project monitoring and control system – resource levelling and allocation – crashing of
network.
COURSE OUTCOMES:
At the end of the course the student will be able to
CO1 Perform formulations of projects.
CO2 Analyze project costing.
CO3 Identify and estimate the activity in the construction.
CO4 Develop the knowledge on accidents and their causes.
CO5 Plan, assess, analyze and manage the construction project sites.
REFERENCES:
1. Barcus, S.W. and Wilkinson.J.W., Hand Book of Management Consulting Services,
McGraw Hill, New York, 1986.
2. Joy P.K., Total Project Management - The Indian Context, New Delhi, Macmillan India
Ltd., 1992
3. Albert Lester, Project Management, Planning and Control, 7th Edition, Butterworth-
Heinemann, USA , 2017.
4. Patrick X.W. Zou ,Riza YosiaSunindijo, Strategic Safety Management in
Construction and Engineering John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 2015.