Project life cycle - Organizational chart of a construction company - Role and responsibilities of Project Manager - Role of Project Management Consultants - Project management software
Choice of Technology and Construction Method - Defining Work Tasks – Defining Precedence Relationships among Activities – Estimating Activity Durations – Estimating Resource Requirements for Work Activities
Construction Scheduling – CPM – PERT– Scheduling with Resource Constraints and Precedences – Crashing and Time/Cost Tradeoffs
The Project Budget - Forecasting for Activity Cost Control - Financial Accounting Systems and Cost Accounts - Control of Project Cash Flows – Schedule control - Schedule and Budget Updates
The Project Budget - Forecasting for Activity Cost Control - Financial Accounting Systems and Cost Accounts - Control of Project Cash Flows – Schedule control - Schedule and Budget Updates Planning for quality - Quality control – Quality Assurance – Quality standard – Planning for safety provisions - Analysis of construction hazards and accidents
Reference Book:
Chris Hendrickson and Tung Au, “Project Management for Construction – Fundamental Concepts for Owners, Engineers, Architects and Buildersâ€, Prentice Hall, Pittsburgh, 2000. Calin M. Popescu, ChotchaiCharoenngam, “Project Planning, Scheduling and Control in Construction: An Encyclopedia of terms and Applicationsâ€, Wiley, New York, 1995. Halpin, D. W., “Financial and Cost Concepts for Construction Managementâ€, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1985. John L. Ashford, “The Management of Quality in Constructionâ€, E &F.N.Spon, New York, 1989. TamilNadu Factory Act, Department of Inspectorate of factories, Tamil Nadu. Health Management, Prentice Hall Inc., 2001.
Text Book:
Seetharaman.S, “Construction Engineering and Managementâ€, Umesh Publications, Delhi, 2017. Chitkara.K.K, “Construction Project Management: Planning, Scheduling and Controlâ€, McGraw- Hill Publishing Company, New Delhi, 2014.
