Principles of Construction Management

Name: Principles of Construction Management
Rating: 4.76471 (17 reviews)

NPTEL and Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur via YouTube

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YouTube
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Free Online Course
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English
Duration & workload

18 hours worth of material
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Overview

INTENDED AUDIENCE: B.E/B.Tech

PRE-REQUISITES: There are no real ‘pre-requisites’ to this course but exposure to construction projects would make the understanding easier.

INDUSTRIES APPLICABLE TO: It is hoped that engineers working in different contracting, consulting and other organizations related to construction projects will find the course useful, specially as a tool in induction training.

COURSE OUTLINE: Though the course primarily targets students of civil engineering in colleges, other engineering students may also find it interesting. The course seeks to present a rounded view of the divers issues involved in the management of construction projects, and includes aspects like construction economics, quality and safety management, and contract management, apart from time management and scheduling, estimation. It is hoped that engineers working in contracting, consulting and other organizations related to construction projects will also find the course useful.

Syllabus

Introduction to the course.
Interdisciplinary nature of modern construction projects.
Overview of steps in execution of a project.
Illustrative examples for evaluation of bids based on different schemes.
Resource management in construction projects.
Estimating quantities.
Description of items.
Estimation of project cost.
Discussion on the case study of boundary wall.
Running account bills.
Economics decision making in construction projects.
Depreciation of construction equipment.
Repayment of a loan.
Introduction to planning and scheduling.
Introduction to planning and scheduling (continued).
Project scheduling.
Uncertainties in duration of activities -Using PERT in scheduling.
Project monitoring and control systems.
Resource leveling and allocation.
Crashing of networks.
Introduction to construction safety.
Accidents in construction industry - I.
Accidents in construction industry - II.
Personal Protective Equipment.
Implications of construction accidents.
Safety organization and safety officer.
Quality control in construction.
Quality in construction – welding.
Epoxy coated bars.
Quality control of grouts in ducts of post-tensioned PC members.
Quality control (QC) issues in concrete.
Legal issues in construction management – An introduction.
Essentials of a good contract.
Basics of contracting.
Dispute resolution in construction projects.
Types of construction contracts - Definitions.
Recent developments in contracting.

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4.8 rating, based on 17 Class Central reviews

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Farid Kefel @faridkefel

This course is uniquely different and worth my time. I have learned so many technical and practical analogies all throughout this course. Kudos.
Anonymous

I am very grateful and thankful at the same time for offering me this opportunity to learn. Have carft in bricklying and plasting so; Please help me how can get the certificate and how can advance to diploma in construction management.
RaJIV DIMRI

I am very thankful to prof Sudhir Mishra who has given me a chance to understand the General principles of Construction, Stages of a project ,quality & safety management ,legal aspects of the construction, Resources management(M+M+M+M) material, machinery ,

manpower, money. Procurement of equipment, choice of technology effectively and efficient utilization of fund with an optimum balance of cost and control benefits .

thks again sir
Veronica Namposya

The course was great , it's is required for all companies that are running construction companies. I would recommend it to anyone out there.
Samuder Singh

Best knowledge provide in any construction site and my basic knowledge development in civil engineering construction site.
Niyaz Mahmood

Excellent Class and i have learned many things. Thank you sir. it is very helpfull for for my career and knowledge.
Latha Rani

It was nice to study all content...in beautiful explaination...i was very proud to learn ..these message class ..
AMEGAVIE YAO NOUNANA

I really appreciate this course, it’s help me a lot to understand the difference steps project management
Syed Aqdus Ali Shah

This is one the best courses I have completed. Definitely it will help me in my career growth.
Thank you
Harsh Rathore

Best course . Basic study of construction management. My basic knowledge provide in any construction site.
Ulfat Saboree

I have learned many things from this course, the lectures was useful and gained many important new information from these lectures, I am thankful and I'm appreciating your work and will always follow these types lectures of NPTEL, I have come to know that the NPTEL team is really working hard and making best vedios to serve humanity
Leopoldo Jr Tapay

Im thankful for discovering this

kindi of website that offers opportunity to gain such certifications i was amazed that I can have this type of online learning and seminar without having or paying huge amount just to obtain certificate which I know that will be extremely useful in the near future
Yuvraj Singh

First of all thank you for teaching me about this course and helping me in understanding the construction management, And it's an amazing beginning learning course. So , again I am saying thankyou to IIT kanpur.
Brian Bonginkosi Chingombe

This was a great course . I learnt a lot.The course enlightened me on different aspects of the Construction Industry. And how the construction industry works l.
Mohd Anas

Good course and teach a lot of new things about construction, contracts.
Details about contract and law related to the contracts and construction management.
Ali Machhour Chreif

This Course it is very important to all engineer be knowing more about the project management very happy to attend this course
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