Construction Planning & Management Course Overview Dr. Attaullah Shah

Course Objectives: To develop ability of students in planning and management techniques for various projects. To provide basic concepts of economic analysis of different projects.

Introduction: The construction industry, main players of construction industry, Types of Construction Industry, Value Engineering, phase of value engineering study, objections to value engineering studies, Identification of project life cycle, Project Stake holders, project management objectives and processes.

Planning & Scheduling Network Techniques, Arrow Diagram, Diagram, Critical Path, Types of Floats, CPM Calculations, Bar Chart, Time Scaled Diagrams, Resource Leveling, Resource Allocation, Network Compression, Types of Costs, PERT.

Management Project, Management, Qualities of a good Manager, Scope Triangle, Types of Management Creeps, S-Curve and its types, Project Failures, Techniques of Construction Planning, Pre-tender Planning, Pre-construction, Planning, Method Statements.

Economics Definitions of Engg. Economics, Sole Proprietorship, Partnership, Joint Stock Companies, Fund-raising for Joint Stock Companies, Types of Banks, Site Selection for Factories, Types of Markets, Value, Utility, Competition and its types, Monopoly and its types, Supply Schedule, Demand Schedule, Forecasting Techniques.

Books Recommended Blank, L.T. & Anthony J. Tarquin, Engineering Economics, McGraw Hill Book Co. Barrie and Paulson, Professional Construction Management, McGraw Hill. Robert B. Haris, Procedure and Arrow Networking Technique for Construction, John Wiley &Sons, HR. L. PeurifoyH, HW. B. LedbetterH, HC. J. SchexnayderH, HCliff J. Schexnayder Construction Planning Equipment and Method. 5th Edistion, McGraw-Hill Companies Martin Rogers, Engineering Project Appraisal, Blackwell Science.