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Management of construction projects I

Course developer

Prior knowledge

BūvZ4074, Construction Technology I

Course abstract

Students explore the many stage civil design and construction project management principles. Teaches many stages civil design and construction project management calendar graphic design with a variety of tasks in all levels of the occupational hierarchy, time, material and financial resources needed for planning and management. Teaches the construction management, legislative base, including the construction author supervision, building and site commissioning. Practical construction management is being developed with the most economical variant graphic modelling, ranging with deadlines and resources.

Learning outcomes and their assessment

Knowledge in the management of construction projects both: during the full design cycle and during practical construction. Test.
Skills: Developing the necessary documentation for project management based on the legal, legislative, financial and other resources base. To assess in the amount of time, financial and resources all additional aspects - supervision, construction surveillance, commissioning of a construction. Test.
Competence: Being able to develop documentation of the construction management. Test.

Course Content(Calendar)

Lectures (16):
1. Nature of the structure plan for the management of the construction project, application in construction and full-cycle construction projects.
2. Definition of the composition of the construction project management task.
3. Parameters and Resources, Cross Link Description
4. Project management calendars and their nature
5. Definition of restrictions, deadlines and critical points in the management of construction projects
6. Assignment of tasks to the project as a whole and tasks separately.
7. Set up parameters for each task individually - time, finance, other resources.
8. Analyzing and evaluating the various potential risks of the project management process
9. Software and automation for the management of construction projects, modelling methodologies
10. Ways and formats for displaying project management planning and job information. Calendar, Gantt Chart, Graphics
11. Display actual messages about the progress of project management, types of changes, and recording.
12. Technical preparation, presentation and printing of materials for project management organisationally.
13. Project management risk insurance, legal aspects and liability
14. Quality control and assurance in the management processes of construction projects
15. Project management aspects of the legislative framework.
16. Foreign experience and examples in the management of construction projects
Laboratory exercises (8):
1. Definition of the composition of the construction project management task (Part 1)
2. Definition of the composition of the construction project management task (Part 2)
3. Setting up parameters for each task separately - time, finance, other resources (Part 1)
4. Setting up parameters for each task separately - time, finance, other resources (Part 2)
5. Setting up parameters for each task separately - time, finance, other resources (Part 3)
6. Analysis and assessment of the various potential risks of the project management process(Part 1)
7. Analysis and assessment of the various potential risks of the project management process(Part 2)
8. Technical preparation, presentation and printing of materials

Requirements for awarding credit points

Listen to a lecture course and develop a calendar timeline for the management of construction projects. Successful test. The course result is evaluated by a test if a fully developed calendar schedule is done in the MS Project software (at least 35 actions are defined in the schedule, all actions have interactivity links, defined limits, deadlines and resources, identified and graphically identified as “critical path”, timetable designed and printed). An appropriate test/mark is the extent, correctness, and student's ability to explain the outcome of all the parameters listed above.

Description of the organization and tasks of students’ independent work

The study course does not provide for individual own-initiative work. Own-initiative studies are related to drawing up and defending the calendar.

Criteria for Evaluating Learning Outcomes

The calendar timeline (design management) must include at least 32-35 action units, each unit must have assigned parameters (time capacity, correct name, link to another operation), display at least two process-related processes in two sub-tiers, all processes must be linked (sales codes). At least 3 types of different lines should be reflected. A schedule with a defined name and identification must be printed on an appropriate scale, reflecting readable detail.

Compulsory reading

1. Būvniecības vadības rokasgrāmata. Rokasgrāmata. E. Butkevičs (autoru kol.vad.). Rīga: Izdevniecība "Dienas Bizness" SIA, Rokasgrāmatu nodaļa, 2011. 440 lpp.
2. Bērziņš E., Kārkliņš P.,Lejnieks I. Būvdarbu tehnoloģija un organizēšana. Māc. grām. Rīga: Zvaigzne, 1993. 445 lpp
3. Džounss R. Projektu vadības pamati. Rīga: Izdevniecība Lietišķās informācijas dienests, 2008. 224 lpp.
4. Geipele I., Tambovceva T. Projektu vadīšana. Studijām un biznesam. Rīga: Apgāds Valters un Rapa, 2004. 208 lpp.

Further reading

1. Kathy Schwalbe Information Technology Project Management. Cengage Learning, 2009. 490 p
2. Uzulāns J. Projektu vadība. Apmācības programma nevalstiskajām organizācijām. Rīga: Novo institūts, 2007. 62 lpp. 2004.g.
Uzulāns J. Risku vadība projektu kontekstā. Rīga: Drukātava, 2010. 136 lpp.

Periodicals and other sources

1. Būvinženieris. Rīga: Latvijas Būvinženieru savienība, 2010.-2017.
2. Latvijas Būvniecība. Rīga: Izdevniecība Lilita, 2007.-2017. ISSN 1691-4058
Latvijas Architektūra. Rīga: Izdevniecība Lilita, 2006.-2013. ISSN 1407-4923

Notes

Compulsory course in the 2nd level professional higher education study programme Civil Engineering