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School of Civil, Environmental and Chemical Engineering

Course Outline


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Course Outline

Introduction

CourseConstruction Management

Construction Management is a course that deals with the planning,organisation, directing, controlling and supervision of constructionprojects. The knowledge and skills you will gain from this course willbe helpful in your career as a civil engineer and/or a project manager.

This course adapts the use of problem-based learning or project-basedlearning method. It is envisaged that courses like this will best belearned by the adoption of such learning methodology. This means that

you will be actively involved. You will have the responsibility ofgaining the necessary knowledge and skills that are needed to be acompetent construction project manager. This course will serve as yourguide. It is an introductory course that will help open doors ofopportunities for you in the wide and emerging field of projectmanagement. You will have a group project that will be developedprogressively through the semester. This will include a group

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It is however, highly geared to the planning and control of time, scope,resources and cost of projects. Planning and control will be done withthe use of software such as MS Project whilst manual planning will giveyou a good foundation of the planning and scheduling principles.Emphasis will be towards construction projects.

Essential aspects of project risk management, quality management,communication and organization structures, contracts andprocurement, and project teams, supervision and leadership will all be

included in this course to provide the necessary background knowledgeand skills for you to initially be engaged in project management roles. Itexpected that you will take further courses in construction projectmanagement. In addition, fundamentals of safety management will beprovided to introduce safety risks and rules on construction sites.

Aside from this learning guide, it will be required for you to have acopy of the prescribed textbook. This learning guide also contains

resource materials that you have to read as well.

The course content will be supported by invited speakers fromindustry. The speakers will be drawn from stakeholders working in theconstruction industry. These speakers will discuss the practicalapplication of construction management to everyday problemsencountered, together with the management and leadership skills

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Course Development

Dr. Guomin Kevin Zhang

E-mail: [email protected]

Dr Zhang has worked as site engineer and consultant in China andAustralia. His primary work focus has been on site management,contract management, feasibility study, project planning and control.He has also worked as a lecturer and researcher in several Australian

Universities.Dr. Guomin Kevin Zhang holds BEng and Master of Managementdegrees from Chongqing University, P.R. China and a PhD fromQueensland University of Technology, Australia. His research interestsinclude:

1. Project Management

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3. Sustainable Built Environment

Green Building - implementing green building technologies incommercial and office buildings to enhance the workplaceflexibility, ergonomics and productivity and reduce the project lifecycle cost.

Refurbishment/Re-life of Buildings - managing sustainablerefurbishment of commercial buildings and heritage buildings.

Sustainable infrastructure management - investigating asustainable delivery of critical infrastructure such as road,identifying major issues related to the use of recycled water anddeveloping appropriate strategy to encourage the use of recycledwater in the industry and community.

Dr. Guomin Kevin Zhang is the Project Manager for the EngineeringEconomics and Project Evaluation, the Construction Management, the

Infrastructure Planning and Evaluation, the Construction Engineeringmodules at RMIT University.

Conceptual Background

This course assumes that you have:

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Resources

Computer Access:

You will have online access as a student of RMIT University. You willbe given a generic password, which you should then change whenlogging on the first time.

This will enable you to:

ask your coordinator questions via email register and send your assessments when indicated in the

Learning Guide or instructed by the course co-ordinator

access programs online where indicated in the Learning Guide access announcements relevant to your study. Make sure you

access announcements at least once a week.It is possible to access the learning package through myRMITfromremote sites such as home computers via the web.

You should monitor your course at myRMITand check emails regularly

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Further Reading:

The following are particularly useful2:

Halpin, D. W. 2006, Construction Management, 3rdedition, JohnWiley & Sons.

Winch, G.M. 2002,Managing Construction Projects, BlackwellPublishing.

Clough, R.H., Sears, G.A. and. Keoki Sears S, 2000, ConstructionProject Management. Fourth Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., NewYork.

Hinze, Jimmie, 1998, Construction planning and scheduling, Prentice-Hall Inc Upper Saddle Fiver New Jersey USA.

PMI, 2004, PMBOK Guide. A Guide to the Project ManagementBodyof Knowledge 2004 Edition Project Management Institute, Inc.Pennsylvania, USA

Uher,T.M. and Loosemore, M. 2004, Essentials of ConstructionProject Management, UNSW Press.

Lester, A. 2000, Project Planning and Control, 3rdedition,Butterworth Heinemann, Melbourne.

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Study Needs

Although studying can be difficult at times, you can help yourself bybeing organised and allocating specific times for your study. There aresome general guidelines which may help you:

plan your week. Treat your assignment work as a project and useproject time management skills to monitor the progress. Schedulethe times when you will be working through the Learning Guide.

Use the suggested time allocation in the chart above to estimatehow long to plan for each session of study.

ask questions of your tutor and lecturer. Dont wait until you feelswamped or overwhelmed. Ask questions when you first have aproblem.

use your student group as a network for assistance.Course-specific Study Needs

Feedback will be provided in the form of:

specific comments of relevance to a particular group or studentwill be provided by email or student consultation

comments will be provided to assignments and reports.


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Plagiarism

RMIT University requires that you present your own work forassessment. The rules against plagiarism representing the work ofothers (published or unpublished) as your own are strict and will beenforced diligently. Here is the RMITs current plagiarism statement.Read it and make sure you understand its importance.

Plagiarism statement

Plagiarism is a form of cheating in assessment. Plagiarism may occur inoral, written or visual presentations. It is the presentation of the work,idea or creation of another person, without appropriate referencing, asthough it is your own. Plagiarism is not acceptable. The use of anotherperson's work or ideas must be acknowledged. The penalties for

cheating in assessment are severe, whether the cheating involvesplagiarism, fabrication, falsification of data, copyright infringement orsome other method. Penalties can include chargers of academicmisconduct, cancellation of results and exclusion from your course. It isalso a disciplinary offence for you to allow your work to be plagiarisedby another student. You are responsible for keeping your work in asecure place.

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Feedback

Each Learning Outcome in this course is associated with a set ofactivities to help you master the knowledge and skills required. Someof these activities are self-assessment questions for which answers areprovided, so that you can assess your achievement throughout yourstudy. We encourage you to attempt these questions before looking atthe provided answers through either tutorials or posted online as

appropriate.

In some cases activities will be exercises from your prescribed textbook. Answers to these questions will, in most cases, be in your textbook rather than in this Learning Guide.


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Use of Icons

The following icons have been used throughout this Learning Guide toindicate what you need to do next.

Reference/reading/resource/research this may be an additionalrecommended text, audio or video tape or web site.

Individual Activity may be self assessment questions, problemsolving, demonstration, simulation, lab, checklist/short answerafter reading, case study. Complete the activity followinginstructions given.

Group Activity may be problem solving, lab, case study,demonstration. Complete the activity following instructionsgiven.

Feedback turn to Feedback section at end of the Learning Guideto check answers and responses for the activities.

Summary and Outcome Checklist what has been learnt, inpreparation for assessment


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Graduate Capabilities

In line with the requirements of Engineers Australia for accreditationpurposes, the engineering courses at RMIT are designed to provide thecommunity with engineers who:

have the ability to apply knowledge of basic science andengineering fundamentals.

have the ability to communicate effectively, not only withengineers, but also with the community at large.

have in-depth technical competence in at least one engineeringdiscipline.

have the ability to undertake problem identification, formulationand solution.

have the ability to utilise a systems approach to design andoperational performance.

have the ability to function effectively as an individual and inmulti-disciplinary and multi-cultural teams, with the capacity tobe a leader or manager as well as an effective team member.

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Construction Management (Project Management) 16

Week Topic Learning outcomes Avehrs

Activities

4 - 6 Topic 3.

Project Planning: Scope andTime

Explain the relationships of the three main projectplanning tools: scope, time and cost

Define the goals and boundaries of a constructionproject

Create a Statement of Work (SOW) Construct the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) Identify sub-projects, milestones and tasks Develop a Gantt Chart to communicate project time. Calculate the duration and floats of a project using

critical path method.

Prepare a precedence diagram for a project. Calculate the duration and floats Use scheduling software such as MS Project 2007.

36 3A Project discussion

3B Discussion on goals & boundaries

3C Statement of works

3D Work breakdown structure

3E Developing the sub-projects

3F Gantt chart

3G Duration, floats and critical paths

3H Tutorial exercise

3I Software exercise


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Activities

7 - 9 Topic 4.

Project Planning: Cost

Explain the purpose of project cost management.

Prepare resource table. Estimate resource availability Prepare resource availability table/histogram. Perform resource smoothing. Identify different types of costs. Discuss the types of cost estimates. Estimate the direct cost, indirect cost and total cost. Prepare project budget statement, including balance

statement and cash flow statement.

Explain the need for cost control. Construct earned value tables and graphs. Measure time deviations in construction projects. Prepare earned value reports.

36 4A Tutorial exercise

4B Tutorial exercise and group project work

4C Cost estimating

4D Tutorial exercises on cash flow statement

4E Cost control plan

4F Resource table

4G Earned value

4H Lab Test on MS Project


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Activities

10 Topic 5.

Project Risk Managementand Safety Management

Explain the importance of risk management. Identify project risks. Estimate project risks using risk quantification

procedures.

Apply qualitative and quantitative risk assessmentmethods

Select the critical risks based on prioritization methods Discuss risk response measures used in construction

management.

Explain the risk control cycle in construction projects. Develop risk matrix for a construction project. Explain safety culture and attitude Recognize risks related to construction safety on site Recognize typical personal protective equipment for

construction projects

Discuss safety management strategies

12 5A Case study and group discussion

5B Group project development

5C Risk analysis

5D Risk mitigation

5E Case study on safety risks and safety Attitude

5F Focus group on safety performance

5G Video demonstration and safety managementstrategy


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Activities

11 Topic 6.

Project QualityManagement

Explain various quality concepts such as Total QualityManagement (TQM)

Identify quality costs Illustrate the importance of quality circles Discuss the importance of quality audit Construct quality control plan such as quality matrix

for a construction project. Develop job safety analysis and work method

statements Discuss site induction and industrial relations

12 6A Discussion on what is quality

6B Discussion on quality and its cost

6C Quality plan

6D Quality audit

6E Site procedures

6F Group discussion and quality control plan


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