Construction Management

Code:

EC0057

Acronym:

DOBR

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Building Construction

Instance: 2015/2016 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Web Page:	http://moodle.up.pt
Responsible unit:	Building Division
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Civil Engineering

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MIEC	37	Syllabus since 2006/2007	5	-	5	60	133

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Analysis of the following themes: Construction managment, Construction legislation, Construction Planning, Safety in Construction, Construction Economics, Industrialization of Construction, Human Resources management, Construction control,  Construction Information Management and Sustainable Construction

Learning outcomes and competences

Learning Outcomes

a) Identification of proper legislation, of procedures (planning, organization and control) and related techniques of management of costs, of time, of resources (human, equipment and materiai) and of accident prevention in construction management (CM).

b) Comprehension and implementation of requirements in CM in terms of sustainability, of contract administration, of ethics and deontology, of information and communication management, of professional activity, of conflict resolution and of leadership.

c) Evaluation and comparison of solutions in CM in terms of economy, of effectiveness, of efficiency, of deadlines and of riscs.

Competencies

a) - Know costs and techniques to prevent accidents in CM; - Know legislation related with CM; - Know CM procedures; - Know possible sustainability impacts in CM.
b) - Capacity to present and justify technical options in CM; - Compreheension of the capabilities of tools for planning and control in CM; - Perception of the advantages and obstacles of information and communication management in CM.
c) - Perform professional activity in CM; - Use relevant legislation in CM; - Apply adequate methods in the evaluation of options in economical and in ethical perspectives in CM; - Managing human resources, equipments and materiais according to the context in CM.
d) - Analysis of case studies and of site visits in CM perspective; - Analysis of advantages and disadvantages of the several planning and control techniques in CM; - Critical analysis of options in different contexts of uncertainty.
e) - Self-evaluate acquired competencies in the disicpline in a digital eportefolio;
f) - Manage technical resources concerning CM in terms of profession, contract and society; understand importance of information systems in CM.


Examples

Engineering design - Definition of probabilistic planning and control in CM; - Plan of accident prevention in CM and cost analysis; Engineering research - Definition of planning program for staring and closing a site in CM; - Search for sustainable solutions in CM; - Creating an organizational structure in CM. Engineering practice - Cm functions; - Public and private legislation in CM; - Subcontractor management; - Leadership, communication and ethics; - Case study of information and communication technologies in CM (example: BIM); - Four visits to construction sites; - Using digital eportefolio.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1. Introduction to discipline.
2. Construction management - Mission, planning, organization, control, personel, equipment, materials, subcontractors.
3. CM legislation - Code of Public Contracts (CCP); DL 273/03; Law 31/09; other legislation.
4. CM abroad - Training, prepration, legislation, cultural diversity, international contracts.
5. CM implementation - Execution methods; subcontractors; planning, organization, control.
6. CM and construction companies - communication; procedures in CM.
7. Prefabrication - examples; prefabrication models.
8. Human Resources - Leadership styles, productivity, ethics in CM, professional practice, conflit resolution.
9. Safety in Construction - Risk analysis, prevention, safety plan, economic analysis of prevention in CM.
10. Information in CM - Information integration, knowledge management in CM, examples of application, BIM; PRONIC; H-KNOW. 
11. Decision and economy in CM - Value and risk analysis, decision theory applied to CM.
12. Sustainable CM - Legislation relative to CM, models of sustainability analysis in CM.

Scientific content: 40%
Technological content  40%
Other content: 20%

DEMONSTRATION OF THE SYLLABUS COHERENCE WITH THE CURRICULAR UNIT'S OBJECTIVES:

Content approach is done in a different order than that of the list above and it is divided between theoretical and practical classes (TP). Each learning outcomes class is presented in the previous week in the moodle platform. The digital eportefolio of each student will show the perceived learning outcomes and professional competences. The weekly evaluation of works done in each TP class will allow the analysis of the progression of the objectives of the discipline.

Mandatory literature

Frank Harris, Ronald McCaffer; Modern construction management. ISBN: 978-0-470-67217-4
Cardoso, J. M. Mota; Direcção de Obra
Telmo Dias Pereira; Gestão de projeto e contratação de empreitadas de obras. ISBN: 978-989-26-0982-9

Complementary Bibliography

José da Paz Branco; Rendimentos de mão-de-obra, materiais e equipamento em edificação e obras públicas. ISBN: 972-47-0295-2
Barbara J. Jackson; Construction management JumpStart. ISBN: 978-0-470-60999-6
Semeraro, Giuseppe; Stima degli oneri della sicurezza nei cantieri. ISBN: 88-8184-177-0
Daniel W. Halpin, Bolivar A. Senior; Construction management. ISBN: 978-0-470-50593-9
Ríos, Sixto 340; Decision theory and decision analysis. ISBN: 0-7923-9466-6
Charles E. Harris, Michael S. Pritchard, Michael J. Rabins; Engineering Ethics. ISBN: 0-534-23964-1
Rousselet, Edison da Silva; A segurança na obra. ISBN: 85-7193-018-X
Soeiro, Alfredo Augusto Vieira; Segurança na construção. ISBN: 972-752-072-3
Armando Costa Manso, Manuel dos Santos Fonseca, J. Carvalho Espada; Informaçao sobre custos. ISBN: 972-49-1718-5

Teaching methods and learning activities

Face to face presentation and debate of topics in classes. Four construction site visits made on Wednesday afternoons: 16Sep15, 07Oct15, 14Oct15 and 11Nov15. Use of mandatory prevention equipment with helmet, jacket and appropriate boots. Applied work done in each TP class. Use of learning mamagement platform moodle as repository, forum and interctive channel. Use of planning programs in case studies.

DEMONSTRATION OF THE COHERENCE BETWEEN THE TEACHING METHODOLOGIES AND THE LEARNING OUTCOMES:

Developing the capacity of analysis of documents and tools available through homeworks of each TP class, placing a question in each theoretical class followed by debate, report from study visits, creating a digital eportfolio and 2 test evaluations without access to materials.

Software

Project Professional

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	10,00
Teste	50,00
Trabalho escrito	40,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Elaboração de relatório/dissertação/tese	4,00
Estudo autónomo	36,00
Frequência das aulas	56,00
Trabalho de campo	16,00
Trabalho de investigação	21,00
Total:	133,00

Eligibility for exams

Achieving final classification requires compliance with attendance at the course unit, according to the MIEC assessment rules. It is considered that students meet the attendance requirements if, having been regularly enrolled, the number of absences of 25% for each of the classes’ types is not exceeded.

Maximum number of unjustified absences: 3 for classes T and 3 for classes TP. When there are no classes to compensate the field trips the annoucement in moodle.up.pt will be done at least one week in advance.

Calculation formula of final grade

CF = 0,25 * (CT1 + CT2) + 0,025 * (CR1 + CR2 + CR3 + CR4) + 0,05 * (CP1 + CP2 + CP3 + CP4 + CP5 + CP6 + CP7 + CP8)

All marks are in a grade of 0 to 20. Two closed tests CT1 and CT2 on 26Oct15 and 07Dec15 - 5 points each, four reports CR1 to CR4  of each visit - 0,5 point each and eight best homeworks CP1 to CP8 - 1,0 points each. Passing grade 10 points in 20 possible points.

 

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

According to FEUP regulations.

Classification improvement

According to regulations it is possible to repeat one or two written tests.

Observations

Knowledge of Portuguese or of English language and capacity of using technical written English. Estimated working time out of classes: 4 hours All classes (T and TP) start on 15Sep14. Site visits imply the use of proper boots, hardhat and identifying jacket. Hardhats may be borrowed in DEC. Previous knowledge: construction management, construction safety, economic basic principles, operations research basic principles. Average weekly studying time of 3 hours per week.