Project Management

Code:

EC0035

Acronym:

GPRO

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Building Construction

Instance: 2006/2007 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Web Page:	http://www.fe.up.pt/~construc/gp/
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
LEC	9	Plano de estudos de transição para 2006/07	4	3	3	45	78
MIEC	204	Syllabus since 2006/2007	4	-	3	45	78
		Plano de estudos de transição para 2006/07	4	-	3	45	78

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

To develop and understand:
-contact with construction activity and Civil Engineer activitiesl;
-construction life cycle
- construction design activity- phases, rools and outputs;
- construction project management - importance, goals and tools;
-underline importance of quality and sustainability on construction

Program

I – Introduction
- I.1 -Presentation aims and contents;
- I.2 - Construction activity, characterization and evoltutionss
- I.3 - Civil Engineers activity - regulations and professional acts
II – Construction life cycle
- II.1 -Life cycle, actors and responsabilities;
- II.2 -Construction legal and standards fits;
III – Detailed analysis of design phase
- III.1 -aim, forms and contents of construction design;
- III.2 - design outputs organization
IV – Construction Project Management
- IV.1 -Aims and tools;
- IV.2 -Planning and control;
- IV.3 -Cost estimation;
- IV.4 -Negociation and contracts IV.5 -Leadership
Capítulo V – Quality and sustainability
- V.1 – Construction quality;
- V.2 – Construction sustainabilty;
- V.3 – Quality management models.

Software – Microsoft Project

Mandatory literature

Hipólito Sousa; Apontamentos da Disciplina, 2003
Fonseca Manuel; Curso sobre regras de medição na construção, LNEC, 1997
Victor Sequeira Roldão; Gestão de Projectos, Monitor, 2005. ISBN: 972-9413-62-2
David Williams; - Preparing for Project Management , ASCE Press, 1996

Complementary Bibliography

Cabrita A.; Regras para Elaboração de Projectos. , LNEC, 1974
Ritz George; Total Construction Project Management, McGraw Hill
Santos Artur e outros; HillQualidade na Construção. Contributos do Projecto Mequalcon. , Instituto da Construção, 2000

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical presentation with examples of application to construction. Exercises

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Subject Classes	Participação presencial	56,00
	Total:	-	0,00

Eligibility for exams

not exceed absence limits – 25% of preview nº of theoretical-pratical classes – 3
Present the individual work

Calculation formula of final grade

Beeing:
EX - final examination
TI1 - Obligatory individual work
TI2 - Optional individual work
NF - Final classification
In general NF = 0.75EX+0.25TI1
or NF = 0.65EX+0.25TI1+0.10TI2
Classification greater than 17/20 obliges to a n oral examination
Complementary conditions
NF > 9.5/20; EX> 8.5; TI1 > 8.0.

Classification improvement

Oral examination

Observations

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Working time estimated out of class: 2 hours