Project Management
Keywords |
Classification |
Keyword |
OFICIAL |
Building Construction |
Instance: 2008/2009 - 1S
Cycles of Study/Courses
Acronym |
No. of Students |
Study Plan |
Curricular Years |
Credits UCN |
Credits ECTS |
Contact hours |
Total Time |
MIEC |
242 |
Syllabus since 2006/2007 |
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
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.
Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)
SPECIAL RULES FOR MOBILITY STUDENTS:
Proficiency in Portuguese
Evaluation by exam and/or coursework(s) defined in accordance with student profile."
Classification improvement
Oral examination
Observations
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Working time estimated out of class: 2 hours