Construction Management and Safety

Code:

EC0040

Acronym:

GOSE

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Building Construction

Instance: 2006/2007 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Web Page:	http://www.fe.up.pt/~construc/go/
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	5	Plano de estudos de transição para 2006/07	4	4,5	4,5	45	118
MIEC	187	Syllabus since 2006/2007	4	-	4,5	45	118
		Plano de estudos de transição para 2006/07	4	-	4,5	45	118

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

This course gives the students general information about management of construction and also about safety legislation and technical rules. It complements the previous course GP (Project Management) dealing with the construction phase while GP deals with the design and planning phases (previous to physical works on site).

Program

Module A (Lectures)
1.General presentation. Introduction to Construction Management. The problem of safety in construction.
2. Construction Companies Organisation
3.Preparation and Control of Construction Works - view of the Contractor
4. Preparation and Control of Construction Works - view of the Promotor
5.Construction Equipments
6.Construction Site planning and architecture
9. Plan of works - Contractor view
10. Main Portuguese Legislation on Construction
11.Safety in Construction - Design phase and construction phase

Module B (applied work by students)
6.Construction Site planning and architecture
7.Construction bidding - Tenders
8.Earthmoving - Management of equipments

Mandatory literature

Soeiro, Alfredo; Segurança na Construção, FEUP Edições, 2005. ISBN: 972-752-072-3
José Amorim Faria; Gestão de Obras e Segurança, AEFEUP, 2006
Clough, Richard H.; Construction project management. ISBN: 0-471-54608-9
Turner, J. H. W.; Construction Management
Barrie, Donald S.; Professional construction management. ISBN: 0-07-112917-0

Complementary Bibliography

Woodward, John F.; Construction Project Management. ISBN: 0-7277-2557-2
Ritz, George J.; Total construction project management. ISBN: 0-07-052986-8
Halpin, Daniel W.; Construction management. ISBN: 0-471-08393-3
Levitt, Raymond Elliot; Construction safety management. ISBN: 0-471-59933-6
Perena Brand, Jaime; Direcção e gestao de projectos. ISBN: 972-757-092-5
Feio, Rui; Gestão de projectos com o Microsoft Project 2002. ISBN: 972-722-395-8
Nunnally, S. W.; Construction methods and management. ISBN: 0-13-085962-1
Oberlender, Garold D.; Project management for engineering and construction. ISBN: 0-07-112753-4
Branco, J. Paz; Manual de estaleiros de construção de edifícios
Volpe, S. Peter; Construction business management. ISBN: 0-471-53636-9
Roldão, Victor Sequeira; Gestão de projectos. ISBN: 972-9413-62-2

Teaching methods and learning activities

24/26 Lectures of 1 hour each
Software training on computer rooms (4/6 hours)
Applied work with tutors in 3 themes (18/20 hours)
One small monography prepared by each student outside class environment (10 hours)

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Subject Classes	Participação presencial
Intermediate examination 1	Exame	8,00		2007-03-28
Oral presentation of monography	Trabalho escrito	4,00		2007-06-05
Small monography	Exame	10,00		2007-06-01
Intermediate examination 2	Exame	8,00		2007-05-30
	Total:	-	0,00

Eligibility for exams

Less than 4 classes of absence in applied work

Calculation formula of final grade

NF = 0.35Mt1+0.35Mt2+0.30Ti; NF= Final classification

Examinations or Special Assignments

2 small exams (Mt1 and Mt2) and 1 individual monography (Ti).

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Special examination in date defined by the Civil Engineering Course Director

Classification improvement

Special examination in date defined by the Civil Engineering Course Director

Observations

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Working time estimated out of class: 6 hours