Construction Economy and Performance

Code:

PRODEC008

Acronym:

DEC

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Civil Engineering - Construction

Instance: 2023/2024 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Civil and Georesources Engineering
Course/CS Responsible:	Doctoral Program in Civil Engineering

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
PRODEC	1	Syllabus since 2007/08	1	-	5	45	135

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

To understand the diverse issues that influence the performance of construction companies and to be able to apply methodologies that enable the evaluation of such performance.

Learning outcomes and competences

To identify relevant information for the determination of KPI’s and work over these in order to define management strategies for the short and long term.

Working method

Presencial

Program

Performance-oriented management. Models of business performance analysis: BSC, KPI, CII, CDT, DEN, SISIND, icBench. Benchmarking indicators. Information and assessment sources via web. Pluriannual trends. Structuring economical information. ProNic protocol and e-procurement platforms. Models of public and private partnerships: BOO, DB, DBM, BLT, LDO. Procedures to implement PPPs.

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

The contact and knowledge of the various approaches and cases throghout the world permit to identify the main issues relevant to performance analysis and the way it may be used.

Mandatory literature

Bibliografia fornecida aos estudantes em suporte digital, colocada na página da UC.; .
Main references provided in digital support.; .
Construction Consultants KPI’s 2004, Constructing Excellence, Londres, UK, 2004.; .
Industry Performance Report 2009. Constructing Excellence, UK, 2009.; .
icBench – Resultados 2005. Jorge Moreira da Costa e Isabel Horta. FEUP/IMOPPI/ADI, Porto, 2006.; .
Indicadores 2009 – Construtores. Jorge Moreira da Costa. FEUP/InCI, 2011.; .

Teaching methods and learning activities

Classes including the presentation of the main concepts mixed with small group courseworks, with discussion. Grading by means of these courseworks and an individual coursework.

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

As an area where personal experience and direct knowledge is relevant, the existence of a discussion space is appropriate.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Trabalho escrito	100,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	0,00
Total:	0,00

Calculation formula of final grade

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