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Selected Topics in Construction Management

What Will Learn?

  • Course Aims
    This course aims to provide students with the opportunity to develop the ability of the students to gain an in-depth view of the principles, techniques and applications of project planning, scheduling, monitoring, controlling and resource allocation in construction projects. It introduces the students to real life projects and the use of planning and scheduling software. It, also, helps the students develop their ability to work in team environment.
  • Course Goals
  • Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Requirements

Description

  • English Description

    Selected Advanced topics in Construction Management including Lean Construction, Value Engineering, Optimization, Operations Research, Linear Programming, Six Sigma
  • Arabic Description

    Selected Advanced topics in Construction Management including Lean Construction, Value Engineering, Optimization, Operations Research, Linear Programming, Six Sigma
  • Department
    Structural Engineering
  • Credit Hours
    3
  • Grades
    Total ( 100 ) = Midterm (25) + tr.Major Assessment (30 = tr.Industry 5% , tr.Project 15% , tr.Self_learning 5% , tr.Seminar 10% ) + tr.Minor Assessment (5) + Exam Grade (40)
  • Hours
    Lecture Hours: 2, Tutorial Hours: 2, Lab Hours: 0
  • Required SWL
    125
  • Equivalent ECTS
    5
  • • PMI, “A guide to the project management body of knowledge”, 5th edition, PMI, USA
  • • Hinze, Jimmie, “Construction Planning and Scheduling”, 4th edition, Person Prentice Hall, New Jersey, USA, 2011
  • • Hegazy, T., “Computer-Based Construction Project Management”, Prentice Hall, 2002.
  • • Sears, S. et al., “Construction Project Management”, 6th edition, John Wiley and Sons, New York, 2015
  • • Mubarak, Saleh A., “Construction Project Scheduling and Control”, 3rd edition, John Wiley and Sons, New York, 2015 - Periodicals and Journals in Construction Management - Periodicals and Journals in Construction Management.