Course detail

Construction Management

FA-RES-KEAcad. year: 2026/2027

Subject is aimed at problems of preparation and realization phase of building construction and deals with principles if investment process, with tasks of construction participants and public discussion of construction works. Problems of land planning, land and building permission proceedings and related documentation. Subject is closely aimed at importance, content and division of building preparation and elaboration of basic documentation. Subject also includes acquainting with supply and investment systems in building construction and acquaints students with activities and means of control of production process and common agenda of site engineers and site foremen. Further, relations on time planning, finance draw, assurance of quality of building works in input control, control between operations and output control, general technical requirements on building construction and principles of safety execution of building works will be explained. Students also gain knowledge from the field of mechanization and automation of building processes and optimal employment of building machines.

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

2

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Department

Department of Expertise in Civil Engineering and Real Estate Appraisal (OON)

Entry knowledge

Not applicable.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Credit is granted for attendance in seminars and successful elaboration of given tasks in term of semester.
Exam is written and oral. Students can go to oral part, if they successfully pass written part.
Attendance in seminars will be controlled. In term of semester will be controlled commanded tasks and documentation.

Aims

Goal of the study is to acquaint students with course of realization of investment project, with tasks of all participants of building construction with emphasis on activities and tasks of building supplier. The student also acquires basic knowledge about the planning and management methods of the construction work.
– Students gain basic knowledge of preparation and realization of building from the point of view of all participants with emphasis on building suppliers.
– Students gain basic information and knowledge about modelling of time, space and technological structure of the building and optimization of sources – finance, materials, workers and machines.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

HALPIN, Daniel W.; LUCKO, Gunnar; SENIOR, Bolivar A. Construction management. NJ: Wiley, 2017. ISBN: 978-1-119-25680-9. (EN)
HANNA, Nessim; DODGE H. Robert. Pricing: Policies and Procedures. Macmillan International Higher Education, 2017. ISBN: 9781349134472. (EN)
HARRIS, Frank; McCAFFER, Ronald; EDUM-FOTWE, Francis. Modern construction management. Wiley-Blackwell, 2013. ISBN: 978-0470672174. (EN)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme NE_A+U Master's

    specialization --- , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
    2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Exercise

26 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer