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Project Management of Building Constructions I
FAST-BV08Acad. year: 2009/2010
Introduction to project management – historic evolution, current conception, suitable use, subject and content, fundamental terms. Project connected with construction, construction as subject of construction project, participants of construction process, construction as place of conflict of private and public interest. Lifecycle of project and its phases. Pre-investment phase of project, initiation, goals setting, documentation, project management, feasibility study. Evaluation of project proposal, planning, structuring of construction project, structuring of construction object. Investment phase of project. Work organisation of project, construction project participants, organisation structure, ways of construction, personnel provision, project manager. System of construction project planning, historic development, types, actualisations and levels of project plans, techniques of project planning, network analysis, terminal planning, planning of sources, cost planning, financial planning. Financing of project, proposal prices of project works, relations between participants in investment project, work contract, mandate contract. Risks and changes management, risks engineering, risks in construction, project risks management. Project controlling, analysis of achieved performance values and progress of project costs, system of progress reporting and cost controlling. Information for construction and civil engineering.
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2. Project connected with construction, construction as subject of construction project, participants of construction process, construction code
3. Pre-investment phase of project, initiation, goals setting, documentation, project management, feasibility study
4. Evaluation of project proposal, planning, structuring of construction project, structuring of construction object
5. Work organisation of project, construction project participants, organisation structure, ways of construction, personnel provision, project manager
6. System of construction project planning, historic development, types, actualisations and levels of project plans, techniques of project planning, terminal planning
7. Network analysis, CPM, PERT method, Gantt chart, planning of sources, planning of sources outputs, sources histogram, cost planning, financial planning
8. Financing of project, proposal prices of project works
9. Relations between participants in investment project, work contract, mandate contract
10. Risks and changes management, risks engineering, risks in construction, project risks management
11. Construction management models
12. Project controlling, analysis of achieved performance values and progress of project costs, system of progress reporting and cost controlling
13. Information for construction and civil engineering, legislation overview, construction code
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Recommended reading
LEVY, Sidney, M.: Project management in construction. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2002. ISBN 0-07-139587-3. (EN)
MATĚJKA, Vladimír: Management projektů spojených s výstavbou. Praha: Informační centrum České komory autorizovaných inženýrů a techniků činných ve výstavbě, 2001. ISBN 80-86364-56-9. (CS)
NĚMEC, Vladimír: Projektový management. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2002. ISBN 80-247-0392-0. (CS)
ROSENAU, Milton, D.: Řízení projektů. Praha: Computer Press, 2003. ISBN 80-7226-218-1. (CS)
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