Description
This Course is offered to all 6th semester Majors
The course addresses as a core course all civil engineering students of the 6th semester and presents an introduction to the wide field of construction management within the process of realising a project, its requirements, tasks and relationship to other disciplines in the environs of a project. It also gives an introduction to the development of a project per se, including its life cycle and to specific organizational aspects. An introduction to equipment technology will be given as a base knowledge to understand how construction machinery if today is working. This is followed by the different construction methods for earth and road works, foundation and structure. Finishing trades are presented with their components and implementation issues for finishing trades. Main objective of the course is to provide the students with solid basic knowledge on the subject and to raise sensibility for the holistic approach of the project implementation process. This specifically includes the understanding that working within a wide and dynamic field “learning how to learn” is essential. Students are given in the lectures relevant websites which are recommended for visit to further enhance the understanding of the course subject.