Study-Unit Description

Study-Unit Description


CODE CNM5852

 
TITLE Post-Contract Management Systems

 
UM LEVEL 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course

 
MQF LEVEL 7

 
ECTS CREDITS 5

 
DEPARTMENT Construction and Property Management

 
DESCRIPTION The aim of the study-unit is to introduce to students to the control tools and techniques associated with the post contract stage of a building project and management of works on a construction site.

Study-unit Aims:

The aims of the study-unit are:
- To provide an understanding of project control techniques;
- To introduce management concepts related to site management;
- To develop a knowledge of site methods and understanding of site planning and construction processes.

Learning Outcomes:

1. Knowledge & Understanding:

By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to:
- produce a project control management plan;
- produce a site management plan of works for a given project site;
- For a particular construction activity, draw up a method statement that is practical, efficient and economic and observes health and safety concerns.

2. Skills:

By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to:
- demonstrate an ability to organise a complex operational system by producing a comprehensive plan;
- analyse a task in terms of a series of activities and represent the activity as a flow chart and series of instructions in a method statement.

Main Text/s and any supplementary readings:

- Construction Methods and Planning. J R Illingworth.
- Building production Management Techniques. D R Moore and D J Hague.

Other texts:

- Project Management: A Strategic Planning Approach (2005) Paul Gardiner.
- Project Management: How to Plan & Deliver a Successful Project (2008) Vicky Billingham.
- The Handbook of Project-based Management: Leading Strategic Change in Organizations [2008) Rodney Turner.
- Project-Oriented Leadership (Advances in Project Management) (2010) Ralf Müller and J Rodney Turner.
- Gower Handbook of Project Management (2014) Rodney Turner.
- Construction Project Management: An Integrated Approach (2012) Peter Fewings.
- Project Management: A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling, and Controlling (2013) Harold R. Kerzner.

 
ADDITIONAL NOTES Pre-requisite Study-unit: CNM5851

 
STUDY-UNIT TYPE Lecture, Seminar and Tutorial

 
METHOD OF ASSESSMENT
Assessment Component/s Assessment Due Sept. Asst Session Weighting
Assignment SEM1 Yes 100%

 
LECTURER/S Ivan Anthony Bondin

 

 
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