B.Tech Civil Engineering

 

CE 308     CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT       3-0-0-6

 

Syllabus: Construction as industry and its challenges, Role of construction management, Methods of construction management, Basic requirements of construction management: Life cycle of construction projects: Examples of real projects, Stages of awarding contract, types of contract, contract documents, arbitration and settlement of disputes, contract laws and handling of contracts,  Principles of estimation, Principles of general and detailed specifications, Introduction  to network based project management techniques: Defining activities and their  interdependence, drawing of network, time and resource estimations, use of  network as scheduling techniques, use of network as control techniques i.e. project monitoring. Construction Technology: Various construction methods: Excavation, Earth­moving, Drilling, Blasting, Dewatering, concreting, foundation, Quality Management and Construction safety, Use of information technology in construction industries, Automation in construction industry.

 

Texts:

  1. Harris, R. McCaffer and F. Edum-Fotwe, Modern Construction Management, Blackwell Publishing, 2006.
  2. J. Schexnayder and R. E. Mayo, Construction Management Fundamentals, McGraw Hill, New Delhi, 2003.

 

References:

  1. Singh, Heavy Construction - Planning, Equipment and Methods, Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. Pvt Ltd., 1993.
  2. L. Peurifoy and C. J. Schexnayder, Construction Planning and Equipment and Methods, 6th Edition, Tata McGraw­Hill, 2006.
  3. S. Berrie and B. C. Paulson, Professional Construction Management including C.M., Design Construct and General Contracting, 3rd Edition, McGraw Hill, 1992.
  4. S. Srinath, PERT and CPM Principles and Applications, 3rd Edition, Affiliated East West Press Pvt. Ltd, 2001.
  5. G. Carmichael, Construction Engineering Networks: Techniques, Planning and Management, Ellis Horwood Publishers, Chichester, 1989.
  6. K. Chitkara, Construction Project Management: Planning, Scheduling and Controlling, Tata McGraw Hill, 2008.