1010235440   CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AND SAFETY PRACTICE

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Practicum 1 0 4 3
THEORY PERIODS
UNIT-I
1.1 CONSTRUCTION SECTOR IN INDIA
3
Construction Management – Definition – Need – Scope-Role of
government and private construction agencies – Types of
construction sectors – Construction practice: the owner, consultant,
and contractor – Duties and responsibilities – List of various stages
of a construction project.
1.2 FEASIBILITY STUDY AND PLANNING OF CIVIL
ENGINEERING PROJECT
Feasibility – Technical feasibility, Financial feasibility, Ecological
feasibility, Resource feasibility – Economical Analysis – Objectives
of planning – Administrative approval – Technical sanction.
UNIT-II
2.1 CONTRACT MANAGEMENT
3
Types of contracts – Contract documents – Tender notice – Types
– Earnet Money Deposit (EMD) and Security Deposits (SD) –
Scrutiny and acceptance of a tender – Contract agreement – Work
order – Subcontract-Rights and duties of sub-contractor.
2.2 CONSTRUCTION ORGANISATIONS AND
DEPARTMENTAL PROCEDURE
Forms of business organizations – Decentralization – Percentage
completion report – Organization of P.W.D. – Accounting procedure
(administrative sanctions, technical sanctions, payment of bills) –
Imprest and Temporary accounts – Cash book – Works register –
Importance of M-book and its entries – Nominal Muster Roll
(N.M.R) – Daily Labour Reports (D.L.R)
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UNIT-III 3.1 SCHEDULING AND TIME MANAGEMENT 3
Definition – uses and advantages – Classification of Schedules –
Methods of scheduling – Activity – Event – Dummies – Rules for
developing networks – Fulkerson’s rule for numbering the events –
Critical Path Method Critical and Subcritical paths – Critical and
Non critical activities/events – Significance of critical path.
3.2 RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Definition – Need for resource management – Optimum utilization
of resources – Resource planning – Resource levelling and its
objectives – Construction planning – Crashing – Need for crashing
an activity – Methods and tips for crashing – Time Vs Cost
optimization curve – Cost slope and its significance in crashing.
UNIT-IV
4.1 QUALITY MANAGEMENT AND CONSTRUCTION
DISPUTES
3
Importance of quality – Elements of quality – Quality assurance
techniques (inspection, testing, sampling) – Construction Disputes –
Introduction – Development of disputes – Categories of disputes –
Modes of settlements – Arbitration.
4.2 CONSTRUCTION LABOUR AND LEGISTRATION
Need for legislation – Payment of wages Act – Factories Act –
Contract labour (Regulation and abolition) Act-Employees Provident
Fund (EPF) Act.
UNIT-V
5.1 SAFETY IN CONSTRUCTION
3
Importance of safety – Causes of accidents – Role of various parties
(designer / employer / worker) in safety management – Benefits –
Approaches to improve safety in construction
5.2 ETHICS IN ENGINEERING
Human values – Definition of Ethics – Engineering ethics –
Engineering as a profession – Qualities of professional –
Professional institutions – Code of ethics – Major ethical issues –
Ethical judgement – Engineering and management decision – Value
based ethics.
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PRACTICAL EXERCISES
1 Problems to find EST, EFT, LST, LFT using MS Project and Excel. 6
2 Preparation of Key Plan, Job Layout using BIM tool like Revit /
Sketchup/AutoCAD.
6
3 Problems of PERT network – TE, TL and slack using MS Project
and Excel.
6
4 Problems to find Standard deviation and Variance using MS Project
and Excel.
6
5 Writing M-book using MS Excel 6
6 Prepare comparative statements in selecting tender using MS Excel 6
7 Calculate man hours for construction activity and link with
scheduling.
6
8 Site visit and prepare safety checklist for construction activity. 6
9 MS project – CPM 6
10 MS project – PERT Analysis 6
TOTAL 75
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