Construction Management
Component code / course code: BP 2.5-1
Semester: winter / summer
ECTS credits: 5
Lecture hours per week (SWS): 5
Lecturer: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Alexander Glock
Course language: English
Prerequisite: No Prerequisite
Objectives (Learning Outcome): This first module of Construction Management will provide the students with a general understanding of construction management issues within construction project management that enables a person to understand the preparation and execution of construction measures from the contractor's point of view. The students know the basic principles of planning in the fields of construction process engineering, resource planning, scheduling and calculation. Using selected project examples from the construction industry, students acquire methodical skills for holistic problem analysis and problem solving. The students are able to carry out the necessary construction management tasks - process selection, resource planning, construction site equipment planning, scheduling and offer calculation - largely independently.
Lecture topics (content): The module Construction Management is divided into the three courses: Introduction to Construction Management, Construction Process Engineering and Resource Planning and Scheduling.
In the module "Construction Management", the following contents are taught:
- Planning basics for construction operations
- Overview and classification of construction machinery
- Construction methods in earthwork, reinforced concrete construction, methods in bridge construction
- Performance coordination Wage-intensive work
- Performance tuning Machine-intensive work
- Basics of scheduling, network planning, cycle planning
- Planning of construction site equipment
Teaching format (e.g. online/in person lecture/Seminar/Lab etc.): Lecture, excercies, E-learning
Examination: Written exam (120 minutes)
