Project Management in the Construction and Real Estate Industry
Component code / course code: BI-27.1
Semester: winter / summer
ECTS credits: 5
Lecture hours per week (SWS): 4
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Hornuff
Prerequisites:
No special requirements necessary.
Qualification objectives:
Project management services have established themselves as an independent service discipline in the execution of medium and large construction projects. The primary aim of the course is to teach the basics of project management for
construction projects. This includes the standards of individual sub-services of project management that can be found in practice as well as the processes and procedures in the realisation of a construction project. Practical examples and exercises are used to illustrate the connections between project success or failure and project management. The current customary form of remuneration, tendering and contract design for project management services and their effects on project development are critically discussed.
Course contents:
- Service profiles, project stages and areas of activity
- Calculation of fees and drafting of contracts
- Project management and project team
- Exercises on essential instruments of project management
- Project management for users / project controlling for investors and banks
- Project risk management
- Methodical and social competences in project management
Teaching format (e.g. online/in person lecture/Seminar/Lab etc.): Lecture, practical example, exercises, group work
Examination type: written exam
