JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD

Pre Requisites

Building Materials & Building Construction

Course Objectives:

• This subject deals with overall planning, coordination and control of projects.
• This course gives the students scientific principles involved in construction , an understanding of the behavior of construction materials and fundamentals of structural mechanics.

Course Outcomes

At the end of the course, the student will be able to:

• Able to clarify construction project
• Understand contracts
• Able to perform construction operation planning & management

UNIT - I

Management process- Roles management theories Social responsibilities planning and strategic management strategy implementation. Decision making: tools and techniques – Organizational structure. Human resource management- motivation performance- leadership.

UNIT - II

Classification of Construction projects, Construction stages, Resources- Functions of Construction Management and its Applications .Preliminary Planning- Collection of Data- Contract Planning – Scientific Methods of Management: Network Techniques in construction management - Bar chart, Gant chart, CPM, PERT- Cost & Time optimization.

UNIT - III

Resource planning - planning for manpower, materials, costs, equipment. Labour, - Scheduling .Forms of scheduling - Resource allocation . budget and budgetary control methods

UNIT - IV

Contract - types of contract, contract document, specification, important conditions of contract – tender and tender document - Deposits by the contractor - Arbitration . negotiation - M. Book - Muster roll -stores.

UNIT - V

Management Information System - Labour Regulations: Social Security - welfare Legislation - Laws relating to Wages, Bonus and Industrial disputes, Labour Administration - Insurance

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and Safety Regulations - Workmen's Compensation Act -other labour Laws - Safety in construction: legal and financial aspects of accidents in construction. Occupational and safety hazard assessment. Human factors in safety. Legal and financial aspects of accidents in construction. Occupational and safety hazard assessment

TEXT BOOKS:

• 1. Ghalot, P.S., Dhir,D.M., Construction Planning and Management, Wiley Eastern Limited,1992.
• 2. Chitkara,K.K., Construction Project Management¸ Tata McGraw Hill Publishing Co, Ltd., New Delhi,998.
• 3. Punmia,B,C., Project Planning and Control with PERT and CPM, Laxmi Publications, New Delhi,1987.

REFERENCE:

• 1. Construction Management and Planning by: sengupta, b. guha, Tata McGraw-hill publications R16 B.TECH CIVIL & ENV. ENGG.