JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD

Course Objective

To impart knowledge on project planning and management, investment decisions,

risks involved and resource management.

Course Outcome

The learner will be able to plan, schedule and monitor the project effectively.

UNIT - I

Construction administration, control of quality in construction, organizational structure, responsibility for co-ordination of the trade-Introduction to Project planning and Scheduling-Processes of project planning- Project scheduling- Progress control.

UNIT - II

Project planning and scheduling techniques- Network scheduling techniques. Project planning using computer based models- Principles of project management.

UNIT - III

Certainty, risk and uncertainty, risk management, identification and nature of construction risks, contractual allocation of risk, types of risks, minimizing risks and mitigating losses, use of expected values, utility in investment decisions, decision trees, sensitivity analysis.

UNIT - IV

Resource management and inventory-Implementation of project planning management.

UNIT - V

Analysis and design of planning and control system- Disputes and claims management-Use of computer based project management tools.

TEXT BOOKS:

• 1. Callahan, M. T., Quackenbush, D.G., and rowing, J.E., Construction project scheduling, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1992. th
• 2. Cleland, D.I. and Ireland, L.R., project management: Strategic design and implementation, 4 Edition, McGraw-Hill, New York, 2002.
• 3. Fisk, D.R. 2000 Construction Project Administration, Prentice hall International, London.
• 4. K Wakye, A.A 1997, Construction Project Administration: Addison Wesley Longman, London.