Building Management

Course Description

This course focuses on the principles and fundamentals of project management for a building project. The first part will emphasize project planning, project scheduling and cost control techniques. Construction labor, materials management, equipment productivity and safety will also be presented.  A brief background on management will be given along with the basic concepts involved in successful management. The process of preparing project bid packages and types of construction contracts and legal issues will also be presented. In addition, students will be introduced to how to develop a work breakdown structure, determine the sequence of work packages, estimate development and cost control related to the WBS. As the course progresses, students will learn how to develop networks and using bar charts and CPM in logic scheduling and project control. Cost control and cost process will be covered so that the students will learn how to develop a schedule for a small building project, as well as cost estimates and be able to control costs by using earned value management to measure project performance and progress.

Course ID: BSTC -452