Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
Objectives The student is expected to gain an understanding of management concepts pertaining to the human, plant and financial control of civil engineering projects.
Synopsis Project management body of knowledge: scope, quality, time, cost, risk, human resource, contract and communication management. Critical path: resources, crashing, PERT, line of balance. Critical path: resource smoothing, cost control. Cash flow, present worth, replacement age. Operations research, simulation, stock control. Construction management techniques. Computer applications in project management including critical path, linear programming, queuing theory, present worth and time value of money, internal rate of return, stock control.
Assessment Written (4000 words): 15% + Examination (3 hours): 80% + Practical work: 5%