CONST 260 - Project Management - Execution of Work

5 Credits
Students will apply construction schedules, work on quality assurance and control issues, and identify with safety and risk management situations. Students will use the cost estimate as basis for scope of work and project administration, and role-play how decisions are evaluated, made, and implemented during construction. Includes review of submittal/shop drawing and change order processing. Course identifies project stakeholders like owners, architects, general contractors, subcontractors, and suppliers and how they coordinate, negotiate, and resolve change disputes.

Prerequisite(s): Completion of CONST 101, CONST 140, CONST 160, CONST 183, CONST 202, CONST 230, CONST 270, CONST 280 with a 2.0 or higher.

Course Outcomes

Apply a construction schedule to the execution of project work in progress and appraise its value in meeting cost, schedule, and profitability performance.
Identify with and recognize quality performance issues in the process of executing construction work; arrange corrective actions.
Recognize and apply the concept of risk management in construction project management and the execution of work.
Use construction project schedules and construction budgets and apply management decision-making technique to construction case study scenarios in change and conflict.
Identify, relate to, and value the importance of recordkeeping and tracking construction documentation on a typical building construction project; to include managing important submittals like shop drawings, manufacturers’ data, and material samples.
Describe the importance of recognizing change in a construction project, and formulating a workflow plan/process justifying change in the course of construction project execution.
Plan, prepare, and generate change management procedure(s) and policy. Recognize the value of change and addressing the need to adapt to and synthesize change in a prompt and organized manner.
Identify with and explain the importance of establishing a Communications Plan; illustrate and highlight the importance of stakeholders in a construction management community, and realize the importance of all stakeholders in a project.
Name, select, understand, and apply generally-accepted construction project management principles, documents, tools, and techniques in executing work in a building construction project environment.in a construction environment.