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73719 - Construction Management and Building Site Organization

Academic Year 2017/2018

                
                        Docente:
                        Marco Alvise Bragadin
                    
                        Credits:
                        6
                    
                        SSD:
                        ICAR/11
                    
                        Language:
                        Italian
                    
                        Teaching Mode:
                        Traditional lectures
                        
                            Campus:
                            Bologna
                        
                            Corso:
                            Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in
                            Architecture and Building Engineering (cod. 0940)

                            Teaching resources on Virtuale

Learning outcomes

To learn basic methods and instruments of construction management: time and cost planning with quantitative models, project control, design of construction operations, site optimisation and health and safety related issues.

Course contents

1. Construction Project Management. Planning and scheduling of construction projects. Construction planning tools: barcharts, Location Based Planning Systems, Critical Path Method CPM, Precedence Diagramming Method PDM and Program Evaluation and Review Technique PERT. The Work Breakdown Structure WBS. Time / cost trade-off. Resource optimization: traditional method, minimum moment method. Project control. The Earned Value Method.

2. Building site health and safety. Health and safety laws and regulations for construction. Responsibility of professionals and of workers. Safety plans and safety technical codes. Building site layout, scaffoldings, site power plant, demolition, excavation. Noise, vibration and chemical related hazards.

3. Building process and professionals: owner, designer, general contractor, subcontractors, technical element suppliers, project supervisor, production manager, testing surveyor. Construction companies and construction industry: history, organization, legal assesment, work specialization, enterprising activity. Bidding analysis. Different bidding systems, different types of building design, working design documents; analysis of design for construction; analysis of laws and technical codes for construction concerning materials quality control, occupational health and safety and project supervision's codes of practice. Public works: construction phase. Public Works laws and regulations: general issues, bidding accounting, professionals' responsibility.

4. Cost engineering and economical assessment of construction projects. Budgeting: direct and indirect costs; site and company costs; fixed costs and variable costs; estimate costs and final statement costs. Accounting methods in bidding contracts. Economic parameters for equipment selection. Cost accounting. Construction project cost control.

5. Design of construction operations. Analysis of construction processes, work classification and WBS, time and resource assessment of construction activities; Construction cranes and electrical systems. Site layout design and safety; construction site logistics, components and phases.

Readings/Bibliography

Bragadin Marco A., La programmazione dei lavori con i metodi reticolari, Maggioli 2010
Bragadin Marco A. "La normativa per la gestione della sicurezza in cantiere" Maggioli, 2012
Bragadin Marco A. " Scelte progettuali e sicurezza nel cantiere edile" Maggioli, 2012
Moro A. "Il piano di sicurezza e coordinamento" Dario Flaccovio editore 2010
Moro A. "La sicurezza in cantiere" Dario Flaccovio editore 2012
Moro A. "Il Fascicolo dell'opera" Dario Flaccovio editore 2010
Semeraro G., Il cantiere sicuro, EPC
Rigamonti Giuseppe - La Gestione dei Processi di Intervento Edilizio. Utet 2001
Frein J. P. (Ed.) Handbook of Construction Management and Organization. Van Nostrand Reinhold
Gottfried A., Trani M.L.; Manuale di Sicurezza nei Cantieri Edili Hoepli 2002
Lacava M., Solustri C.; Progetto e Sicurezza del Cantiere Ed.Carocci 1997
Picone M. “Tecnologia della Produzione edilizia”, Utet, 1984.
Auteri A. Dibennardo U. Pasqua A. “Il cantiere edile” NIS Roma 1996.
Amato R. Chiappi R. “Tecniche di project management” FrancoAngeli, Milano.
Flores A., Conti M. “Manuale della sicurezza nel cantiere”, Il sole 24 ore Pirola, Milano, 1998.
Gottfried A., Trani M.L. (a cura di) “Il coordinatore per la sicurezza nelle costruzioni in fase di progettazione ed esecuzione” Maggioli, Rimini, 1997.
Zignoli V. “Costruzioni edili”, Utet, Torino.

Teaching methods

In - class lessons, mandatory homework assignments, project- work

Assessment methods

Final exam:

In - class quizzes or exercises.

Oral exam is mandatory.

Homework will be evaluated and discussed in final exam.

Teaching tools

Personal Computer, Projector, homework and building site visits.

Links to further information

http://www.unibo.it/docenti/marcoalvise.bragadin

Office hours

See the website of Marco Alvise Bragadin