CivE 303

Project Management


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Description

Planning and scheduling; theories and techniques of project management.

Learning Outcomes

Recognize the main characteristics of construction projects and project management, and identify challenges associated with real projects.
Identify and describe the various types of project cost estimates, appreciate the relationship between cost and time, and the steps involved in the bidding process.
Recall and explain the aspects of scope management and work break down structure.
Estimate basic cost and duration for simple construction activities.
Apply the critical path method and production planning methodologies to a construction project
Explain the challenges associated with managing resources and their effect on project performance. Manually perform resource allocation and leveling. Use scheduling software for resource loading and leveling.
Outline the control process used during project execution to manage time and cost.
Evaluate project performance using Earned Value Management.
Analyze project cash flow, and identify and use alternative ways to improve it.
Identify sources of uncertainty in construction projects and apply PERT.
Apply alternative scheduling techniques such as Linear Scheduling and the Last Planner System.
Recognize the basics principles for Building Information Modeling (BIM), Project safety, quality, risk, and change management.


Lecture Seminar Lab Credits Total AU
3 0/1 3/2 3.75 47.25
M % NS % CS % ES % ED %
0 0 70 30 0

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  • A knowledge base for engineering


Undergraduate Program(s)

2023/2024 - Winter - Civil-coop - Year 3
2023/2024 - Winter - Civil - Year 3
2022/2023 - Winter - Civil-coop - Year 3
2022/2023 - Winter - Civil - Year 3
2021/2022 - Winter - Civil-coop - Year 3
2021/2022 - Winter - Civil - Year 3
2020/2021 - Winter - Civil-coop - Year 3
2020/2021 - Winter - Civil - Year 3
2019/2020 - Winter - Civil-coop - Year 3
2019/2020 - Winter - Civil - Year 3

Sections & Respective Instructors

B1 - 2023/2024 - Winter - Farook Hamzeh & Salam Khalife
B1 - 2022/2023 - Winter - Farook Hamzeh & Vicente A. González
B1 - 2021/2022 - Winter - Ahmed Hammad & Farook Hamzeh
B1 - 2020/2021 - Winter - Ahmed Hammad & Farook Hamzeh
B1 - 2019/2020 - Winter - Ahmed Hammad & Farook Hamzeh