| Course Unit Title | Course Unit Code | Type of Course Unit | Level of Course Unit | Year of Study | Semester | ECTS Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Construction Management | INS435 | Compulsory | Bachelor's degree | 4 | Fall | 5 |
Name of Lecturer(s)
Assistant Prof. Dr. HILAL MEYDANLI ATALAY
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
1) The students will get familar with construction management.
2) The student will learn about the basic terms in civil engineering, such as tender, site, unit price and etc.
3) The students will learn about construction equipments, which purposes they are used and so on.
4) The students will learn about planing and organization and also methods for planning.
5) The students will learn some definitions in construction management such as quantity survey, progress payment and so on.
6) The students will learn about the inspection of construction works.
7) The students will learn about the occupational safety and health.
Program Competencies-Learning Outcomes Relation
| Program Competencies | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||
| Learning Outcomes | ||||||||||||
| 1 | High | No relation | Low | Low | No relation | High | Middle | Low | High | High | High | |
| 2 | High | No relation | Low | Low | No relation | High | Middle | Low | High | High | High | |
| 3 | High | No relation | Low | Low | Middle | High | Middle | Low | High | High | High | |
| 4 | High | No relation | Low | Low | High | High | Middle | Low | High | High | High | |
| 5 | High | No relation | Low | Low | High | High | Middle | Low | High | High | High | |
| 6 | High | No relation | Low | Low | No relation | High | Middle | Low | High | High | High | |
| 7 | High | No relation | Low | Low | No relation | High | Middle | Low | High | High | High | |
Mode of Delivery
Face to Face
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
Not exists
Course Contents
The Construction Industry. Construction Project Participants and their functions. Project delivery systems. Construction Project stages. Tasks in planning and design stages and participants of theese stages. Substages of design and Decisions in theese stages. Tasks in the bidding stage. Tasks and Participants in the construction stage. Tasks of owners and/or owner representatives in construction stage. Tasks of designers in construction stage. Public inspections in construction. Head Office functions in construction firms. Site Organizations of construction firms. Tasks of site managers. Project Administration. Tasks of the Construction Manager in Construction Management Project Delivery System. Ethics in engineering.
Weekly Schedule
1) Introduction to construction management2) Basic terms in construction, tender, the site, unit price and etc.
3) Tenders, types of tenders, laws about tenders
4) The construction sites, organization and planning of construction sites
5) Machinery in construction sites, on what purpose they are used
6) Work schedules, work programmes
7) Critical path method, CPM
8) Midterm examination/Assessment
9) Some terms in construction management, unit assessments, quantity survey, progress payment
10) Determination of excavation works and concrete amount
11) Determination of concrete works, stone walls, brick walls and mortars
12) Determination of paints and white wash, door and window amounts
13) Ethics in engineering
14) Ethics in civil engineering
15) Control of construction, occupational safety and health in construction works. Legal sanction.
16) Final examination
Recommended or Required Reading
1- Construction Management, D.W. Halpin, B.A. Senior, 4th Ed., Wiley, 2010.
2- Construction Management Fundamentals, K. Knutson, C.J. Schexnayder, C. Fiori, 2nd Ed., McGraw-Hill, 2008.
3- Construction Jobsite Management, W.R. Mincks, H. Johnston, 3rd Ed., Cengage Learning, 2010.
4- Yapı İşletmesi ve Şantiye Yönetimi, Mustafa Altın, Ali Açıkel, Hicran Açıkel, Eğitim Kitabevi, Konya, 2013.
5- Yapı İşletmesi ve Maloluş Hesapları, Emin Öcal, Ali Pancarcı, Birsen Yayıncılık, İstanbul, 2010
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1) Lecture
2) Question-Answer
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Contribution of Midterm Examination to Course Grade |
40% |
|---|---|
Contribution of Final Examination to Course Grade |
60% |
Total |
100% |
Language of Instruction
English
Work Placement(s)
Not Required