Project Management deals with: Project management- concept, project team organisation, key principles, in-house or external provision; Setting project objectives, Risk management and allocation; Contract strategy- work packages, payment systems, organisational systems, contractor selection.
Construction and Project Planning uses examples to distinguish between the art of planning and the application of scientific planning techniques. Planning techniques addressed include: Bar charts; Time location charts; Line of balance charts; Networks (Precedence and Arrows) and Resources; Crashing; Overlapping activities; Updating Networks; Monitoring and reporting progress; Advanced network planning; and an introduction to the principles of lean planning.
Contract Procedures provides an introduction to construction contract documentation and procedures with reference to the UK and UAE legal systems. It addresses how recent UK best practice (as encompassed, for example, in the New Engineering Contract 3rd ed) compares and contrasts with conventional contracts (as encompassed in the FIDIC and JCT Conditions of Contract) and UAE practice. Specific topics addressed in detail include Roles of the parties, contract preparation and administration, dealing with change, and resolution of disputes.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the module students should be able to:
Critically evaluate he strategic importance of human resources management in construction and its connection to the current thinking and good practice
Assess the use of techniques available to the construction planner and examine the principles and uses of lean planning techniques
Critique the need for contract procedures within a legal system
Critically evaluate the differences in contract documentation and procedures between modern and conventional contract practice in different contexts
Demonstrate competency in solving problems that can derive from different conditions of contract
