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Basics of investment processes

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction English
Code 222-0357/02
Abbreviation ZIP
Course title Basics of investment processes
Credits 4
Coordinating department Department of Urban Engineering
Course coordinator Ing. Eva Wernerová, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Introductory aspects of basic investment processes in construction.
2. Terminology and terminology, legal norms related to investment construction and project management, classification of projects.
3. Investment cycle - individual phases, stages.
4. Project management standards, basic principles - Waterfall, Agil, hybrid.
5. Time and financial parameters of the investment cycle.
6. Participants of the investment process in construction, supervisors, state administration bodies.
7. Pre-investment phase - general characteristics, documents, studies, surveys.
8. Investment preparation - Project planning OKRs, Logical Framework, WBS, WP, Gantt chart.
9. Investment Plan, Feasibility Study.
10. Investment Phase - General Characteristics, Documentation.
11. Construction Phase Procedures and Management - Contractual Relationships, Change Management, Invoicing
12. Operation and Disposal Phase - Documentation, Maintenance, Asset Replacement.
13. Public Construction Investment in the Czech Republic - Rules, Procedures, Relationship with Non-Public Sector

E-learning

LMS materials and assignments in the course: 222-0357

Literature

OBERLENDER, G.; SPENCER, G. a LEWIS, R. Project management for engineering and construction: a life-cycle approach. Fourth edition. New York: McGraw Hill, [2022]. ISBN 978-1-264-26844-3 .
Twort, A., Rees, G., Civil Engineering Project Management, Fourth edition 2004, Oxford, Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann, ISBN 0 7506 5731 6 
MINCKS, W. a JOHNSTON, H. Construction Jobsite Management. USA, 2017. ISBN 978-1-305-08179-6 

Advised literature

Klee. L.: International Construction Contract Law, 2018, Wiley-Blackwell
HALPIN, D. W., SENIOR, B. A., LUCKO, G.: Construction management. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2017. 391 s. ISBN 978-1-119-25680-9