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Project Management in Construction

Summary

Course provides students with basic knowledge of construction economics and management in the construction industry with special attention to the construction work. It emphasized the technical aspect of the economy with construction and use of economic decision theory and decision-making tools to solve problems. The importance of economic construction and construction management in the context of increasing life-cycle cost of buildings, utilities and maintenance of long-term sustainable development investments.

Literature

COTTS, D. G. – ROPER, K. O. – PAYANT, R. P.: 2008. Facility management. Handbook. Now Covers Sustainability and Emergency Management. Amacom book. 94 p. ISBN 978-0-8144-1380-7 .
HALLIDAY, S. P.: Sustainable Construction. 1sted. Oxford: Elsevier, 2008. 406 p. ISBN 978-0-7506-6394-6 .
POTT, K..: Major Construction Works. Contractual and Financial Management. Longman, 1995, ISBN 0-582-10298-7 
DEWBERRY, Sidney O. a Lisa N. RAUENZAHN, ed. Land development handbook: planning, engineering, and surveying. Third edition. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2008. ISBN 978-0-07-149437-3 .
MILES, Mike E., Laurence M. NETHERTON a Adrienne SCHMITZ. Real estate development: principles and process. Fifth edition. Washington, DC: Urban Land Institute, 2015. ISBN 978-0874203431 .
DION, Thomas R. Land development for civil engineers. 2nd ed. New York: Wiley, c2002. ISBN 978-0471435006 .

Advised literature

MOSKOW, K. G.: Sustainable Facilities: Green Design, Construction and Operations. 1sted. Mc Graw - Hill. 2008. 250 p. ISBN 0-07-164259-5 .
SYNEK, M. et al.: Managerial Economics. Prague: Grada 2003 (in czech)
SYNEK, M. et al.: Business Economics. London: C. H. Beck 1999 (in czech)
JARSKÝ, Č. et al. Preparation and construction. CERM, Ltd. Brno 2003 (in czech)
TOMÁNKOVÁ, J. et al. Preparation and construction management, CTU 2008 (in czech)


Language of instruction čeština, angličtina
Code 222-0605
Abbreviation PRM
Course title Project Management in Construction
Coordinating department Department of Urban Engineering
Course coordinator doc. Ing. et Ing. František Kuda, CSc.