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Economy in construction processes

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Course Unit Code222-0404/01
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated2 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *First Cycle
Year of Study *Fourth Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredSummer Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
KUD25doc. Ing. et Ing. František Kuda, CSc.
FER031Ing. Martin Ferko, Ph.D.
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.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
A cross-curricular subject providing students with basic knowledge of building economics and management in construction, with special regard to the building component. It emphasizes the technical aspect of the economy of construction using economic and decision making theories and tools to solve decision-making problems. The importance of the construction and management economy in the construction sector is growing in the context of life-cycle costs of buildings, utilities and the maintenance of long-term, sustainable development in investment.
It includes a set of knowledge from building economy and management with regard to the building component. It deals with the construction work and the subjects involved in its creation, in particular by deciding on economic issues, budgeting, financing and economic evaluation of the construction. It analyzes in detail and specifies the activities of the main participants in the construction project.
Course Contents
1st Entrepreneurship and enterprise. Business activities related to implementation structures. 2nd Construction company, building the manufacturing process, business activity area. 3rd Management and Business Financing 4th The property company, warehouse management, material base 5th Staff, the staffing management 6th Organization and management of construction company, organization, organizational diagram 7th Construction enterprise management, security management, controlling 8th Methods of management from an economic perspective (cost management) 9th Quality assurance of construction work (production), quality management system, ISO, 10th Construction management, planning and management process 11th Implementation of the project, supervisors 12th Calculation of the construction work, types of calculations 13th Billing works and engineering activities 14th Documentation of the construction works. Transmission and receipt of the building. Commissioning
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
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.
KUDA, F., BERAN, V. DLASK, P., WERNEROVÁ, E.: Management ekonomiky správy majetku. Proffesional Publishing, Praha, 2017. ISBN 978-80- 88260-03- 5
JARSKÝ, Č. a kol.: Příprava a realizace staveb. CERM, s.r.o. Brno 2003
TOMÁNKOVÁ, J. a kol. Příprava a řízení staveb, ČVUT 2008
TOMÁNKOVÁ, J. a kol. Management staveb, FinEco ČVUT 2013
MĚŠŤANOVÁ, D. a kol: Příprava a provoz staveb. Informatorium, Praha 2012
Recommended Reading:
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)
HÁJEK, V. a kol.: Řízení stavební firmy. Technická knižnice AI, ČSSI, Praha 1999
MOKRÝ, J., SLADKOVSKÝ, J.: Zařízení staveniště. ČSSI Praha 1996
NOVÁK, J.: Certifikace systému jakosti ve stavebních firmách. ČKAIT Praha 2000
VOZÁB, J.: Bezpečnost práce při výstavbě. ČKAIT Praha 1999
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