Mar 29, 2024  
2015-2016 Undergraduate Academic Catalog 
    
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CM 3011 - Project Management for AE’s and CM’s

3 lecture hours 0 lab hours 3 credits
Course Description
Introduces architectural engineering and civil engineering students to the construction project cycle, emphasizing preconstruction activities: project planning, requests for proposals, value management, constructability, management information systems, scheduling of preconstruction tasks, and typical preconstruction conferences. Teaches typical roles and responsibilities of project team members to enable effective student interaction during senior project. Student writes and presents summary of a construction management topic from a recent peer-reviewed journal article. (prereq: AE 225 )
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  • Demonstrate working knowledge of the roles and responsibilities of typical members of the total construction project team
  • Describe job management concerns and techniques including administrative processes typically encountered in construction project management
  • Discuss typical terminology associated with construction project management and practices
  • Demonstrate working knowledge necessary to be effective with other members of the total construction project team
  • Describe the pre-construction process

Prerequisites by Topic
  • None 

Course Topics
  • Elements of the total construction project cycle and processes (1 Lecture)
  • Risk management, project delivery methods, and contracts (2 Lectures)
  • Roles and responsibilities of typical project team members (2 Lectures)
  • Value engineering and constructability in the design process (1 Lecture)
  • Project planning process, scheduling, and the role of estimating (3 Lectures)
  • Information management and documentation principles (1 Lecture)
  • Construction project record keeping and controls (2 Lectures)
  • Quality in the constructed project (1 Lecture)
  • Safety management (1 Lecture)
  • Partnering, contract enforcement and dispute resolution (1 Lecture)
  • Project closeout (1 Lecture)

Coordinator
Blake Wentz



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