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Mar 14, 2026
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CON 3001 - Principles of Construction Project Management2 lecture hours 2 lab hours 3 credits
Course Description
This course emphasizes construction-phase activities and the practical responsibilities of a project manager operating within a CM-at-Risk delivery model. Students engage in a team-based, project-driven learning experience that synthesizes prior coursework in scheduling, estimating, safety, and sustainability. A major focus is placed on preparing and presenting a professional response to a Request for Proposal (RFP), with activities that mirror real-world construction management practices, including project risk analysis, subcontractor negotiations, safety planning, scheduling, value engineering, and cost tracking. Students integrate multiple domains of knowledge to develop value-driven project solutions that respond to complex owner needs, stakeholder expectations, and logistical constraints. Construction project management software is introduced and used to support workflows, such as electronic documentation, for meeting minutes, RFI’s, Submittals, and project documentation review.This course fulfills the Raider Core CLO requirement for Integrated Learning by challenging students to connect knowledge across disciplines, adapt methodologies to unfamiliar problems, and deliver strategic, stakeholder-centered outcomes. Through this work, students cultivate the ability to apply diverse technical and managerial skills in cohesive and context-specific ways.
Prereq: None
Coreq: CAE 1874 or (CAE 1871 and CAE 1872)
Note:
This course meets the following Raider Core CLO Requirement: Integrate Learning
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Implement electronic project administration, including project management software applications.
- Prepare documentation typically required to administer construction phase operations, to include preparation of clear, concise, and complete records, reports, correspondence, and submittals
- Synthesize the various aspects of construction management and sustainability for a project into a cohesive construction management plan
- Develop suitable scheduling, attendees, and content for meetings typically needed to properly administer construction phase operations
- Transfer and synthesize key concepts to develop a value-driven response and presentation to a construction project Request For Proposal (RFP) that addresses and fulfills the owner’s needs.
- Formulate a subcontractor scope of work and develop negotiating tactics for use with prospective clients and external companies.
- Determine the necessary safety measures required for a construction project and apply those to real-world project to ensure safety of employees and project stakeholders.
- Analyze potential value engineering opportunities to produce cost savings for a prospective client over the life cycle of a project.
- Compare and contrast different risk factors for a project and assess the potential loss or gain.
- As part of their development of an Entrepreneurial Mindset (EM), students will reflect on and connect course principles to prior learning and future design courses or professional applications.
Prerequisites by Topic
Course Topics
- Drawings and specifications
- Electronic project administration & workflows
- Meeting organization and execution
- Construction delivery methods
- Construction safety planning
- Value engineering process
- Sustainability in Construction Management
- Creation and use of CPM schedules
- Preconstruction operations and pricing
- Project risk Assessment
- Client marketing presentation techniques and relations
- Written response and presentation for a CM at-risk RFP
- Construction operations and leadership
- Subcontractor buyout and negotiations
- Construction project RFI and submittal review
- Schedule of values and pay request process
- Project closeout and commissioning
Coordinator
Gage Christianson
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