Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering, Unit Catalogue 2008/09 |
AR50133 Project management techniques |
| Credits: 6 |
| Level: Masters |
| Modular: no specific semester |
| Assessment: CW 100% |
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This module has two main themes: it looks at the various aspects of project management, from the identification and planning of a project to the post-completion phase, and it also discusses the implications of health and safety legislation to a project. Overall, the aim is to help you identify the major stages of managing a project, to examine the roles of project personnel, to explain the rationale for managing health and safety and to understand the requirements - legal and moral - placed on employers and employed alike.
Aims & Learning Objectives: AIMS: * To identify the major stages of managing a project; * To examine the roles of project personnel; * To explain the rationale for managing health and safety. LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Refer to workbook 1 and 2 for detailed section learning objectives. Content: THE NATURE OF A PROJECT: What is a project?, types of projects, nature of work. DEMAND FOR A PROJECT: Various perspectives, project sponsors. INCEPTION: Parties to the inception phase, relationship between concept and cost. FEASIBILITY: The feasibility study, project sponsors. STRATEGY: Requirements of a strategy, procurement routes, project organisation and control. PRE-CONSTRUCTION: Design management, project co-ordination, quality management. START UP: The start up phase. OVERVIEW OF HEALTH AND SAFETY: Rationale, hazard and risk, the risk assessment process. CONSTRUCTION HEALTH AND SAFETY: Construction and manufacturing, reasons and cures. CONSTRUCTION HEALTH AND SAFETY LEGISLATION: History, Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, the 'six pack' regulations 1992. CONSTRUCTION (DEISGN AND MANAGEMENT) REGULATIONS 1994: THE COST OF ACCIDENTS: Economic costs, detailed breakdown of accidents. CONSTRUCTION HEALTH: Occupational health hazards. THE HUMAN FACTOR: Ergonomics, motivation, behavioural approach. |