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CE-503 (B) · Construction Planning & Management/Official Syllabus

Construction Planning & Management (CE-503 (B)) - Official Syllabus

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Unit 1

Preliminary and detailed investigation methods

  • Methods of construction
  • form work and centering
  • Schedule of construction, job layout
  • principles of construction management
  • modern management techniques like CPM/PERT with network analysis
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Unit 2

Construction equipments

  • Factors affecting selection, investment and operating cost, output of various equipments
  • brief study of equipments required for various jobs such as earth work, dredging, conveyance, concreting, hoisting, pile driving, compaction and grouting
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Unit 3

Contracts

  • Different types of controls, notice inviting tenders, contract document
  • departmental method of construction, rate list
  • security deposit and earnest money
  • conditions of contract, arbitration
  • administrative approval, technical sanction
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Unit 4

Specifications & Public Works Accounts

  • Importance, types of specifications, specifications for various trades of engineering works
  • Various forms used in construction works, measurement book, cash book
  • materials at site account, imprest account, tools and plants
  • various types of running bills, secured advance, final bill
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Unit 5

Site Organization & Systems Approach to Planning

  • Accommodation of site staff, contractor’s staff, various organization charts and manuals
  • personnel in construction, welfare facilities, labour laws and human relations, safety engineering
  • Problem of equipment management, assignment model, transportation model and waiting line modals with their applications
  • shovel truck performance with waiting line method

Reference Books

  • Construction Equipment — Peurify
  • CPM — L.S. Srinath
  • Construction Management — S. Seetharaman
  • CPM & PERT — Weist, Levy
  • Construction, Management & Accounts — Harpal Singh
  • Tendering & Contracts — T.A. Talpasai
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