Course detail

Management of building production

FAST-7W9Acad. year: 2020/2021

Commercial code in relation to the origin of individual legal subjects – companies. Participants of construction work and their relations. Forms of control structures in companies. Supplier´s forms of construction, financing of buildings, contract for work. Problems of building manufacture, production plan, balance of sources. Building production management, tasks of managers. Control and operational elements of building production, delegation of powers and responsibilities. Preparation of employees, materials and machines. Final acceptance of site, written documents of site agent. Methods of work planning on site, management of employees and their motivation. Monitoring of labour safety, outputs and quality, acceptance proceedings in relation to sub-suppliers and to the client. Invoicing and final accounting of construction work.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

3

Department

Institute of Technology, Mechanisation and Construction Management (TST)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Not applicable.

Prerequisites

Knowledge of complete construction process and rights and obligations of individual subjects in construction incl. requirements of public hearing. Knowledge in the area of general construction preparation

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Not applicable.

Course curriculum

Basic terms of Commercial Code for establishment and operation of construction companies, alternatives of obligation relations, parties in the construction, their rights and obligations. Supplier systems of construction, contract for work (sub-contractor, ordering client), financing of constructions
Principles of successful management, inter-personal relations in the management process, transformation of a specialist in a manager, motivation of managers and subordinates, control and operation elements of general management principles, delegation of competences and responsibility
Specific features of building production, production plan, balance of sources
Organisation of construction companies with stress laid on production section and its link
Documents for construction management, realization documentation, production and operation preparation
Handing over and taking over of the site, obligations of individual entities
Planning as an integral part of management, operational plan and its link to production calculation and accounting files
Supporting teams of the construction management at the level of company, control system, specialized centres, mechanisation
Management and organisation of jobs on site, obligations of chief site engineers, site engineers and foremen
Agenda of the site engineer, basic documents on the course of works on site, keeping of builder´s log, care for building production quality, quality inspection
Care for occupational safety and industrial hygiene from the point of view of employer and employees
Acceptance procedure in relation to sub-contractors and to ordering client, invoicing and final accounting of construction

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

· Making the student acquainted with basic rules of construction company management and operation, its division, competences of individual departments. Daily routine, rights and obligations of the operational management of construction companies, documents important for their management activity, safety rules to be met. Pre-production, production and operation preparation of constructions. Bidding and tender proceeding in construction in the link to the activities of the contractor. Contacting of students with managers of particular construction companies with stress laid on their specific activities.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Hájek, V. a kol.: Řízení stavební firmy. ČKAIT 1999
Hájek, V., a kol.: Řízení stavební firmy. ČKAIT 1999
Hájek, V., Jelen, V.: Ekonomika a management 10, část 1., 2.. ČVUT Praha 1998
Hájek, V., Jelen, V.: Ekonomika a stavební management 10, část 1., 2.. ČVUT Praha 1998
Harris, F., McCaffer, R.: Modern construction management. Oxford, Blacwel 1993
Musil, F.: Řízení a organizace provozu staveb. VUT Brno 1989
Musil, F.: Řízení a organizace provozu staveb. VUT Brno 1989

Recommended reading

Harris, F., McCaffer, R.: Modern construction management. Oxford, Blackwell 1993

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Exercise

13 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer