Course detail

Economy of Civil Engineering

FAST-NVA035Acad. year: 2020/2021

Introduction to problems of technical and economic disciplines (technical standardization, remuneration and costing), economic disciplines (prices, accounting, financing, taxation and investments), business and management disciplines (marketing, management and project management). Application of common knowledge in construction orders. Linkage to construction law and construction technical disciplines.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

3

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Ing. Radek Dohnal, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Structural Economics and Management (EKR)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Knowledge about technical-and-economic disciplines, economic disciplines and corresponding legal codes for using in construction practice and building orders realisations.

Prerequisites

Ability to orient in construction firm economy.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Not applicable.

Course curriculum

1. Construction company and production in the construction company
2. Normalization of work and performance; Normalization and remuneration in the construction industry
3. Managing Material and Supplies Costs.
4. Managing labor costs.
5. Cost control of machines and production equipment.
6. Valuation of production, prices in the construction industry.
7. Investments.
8. Corporate Finance.
9. Taxes, accounting and operational records.
10. Marketing.
11. Business organization systems, types of business association.
12. Benchmarking, management of production costs with respect to the competitiveness of the company.
13. Planning circuits and plan control systems, documentation of changes.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

To get knowledge about technical-and-economic disciplines, economic disciplines and corresponding legal codes for using in construction practice and building orders realisations.

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

Not applicable.

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme NPC-SIK Master's, 1. year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Radek Dohnal, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Construction company and production in the construction company 2. Normalization of work and performance; Normalization and remuneration in the construction industry 3. Managing Material and Supplies Costs. 4. Managing labor costs. 5. Cost control of machines and production equipment. 6. Valuation of production, prices in the construction industry. 7. Investments. 8. Corporate Finance. 9. Taxes, accounting and operational records. 10. Marketing. 11. Business organization systems, types of business association. 12. Benchmarking, management of production costs with respect to the competitiveness of the company. 13. Planning circuits and plan control systems, documentation of changes.

Exercise

13 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Radek Dohnal, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Assignment of semestral work. 2. Marketing Analysis. 3. Costs of materials. 4. Costs of wages. 5. Transport costs. 6. Calculation of the price of construction work. 7. Aggregate budget of buildings 8. Investment evaluation. 9. Price sensitivity analysis. 10. Calculation of break-even point. 11. The overall evaluation of the investment. 12. Presentation of work. 13. Handing in and final control.