Syllabus academic year 2008/2009
(Created 2008-07-17.)
THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS AND BUSINESS ECONOMICSVBEA01

Higher education credits: 11. Grading scale: TH. Level: G1 (First level). Language of instruction: The course will be given in Swedish. VBEA01 overlap following cours/es: VBE013. Compulsory for: V2. Course coordinator: Stefan Olander, stefan.olander@bekon.lth.se, Byggnadsekonomi. Assessment: Business economics: approved written exam. Construction process: approved case reports. To obtain a grade of 4 and 5 a additional written exam is required. The final grade of the course will be determined by weighing the grades of each part. Parts: 2. Further information: The part about health and safety will be held entirely in english. Home page: http://www.bekon.lth.se.

Aim
The subject aims at imparting the students with the knowledge and understanding of the players, regulations and processes that must be observe with planning and administration of a building or construction process. In addition the subject will also focus on the basic knowledge of business economy’s calculation method and analysis.

Knowledge and understanding
For a passing grade the student must

Skills and abilities
For a passing grade the student must

Judgement and approach
For a passing grade the student must

Contents
In general the subject focuses on the construction process as a whole. Specifically the construction process concentrates on the aspects of project management, production stage, administration and working environment. Meanwhile the business economy aspects handle on costing, income analysis, investment assessment and production estimation.

Literature
Litteratur: Hansson, Olander och Persson: Kalkyler vid fastighetsutveckling.
Hansson, Olander och Christiansson: Begrepp i bygg- och fastighetsutveckling.
Nordstrand: Byggprocessen.
AB04, Svenska Byggnandets Kontraktskommité
Strömquist: Skrivboken – Skrivprocess, skrivråd och skrivstrategier.
Svenska språknämnden: Svenska skrivregler.

Parts

Code: 0108. Name: Business Economics.
Higher education credits: 6. Grading scale: TH. Assessment: Approved written exam.

Code: 0208. Name: Construction Process.
Higher education credits: 5. Grading scale: TH. Assessment: Approved written exercises.