Syllabus academic year 2009/2010
(Created 2009-08-11.)
CONSTRUCTION PROCESS AND PROJECT MANAGEMENTVBEF05

Higher education credits: 7,5. Grading scale: TH. Level: G2 (First level). Language of instruction: The course will be given in Swedish. Alternative for: L3. Course coordinator: Stefan Olander, stefan.olander@bekon.lth.se, Byggproduktion. The course might be cancelled if the numer of applicants is less than 15. Assessment: To achieve passing grade following are need: passed written exam and passed project management plan (50%/50%). Home page: http://www.bekon.lth.se/utbildning/grundutbildning/.

Aim
This course aims att giving the students knowledge and understanding concerning the actors, rules and legislation and processes that needs to be adressed in planning, production, running and maintenance of a building. Furthermore the coures aims at giving basic knowledge about project managament and project organisation.

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. Specific focus of will be on project planning techniques, scheduling, cost control, forms of contract, financing and quality management. The course will be based on a case fore analysis of processes, teory is given by lectures and literature. In the case assignment the student will apply project management principles for a property development project.

Literature
Uno Nordstrand, Byggprocessen, Liber, 2008, 978-91-470-1511-5
Tonnquist, B, Projektledning, Bonniers, 2006, 978-91-622-8046-8
AB04, Byggandets kontraktskommitté