Syllabus academic year 2010/2011
(Created 2010-07-25.)
PRODUCTION, STEERING AND PLANNING – PROJECT STUDYVBE690
Credits: 7,5. Grading scale: TH. Cycle: G2 (First Cycle). Main field: Technology. Language of instruction: The course will be given in Swedish. Compulsory for: IBYA3. Course coordinator: Lecturer Mats Persson, mats.persson@bekon.lth.se, Construction Management. Recommended prerequisits: VBE601 Construction economy and FMI645 Environmental science,. Assessment: Pass with submission of all assignments, grades for seminar and project work. Final grades will be acquired only when all assignments, seminars and project work meets the passing grades. Further information: Compulsory for: IBYA3. The course is conducted parallel with course that deal with project work and construction process, VBE675 Management – Project work in the construction process. Home page: http://www.bekon.lth.se/utbildning/grundutbildning/.

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
With the perspective of entrepreneur responsibility in view, the course deals with planning and control of resources that is demanded in a construction project. The course deepens the knowledge on documentation that forms the basis for contracting and purchasing. Estimation, time frame, planning of work area for machines and materials is performed in order to link it to the actual project work. Special consideration is focused on the following parts: Quantity estimation, price setting/estimation, time setting, quotation/tender, environmental management plan, site layout, work protection, quality plan, administrative regulations and documentation management systems.

The pedagogical idea and the overall goal for the course is to expose students on the insight and understanding of construction industry working conditions by working on project work that is linked to an actual live project in the region. Work is performed with the help of different type of authorities and industries contact. Students are guided through the whole construction process and work on their own with different working elements that occurs throughout the construction phase from inception till completion. This exposes the students on the actual working environment. Guest lectures and external cooperation is part of the project work.

Lectures, exercises and course material support the ongoing case work and relate to the detail parts in general. Great emphasis lies in the integration of education of an overall view of the detailed parts. The course deals with standard and determined associated to the detailed parts.

Literature
Persson, M : Planering av bygg- och anläggningsprojekt: Course Folder
AB04 Allmänna bestämmelser för byggnads-, anläggnings-, och installationsentreprenader. Svensk Byggtjänst 2004. ISBN: 9173330884
Nordstrand, U & Revai E: Byggstyrning. Liber AB 2002. ISBN: 9147050829
Distributed handouts and other study material and additional required literature depending on nature of selected case project.