CEIE 370 Construction Management Systems Syllabus PDF

CEIE 370: Construction Management Systems Sam Salem, Ph.D., PE, CPC, LEED AP 1 Syllabus 2  Opportunities in Construction Management ❖ Construction Contractor: ❖ Government; a Public or Private ✓ Project...

CEIE 370: Construction Management Systems Sam Salem, Ph.D., PE, CPC, LEED AP 1 Syllabus 2  Opportunities in Construction Management ❖ Construction Contractor: ❖ Government; a Public or Private ✓ Project Engineers Utility: ✓ Estimators ✓ Project Administrators ✓ Schedulers ✓ Designers ✓ Project Managers ✓ Inspectors ❖ Consulting Engineers or Architects: ✓ Planners ✓ Project Designers ✓ Project Managers ✓ Project Engineers (Cost Control, Shop Drawings) ✓ Inspectors ✓ Project Managers 3  The Construction Industry ❖ Canals ❖ Rail roads ❖ Industrial buildings ❖ Highways ❖ Airports ❖ Skyscrapers ❖ …. 4  The Construction Industry – Canals ❖ Man-made canals were a major factor in the development of early civilization ❑ Barge Canals ✓ Chesapeake and Ohio (1828-1850) ❑ Ship Canals ✓ Suez (1869) ✓ Panama (1914) Modern Marvels: The Construction of the Panama Canal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LNuRW9t4JA 5  The Construction Industry – Rail Roads ❖ The railroads were the engine of growth & expansion to the West ❑ By 1840 there were nearly three thousand miles of track in the United States 6  The Construction Industry – Industrial Buildings ❖ Buildings of the mid-19th century tended to be narrow enclosures with load-bearing walls. ❖ Between 1874 and 1904 many advances made ✓ Construction methods and materials ✓ Fire protection ✓ Steel trusses framing ❖ 1920’s industrial buildings were being constructed with skeleton framing and curtain walls ❖ Concrete building systems have also been developed. ✓ Cast-in-place ✓ Tilt-up ✓ Precast 7 The Construction Industry – Industrial Buildings 8  The Construction Industry – Skyscrapers ❖ 1800’s few buildings were more than 100 ft high ✓ Walls were load bearing (up to 5 feet thick) ✓ Doors & window penetrations were kept to a minimum ❖ Four engineering innovations had to come together before the height of building would rise to a level where they would be called skyscrapers. ✓ Safe elevators ✓ Steel Framing ✓ Fireproofing ✓ Caisson method of foundation construction 9  The Construction Industry – Skyscrapers ❖ The Otis patented hoisting machine ❖ Welded steel connections ❖ Bolted Steel Connections ❖ Caisson method of foundation construction 10  The Nature of the Construction industry Differences between modern and ancient construction: – Mechanization – Management VS Master Builder – Construction Types: Steel & Concrete Frames VS Wood and Stone – Magnitude of large Projects – Improved and new building materials  The Nature of the Construction industry No clear definition – Service – Manufacturing Many stakeholders – Labor organization – Designers – Material and equipment suppliers – Government regulatory agencies (safety, health, employment practices and fair trade)  The Nature of the Construction Industry Custom tailored - Uniqueness The demand for the product – Is determined differently for different types of products – Is largely dependent on governmental policy Must suit broad needs (investment, social, commercial, production, infrastructure) Price determination is a discrete process for each project or piece of work contracted (i.e. bidding or negotiations) Breakdown of the Construction Industry  Construction Sectors ❖ The construction industry is the 2nd largest industry in the United States, behind health services, and the largest product producing industry: ✓ Residential ✓ Heavy/Civil Engineering ✓ Industrial ✓ Building (Institutional and Commercial) 15  Construction Sectors  Residential: Single-Family Home Condominium/ Co-op Townhouse Multi-Family Home 16  Construction Sectors  Heavy/Civil Engineering ❖ Includes construction of works of general interest for public or private use, including facilities, equipment, and buildings physically attached to these works or not, notably construction of roads, aqueducts, sewers, bridges, dams, power lines, and natural-gas pipelines. Telephony Electricity Gas Roads Wastewat Water er Storm Water 17  Construction Sectors  Industrial: ❖ Used mainly for an economic activity involving exploitation of mineral resources, transformation of raw materials, and production of goods. ✓ Manufacturing Facilities ✓ Warehouses ✓ Construction Equipment Storage ✓ Machinery Storage ✓ … 18  Construction Sectors  Institutional and commercial: ❖ Used mainly for institutional and commercial purposes, as well as all structures that cannot be included in the residential, industrial, and civil engineering and roads sectors. ✓ Automotive/Transportation ✓ Hotels ✓ Community Buildings ✓ Libraries ✓ Corporate Offices and ✓ Religious Centers Warehouses ✓ Restaurants/Food Service ✓ Educational Centers ✓ Tenant Improvement ✓ Entertainment ✓ Financial Institutions 19  Economy and the Construction Industry Over $1000 Billion in annual volume Top 40 companies perform between 25-35% of the work Between 8 -13% of the National GDP Over 10 million people involved Low (0.4% of sales) investment in R&D Construction is an Easy Entry Industry Approx.1 out of every 8 new business is in construction Average company size is < 10 employees 20% of construction businesses fail  CONSTRUCTION Technology Management  Construction Projects  Resource driven – the 4 M’s: – Manpower – Machines – Material – Money  Management Concerns -Time, cost, quality, safety…and environment Cost Quality Cheapest Best Economical Adequate Project Success Reasonable Satisfactory Fastest Safest Time Safety  Project Development Linear nature of the project life cycle – Owner’s need – Project feasibility – Preliminary engineering & design – Final engineering & design – Bidding and contract award – Construction activities and management – Facility use and management – Disposal process Good Relations for Win-Win Strategy Owner Engineer Contractor  Management Levels in Construction Organizational Project Operation (and Process) Task  Management Levels in Construction Focus on Project attributes and physical Organization component items Project Activity Operation Focus on field action and technological Process processes Work Task