Learn · Principles of Construction Management
Lecture 5 of 40Week 1 - General overview and project organization
Lecture 5: Resource management in construction projects
Prof. Sudhir Misra · IIT Kanpur
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All the lectures
- Lecture 1: Introduction to the course
- Lecture 2: Interdisciplinary nature of modern construction projects
- Lecture 3: Overview of steps in execution of a project
- Lecture 4: Illustrative examples for evaluation of bids based on different schemes
- Lecture 5: Resource management in construction projects
- Lecture 6: Estimating quantities
- Lecture 7: Description of items
- Lecture 8: Estimation of project cost
- Lecture 9: Discussion on the case study of boundary wall
- Lecture 10: Running account bills
- Lecture 11: Economic decision making in construction projects
- Lecture 12: Depreciation of construction equipment
- Lecture 13: Repayment of a loan
- Lecture 14: Introduction to planning and scheduling
- Lecture 15: Introduction to planning and scheduling (continued)
- Lecture 16: Project scheduling
- Lecture 17: Uncertainties in duration of activities -Using PERT in scheduling-
- Lecture 18: Project monitoring and control systems
- Lecture 19: Resource leveling and allocation
- Lecture 20: Crashing of networks
- Lecture 21: Introduction to construction safety
- Lecture 22: Accidents in construction industry - I
- Lecture 23: Accidents in construction industry - II
- Lecture 24: Personal protective equipment
- Lecture 25: Implications of construction accidents
- Lecture 26: Safety organization and safety officer
- Lecture 27: Quality control in construction
- Lecture 28: Quality in construction – welding
- Lecture 29: Epoxy coated bars
- Lecture 30: Quality control of grouts in ducts of post-tensioned PC members
- Lecture 31: Quality control (QC) issues in concrete
- Lecture 32: Legal issues in construction management – An introduction
- Lecture 33: Essentials of a good contract
- Lecture 34: Basics of contracting
- Lecture 35: Dispute resolution in construction projects
- Lecture 36: Types of construction contracts - Definitions
- Lecture 37: Recent developments in contracting
- Lecture 38: Closing the discussion on legal aspects
- Lecture 39: Quality control – concrete sewer pipeline
- Lecture 40: Closing remarks