Course Information
Course Overview
The Most Essential Course for EVERY Construction Project!
This course comprehensively observes the complete cycle of construction projects from inception to handover. The content is multidisciplinary, observing aspects of engineering, building materials, finishing options, financial models, and legal terms. This course will form a necessary reference for you in every step you face in your construction project. The course starts by introducing the nature of construction projects, their worldwide significance, and why we need to study construction management. It then looks over the initial requirements of a project, the plot dedicated, the budget estimation, and other preliminary activities required by every project client prior to commencement. It then looks at the project design phase, along with details of appointing designers. Next is finalizing the design and preparing the tender for the main contractor, along with details of contractor evaluation and selection. The next step observed is the site activities, which are briefed in sequence. Finally, the course observes the management of the project with cases, scenarios, and potential challenges observing the Technical, financial, and contractual aspects of the project. In short, the course provides a complete look over the entire process of a construction project starting from scratch. The content of the course provides the fundamental and advanced knowledge all stakeholders of construction projects need to know.
Course Content
- 10 section(s)
- 157 lecture(s)
- Section 1 Introduction
- Section 2 The Decision to Build
- Section 3 Defining Project Objectives
- Section 4 Contractual Modules
- Section 5 Financial Modules
- Section 6 Client Brief
- Section 7 Consultant(s) Appointment
- Section 8 Project Plot
- Section 9 Architectural Design
- Section 10 Structural Design
What You’ll Learn
- This course is helping construction projects save over 5 digits by applying the content provided!
- Download a copy of the "Course Manual" to use as a reference for your construction projects. The manual includes all steps and processes involved in a project summarized for you in 50 pages
- Understand construction contractual and financial models including the international form of agreement FIDIC, as well as payment processing methods, BOQ types, lump sum and provisional items, and more!
- Learn tender process including preparation of tender documents, floating the tenders, reviewing and analyzing the offers, and finally evaluating and awarding the contract to the selected bidder
- Understand architectural, structural, and MEP design systems by identifying the technical basis of every system, the main components, the rationale behind it, all with real-life examples
- Observe common construction management challenges and scenarios you may face such as claims and variations, accidents and incidents, contract termination, and many more real-life problems
- Learn about building material selection and options such as floor finishes, wall finishes, ceiling finishes, wooden works, metal works, glazing works, kitchens, sanitary, and more!
- Learn about construction value engineering method with examples of how to achieve great savings to your project
- Understand the parties involved in a project and their respective roles according to the procurement route (traditional, design and build, etc.)
Skills covered in this course
Reviews
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RRahul Sinha
I currently feel I am not getting much information from it right now, let's see how it goes
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EEsther Aboagye
I am enjoying this. The explanation and examples are easy to grasp.
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JJunaid Rahim
Great understanding on how to highlight the differences among decisions.
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SShelender Kumar
Impressive/knowledgeful