M.Tech.

CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT

LIST OF ELECTIVES

COMMON FOR BOTH FT & PT
MCEE50 Shoring, Scaffolding and Formwork 3 1 0 4
MCEE51 System Integration in Constrction 3 1 0 4
MCEE54 Management !rinci"les and #isk $nalysis 3 1 0 4
MCEE55 Constrction !ersonnel Management 3 1 0 4
MCEE5% &siness Economics and Finance Management ' 3 1 0 4
MCEE5( #esorce Management and Control in Constrction 3 1 0 4
MCEE5) !ro*ect Safety Management 3 1 0 4
MCEE%0 Management Information Systems 3 1 0 4
MCEE%+ Constrction of &itminos !a,ements 3 1 0 4

MCEE50 SHORING, SCAFFOLDING AND FORMWORK 3 0 !

. PLANNING, SITE E"UIPMENT AND PLANT FOR FORM WORK #
-,erall !lanning . /etailed !lanning . Standard nits . Corner nits . Schedle for
colmn formwork . Formwork elements . !lanning at 0ender stage . /e,elo"ment of
1asic system . !lanning for ma2imm rese . Economical form constrction . !lanning
e2am"les . Crane si3e, effecti,e schedling estimate . #echeck "lan details . /etailing
the forms4
Crane arrangement . Site layot "lan . 0rans"orting "lant . Formwork 1eams .
Formwork ties . 5ales . Scaffold frames ' Form accessories . 6ertical trans"ort ta1le
form work4
$. FORM MATERIALS AND PRESSURES ON FORMWORK #
7m1er . 0y"es . Finish . Sheathing 1oards ' 5orking stresses . #e"etiti,e mem1er
stress . !lywood . 0y"es and grades . 0e2tred srfaces and strength . #econstitted
wood . Steel . $lminm Form lining materials . 8ardware and fasteners . 9ails in
!lywood . &olts lag screw and connectors . &olt loads4
!ressres on Formwork ' Concrete density . 8eight of discharge . 0em"eratre . #ates
of !lacing . Consistency of concrete . 7i,e loads and wind "ressre . 6i1ration
8ydrostatic $d*stment for non standard condition4
3. SHORES AND FORM DESIGN #
Sim"le wood stresses . Slenderness ratio . $llowa1le loads . 01lar steel shores '
!atented shores . Site !re"aration ' Si3e and s"acing . Steel 0ower Frames . Safety
"ractices . 8ori3ontal shores shoring for mltistories . More concentrated shore loads '
0'heads . 0wo tier wood shores . Ellis shores . /ayton sre gri" and &aker #oos shores
. Safway Symons shores . &ea,er $d,ance shores ' /ead shores . #aking and Flying
shores
&asic sim"lification . &eam formlas . $llowa1le stresses . /eflection 1ending lateral
sta1ility . Shear, &earing . E2am"les in wall forms . Sla1 forms . &eam form . 0ies,
$nchors and 8angers . Colmn forms . /-:$ forms ' E2am"les in each4
!. FORMWORK FOR BUILDINGS AND FAILURES #
7ocation of *o1 mill . Storage . E;i"ment . Footings . 5all footing . Colmn footings
Slo"ed footings . Sla1 on grade and "a,ing work . 8ighway and air"ort "a,ing . Cr1
and <tter forms . 5all forms . E2ternal ,i1ration . !refa1ricated "anel systems . <iant
forms cr,ed wall forms . wall o"enings *oints . 0olerance for walls . Erection "ractices
. Colmn heads . &eam or girder forms . &eam "ockets . Ss"ended forms . Sggested
0olerances . Flying system forms . CEC- Meyer flange and long forms4
Cases of failres . Inade;ate shoring ' Inade;ate 1racing of mem1ers . Im"ro"er
,i1ration . !rematre stri""ing . Errors in design . Failre to follow codes . 8ow
formwork affects concretes ;ality . $CI . Case stdies . !lanning for safety '
$chie,ing economy . Finish of e2"osed concrete srface ' /esign deficiencies ' Safety
factors . #eshore installation . !re,ention of rotation . Stri""ing se;ence . $d,antage
of reshoring4
5. DOME FORMS, TUNNEL FORMS, SLIPFORMS AND SAFET%
PRACTICES FOR SCAFFOLDS #
Shells of translation and re,oltion ' 8emis"herical . !ara1olic ' &arrel ,alts '
8y"er1olic !ara1oloid Shells . Conoidal Shells ' Folded "lates . Shell form design .
&ilding the form . !lacing concrete . Strength re;irements . 0nnel forming
com"onents . Cr1 and In,ert forms . $rch and 5all forms ' 0elesco"ic forms .
Concrete "lacement methods . Ct and Co,er constrction . Continos $d,ancing
slo"e method ' &lk head method . <eneral design considerations inflence of "lacing
e;i"ment . 0olerances . Form constrction for Shafts4
Sli"forms . !rinci"les . 0y"es . $d,antage . Fnctions of ,arios com"onents .
!lanning of Sli"form o"erations . /esira1le characteristics of concrete . Common
"ro1lems faced . Safety in sli" forms ' S"ecial strctres 1ilt with Sli"form 0echni;e
. Codal "ro,isions . 0y"es of scaffolds . !tlog and Inde"endent scaffold . Single "ole
scaffolds . Fi2ing ties . S"acing of ties ' !lan &racing . :nots . Safety nets . <eneral
safety re;irements . !recations against "articlar ha3ards . 0rss, Ss"ended . <antry
and system scaffolds4
TOTAL & '0
REFERENCES
14 #o1ert 74 !erifoy and <arold /4 -1erlender, =Formwork for Concrete
Strctres>, 0hird Edition Mc<raw'8ill, 1))%4
+4 8rd, M4:4, =Formwork for Concrete>, S"ecial !1lication 9o4 4 Si2th Edition,
$merican Concrete Institte, /etroit, 1))54
34 Michael !4 8rst, =Formwork>, Constrction !ress, 7ondon and 9ew ?ork, 1))@4
44 $stin, C4:4, =Formwork for Concrete>, Clea,er . 8me !ress 7td4, 7ondon
1))%4
54 0dor /inesc and Constantin #adlesc, =Sli"form 0echni;es>, $1acs !ress,
0rn &ridge 5ells, :ent, 1))+4
%4 =<ide for Concrete Formwork>, $merican Concrete Institte /etroit, Michigan,
1))%4
@4 =Safety #e;irements for Scaffolding>, $merican 9ational Standards Institte,
9ew ?ork, 1))44
MCEE5 S%STEM INTEGRATION IN CONSTRUCTION 3 0 !
. STRUCTURAL #
Strctral System, Systems for enclosing &ildings, Fnctional aesthetic system,
Materials Selection and S"ecification4
$. ENVIRONMENTAL #
Aalities of enclosre necessary to maintain a s"ecified le,el of interior en,ironmental
;ality . weather resistance . 0hermal infiltration . $costic Control . 0ransmission
redction . $ir ;ality . Illmination . #ele,ant systems integration with strctral
systems4
3. SERVICES #
!lm1ing . Electricity . 6ertical circlation and their interaction4
!. MAINTENANCE #
Com"onent longe,ity in terms of o"eration "erformance and resistance to deleterios
forces ' !lanning systems for least maintenance materials and constrction . access for
maintenance . Feasi1ility for re"lacement of damaged com"onents . e;al life elemental
design . maintenance free e2"osed and finished srfaces4
5. SAFET% #
$1ility of systems to "rotect fire . "re,enti,e systems . fire esca"e system design .
"lanning for "olltion free constrction en,ironmental . 8a3ard free Constrction
e2ection4

TOTAL & '0
REFERENCES
14 E4C4 &tcher and $4C4 !arnell, /esigning for Fire Safety, Bohn 5iley and
Sons, 1))34
+4 5illiam 04 Mayer, Energy Economics and &ild /esign, Mc<raw'8ill &ook
Com"any, 1)(34
34 !eter #4 Smith and 5arren <4 Blian, &ilding Ser,ices, $""lied Science
!1lishers 7td4, 7ondon4
44 $4B4Elder and Marti3 6inden &arg, 8and1ook of &ilding Enclosre,
Mc<raw'8ill &ook Com"any, 1)(34
54 Bane 0aylor and <ordin Cooke, 0he Fire !recations $ct in !ractices, 1)(@4
MCEE5! MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES AND RISK ANAL%SIS 3 0 !
. OPERATIONS RESEARCH #
Introdction to -"erations #esearch ' 7inear !rogramming . <ra"hical and Sim"le2
Methods, /ality and !ost . -"timality $nalysis . 0rans"ortation and $ssignment
!ro1lems
$. PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT #
In,entory Control ' E-A ' Aantity /isconts ' Safety Stock . #e"lacement 0heory .
!E#0 and C!M . Simlation Models . Aality Control
3. FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT #
5orking Ca"ital Management . Com"ond Interest and !resent 6ale methods .
/isconted Cash Flow 0echni;es . Ca"ital &dgeting
!. DECISION THEOR% #
/ecision 0heory . /ecision #les . /ecision making nder conditions of certainty, risk
and ncertainty . /ecision trees . Ctility 0heory
5. MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS #
Cost Conce"ts . &reak'e,en analysis . !ricing 0echni;es . <ame theory $""lications
TOTAL & '0
REFERENCES
14 6ohra, 94/4 Aantitati,e 0echni;es in Management, 0ata Mc<raw'8ill
Com"any 7td, 9ew /elhi, 1))04
+4 Sehroeder, #4<, -"erations Management, Mc<raw'8ill, CS$, 1)(+4
34 7e,in, #4I, #1in, /4S4, and Stinson B4, Aantitati,e $""roaches to Management,
Mc<raw'8ill &ook Co4, 1)((4
44 Frank 8arrison, E4, 0he Managerial /ecision Making !rocess, 8oghton Mifflin
Co4, &oston, 1)@54
54 6arshney, #474 and Maheswari, :474, Managerial Economics, Sltan Chand,
1)@54
MCEE55 CONSTRUCTION PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT 3 0 !
. MANPOWER PLANNING 0
Man"ower !lanning, -rganising, Staffing, directing, and controlling . !ersonnel
!rinci"les
$. ORGANISATION 0
-rganisation . S"an of Control . -rganisation Charts . Staffing !lan ' /e,elo"ment and
-"eration of hman resorces ' Managerial Staffing . #ecritment . Selection '
!lacement, 0raining and /e,elo"ment4
3. HUMAN BEHAVIOUR 0
Introdction to the field of "eo"le management ' 1asic indi,idal "sychologyD moti,ation
' Bo1 design and "erformance management ' Managing gro"s at work ' self'managing
work teams ' intergro" 1eha,ior and conflict in organisations . 7eadershi" '
&eha,ioral as"ects of decision'makingD and commnication for "eo"le management
!. WELFARE MEASURES 5
Com"ensation . Safety and health . <!F . E!F . <ro" Insrance . 8osing ' !ension
. 7aws related to welfare measres4
5. MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT METHODS 0
Com"ensation ' 5ages and Salary, Em"loyee &enefits, em"loyee a""raisal and
assessment ' Em"loyee ser,ices ' Safety and 8ealth . /isci"line and discharge ' S"ecial
8man resorce "ro1lems, !erformance a""raisal4 ' Em"loyee hand 1ook and "ersonnel
manal ' Bo1 descri"tions and organi3ation strctre and hman relations . !rodcti,ity
of 8man resorces4
TOTAL & '0
REFERENCES
14 Carleton Conter II and Bill Bstice Cotler, 0he Com"lete
Standard 8and1ook of Constrction !ersonnel Management, !rentice'8all, Inc4,
9ew Bersey, 1)()4
+4 Memoria,C4&4, !ersonnel Management, 8imalaya !1lishing Co4, 1))+4
34 Bosy4 B4 Familaro, 8and1ook of 8man #esorces $dministration, Mc<raw'8ill
International Edition, 1)(@4
44 !ringle Charles, Management 7ongenecker Emerricle !1lishing Com"any, 1)(14
54 #4S4 /wi,edi, 8man #elations and -rganisational &eha,ior, &8 . 1)(@4


MCEE5' BUSINESS ECONOMICS AND FINANCE MANAGEMENT 3 0 !

. ECONOMICS 0
#ole of Ci,il Engineering in Indstrial /e,elo"ment . $d,ances in Ci,il Engineering '
Engineering Economics . S""ort Matters of Economy as related to Engineering .
Market demand and s""ly . Choice of 0echnology . Aality control and Aality
!rodction . $dit in economic law of retrns go,erning "rodction4
$. CONSTRCUTION ECONOMICS 0
Constrction de,elo"ment in 8osing, trans"ort and other infrastrctres . Economics of
ecology, en,ironment, energy resorces . 7ocal material selection . Form and fnctional
designs . Constrction workers . Cr1an !ro1lems . !o,erty . Migration .
Cnem"loyment . !olltion4
3. FINANCING (
0he need for financial management ' 0y"es of financing . short term 1orrowing . 7ong
term 1orrowing . 7easing . E;ity financing . Internal generation of fnds . E2ternal
commercial 1orrowings . $ssistance from go,ernment 1dgeting s""ort and
international finance cor"orations . $nalysis of financial statements . &alance Sheet '
!rofit and 7oss accont . Cash flow and Fnd flow analysis . #atio analysis .
In,estment and financing decision . Financial Control . Bo1 Control and centrali3ed
management4
!. ACCOUNTING METHOD 5
<eneral -,er,iew . Cash 1asis of a acconting . $ccral 1asis of acconting .
!ercentage com"letion method . Com"leted contract method . $cconting for ta2
re"orting "r"oses and financial re"orting "r"oses4
5. LENDING TO CONTRACTORS $
7oans to Contractors . Interim constrction financing . Secrity and risk as"ects4
TOTAL & '0
REFERENCES
14 5arneer E 8irsch, Cr1an Economics, Macmillan, 9ew ?ork, 1))34
+4 !rasanna Chandra, !ro*ect Selection, !lanning, $nalysis, Im"lementation and
#e,iew, 0ata Mc<raw'8ill !1lishing Com"any, 1))54
34 :wak $, 0enah and Bose M4<e,ara, Fndamental of Constrction Management
and -rganisation, !rentice . 8all of India, 1))54
44 8al"in, /454, Financial and Cost Conce"ts for Constrction Management, Bohn
5iley F Sons, 9ew ?ork, 1)(54
54 Madra, B and 6eit, E404, Introdction to Financial Management, 5est !1lishing
Co4, St4 !al, 1)((4
MCEE5( RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL IN CONSTRUCTION
3 0 !
. RESOURCE PLANNING 0
#esorce !lanning, !rocrement, Identification, !ersonnel, !lanning for material,
7a1or, time schedle and cost control, 0y"es of resorces, man"ower, E;i"ment,
Material, Money, 0ime4
$. LABOUR 5
Systems a""roach in resorce management, Characteristics of resorces, #esorces,
Ctili3ation, measrement of actal resorces re;ired, 0ools for measrement of
resorces, 7a1or, Classes of 7a1or, Cost of 7a1or, 7a1or schedle, o"timm se
7a1or4
3. MATERIALS AND E"UIPMENT 0
Material G 0ime of "rchase, ;antity of material, sorces, 0rans"ortation, /eli,ery and
/istri1tion4
E;i"mentG !lanning and selecting 1y o"timistic choice with res"ect to cost, 0ime,
Sorce and handling4

!. TIME 0
!ersonnel time, Management and "lanning, Managing time on the "ro*ect, forecasting the
ftre, Critical "ath measring the changes and their effects4 Cost controlG Cash flow and
cost control, o1*ecti,es of cost, 0ime and ;ality4
5. RESOURCE ALLOCATION AND LEVELLING 0
0ime'cost trade of, Com"ter a""lication in resorce le,eling e2am"les, resorce list,
resorce allocation gra"h, #esorce loading, Cmlati,e cost E0C ' 6ale Management4
TOTAL & '0

REFERENCE
14 $ndrew,/4, S3ilagg, 8and &ook of Engineering Management, 1)(+4
+4 <lenn, $4, SeaHs and #eichard48 Clogh, Constrction !ro*ect Management, Bohn
5iley and Sons, Inc4 1)@)4
34 8ar,ey, $4, 7e,ine, !ro*ect Management sing Micro Com"ters, -1sorne'
Mc<raw'8ill C4$4 !1lishing Co4, Inc4 1)((4
44 Bames4$4, $drain ,Aantitati,e Methods in Constrction Management, $merican
Else,ier !1lishing Co4, Inc4, 1)@34
54 -2ley #and !oslcit, Management 0echni;es a""lied to the Constrction
Indstry, <randa !1lishing 7td4, 1)(04
MCEE5# PRO)ECT SAFET% MANAGEMENT 3 0 !
. CONSTRUCTION ACCIDENTS 0
$ccidents and their Cases . 8man Factors in Constrction Safety ' Costs of
Constrction In*ries . -cc"ational and Safety 8a3ard $ssessment . 7egal Im"lications

$. SAFET% PROGRAMMES 0
!ro1lem $reas in Constrction Safety . Elements of an Effecti,e Safety !rogramme .
Bo1'Site Safety $ssessment . Safety Meetings . Safety Incenti,es
3. CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS 5
Safety In Constrction Contracts . S1stance $1se . Safety #ecord :ee"ing
!. DESIGNING FOR SAFET% 5
Safety Cltre . Safe 5orkers . Safety and First 7ine S"er,isors . Safety and Middle
Managers . 0o" Management !ractices, Com"any $cti,ities and Safety . Safety
!ersonnel . S1contractal -1ligation . !ro*ect Coordination and Safety !rocedres .
5orkers Com"ensation
5. OWNERS* AND DESIGNERS* OUTLOOK 5
TOTAL & '0
REFERENCES
14 Bimmy 54 8in3e, Constrction Safety, !rentice 8all Inc4, 1))@
+4 #ichard B4 Co1le, Bimmie 8in3e and 0heo C4 8a"t, Constrction Safety and
8ealth Management, !rentice 8all Inc4, +001
34 0amilnad Factory $ct
MCEE'0 MANAGEMENT INFORMATION S%STEM 3 0 !
. INTRODUCTION +
Information Systems ' Esta1lishing the Framework ' &siness Models ' Information
System $rchitectre ' E,oltion of Information Systems4
$. S%STEM DEVELOPMENT (
Modern Information System ' System /e,elo"ment 7ife Cycle ' Strctred
Methodologies ' /esigning Com"ter &ased Methods, !rocedres, Control ' /esigning
Strctred !rograms4
3. INFORMATION S%STEMS 0
Integrated Constrction Management Information System ' !ro*ect Management
Information System ' Fnctional $reas, Finance, Marketing, !rodction, !ersonnel '
7e,els, /SS, EIS, ES ' Com"arison, Conce"ts and :nowledge #e"resentation '
Managing International Information System4
!. IMPLEMENTATION AND CONTROL 0
Control ' 0esting Secrity ' Coding 0echni;es ' /efection of Error ' 6alidating ' Cost
&enefit $nalysis ' $ssessing the ,ale and risk of Information System4
5. S%STEM AUDIT 0
Software Engineering ;alities ' /esign, !rodction, Ser,ice, Software s"ecification,
Software Metrics, Software ;ality assrance ' Systems Methodology ' -1*ecti,es ' 0ime
and 7ogic, :nowledge and 8man /imension ' Software life cycle models ' 6erification
and 6alidation4
TOTAL & '0
REFERENCES
14 :enneth C 7adon and Bane !rice 7adon, Management Information Systems '
-rganisation and 0echnology, !rentice 8all, 1))%4
+4 <ordon &4 /a,is, Management Information SystemG Conce"tal Fondations,
Strctre and /e,elo"ment, Mc<raw'8ill, 1)@44
34 Boyce B Elam, Case series for Management Information Systems, Simon and
Schster, Cstom !1lishing, 1))%4
44 #al"h 8 S"rage and 8ge B 5atson, /ecision S""ort for Managers, !rentice
8all, 1))%4
54 Michael 54 E,ans and Bohn B Marciniah, Software Aality assrance and
Management, Bohn 5iley and Sons, 1)(@4
%4 Card and <lass, Measring Software /esign ;ality, !rentice 8all, 1))04

MCEE'$ CONSTRUCTION OF BITUMINOUS PAVEMENT 3 0 !
. ROAD MAKING MATERIALS $
Classification, testing and a""lications of road making aggregates . #oad 1inders .
#heology of 1itminos 1inders . S"ecial 1inders . Emlsion, ct 1ack
$. PROPERTIES OF BITUMINOUS MI,TURES #
#esistance of 1itminos mi2tres to "ermanent deformation . Fle2i1ility and 1rittleness
. Common mechanical tests . !ermea1ility characteristics . 5eathering of 1itminos
road srfacing . $dhesion of 1itminos 1inders to road aggregates . Effect of aggregate
si3e in 1itminos corses . 0em"eratre ssce"ti1ility of 1itminos corses
3. CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE $
&ase corses . &itminos macadam . /ense 1itminos macadam . 1itminos
concrete . Semi /ense &itminos Concrete . Constrction methods . Marshall method
of mi2 design for dense 1itminos corses . Srface corses . Srface dressing, !remi2
car"et, Mi2 seal srfacing . Mastic as"halt ' Constrction methods . Aality Control
measres . Sam"ling and analysis of 1itminos 1inders and mi2tres4
!. MACHINERIES '
#oad making machineries . #oad formation, 1itminos constrctions, road srface
e,alation
5. LATEST ADVANCEMENTS '
Methods to im"ro,e 1itmen ;ality . #heological and chemical additi,es . !olymer
modified 1itmen . S"er "a,e conce"ts . #ecycling of 1itminos corses4
TOTAL & '0
REFERENCES
14 Mi2 /esign Methods for $s"halt Concrete and other 8ot mi2 ty"es MS +, Si2th
Edition, 0he $s"halt Institte, 1))@
+4 Edwin B4&arth, $s"halt Science and 0echnology, <ordon and &reach Science
!1lishers, 9ew ?ork, 1)(4
34 &itminos materials in road constrction, 0he English 7angage &ook Society
and 8er Ma*estyHs Stationery -ffice, 1)%%4