Outline for PGDM (IM) 2018-19

Adani Institute of Infrastructure Management (AIIM)

Programme: PGDM (IM) Trimester – IV

Course Title – Construction Management

Instructor: Mr. Nimitt Karia

MRICS, ICIOB, MCMI, MBA, MSc, DCT, PGDUDPL*, PhD*
Partner - development2020

E mail: nimitt@development2020.com
Phone: 079-4032112/3/4
Mobile: 9879799213

GOAL:
To equip students with the latest academic as well as practical industry thinking in
the field of Construction Management, in order for them to learn to manage
construction process from start to completion while maintaining control over the
budget, schedule, quality for a sustainable project delivered with utmost safety.

OBJECTIVES:
• To introduce construction management as a stream of built environment
studies.
• To provide background of design management and give exposure to practical
cases and issues faced in the field of design management on built
environment projects.
• To understand the theory of procurement, tendering cycle, construction laws,
arbitration through the perspective of contracts administration through cases /
assignments.
• To understand the lean construction thinking and principles. Carry out
exercises on value stream mapping or similar lean methodologies in a
controlled classroom environment to give exposure to application of lean in
construction.
• To get abreast about construction management systems and procedures.
• To provide knowledge of construction planning, monitoring and control.
• To provide knowledge of cost planning and management.
• To provide knowledge of health and safety management, including
occupational health.
• To provide exposure of commissioning and handover management including
as-built information.

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TEXT:
It is imperative that students understand the importance of construction
management within the framework of project management in built environment,
including but not limited to its challenges and opportunities, in the context of
infrastructure Management. The course also endeavors to look at all the variables,
stakeholders and systems & procedures, and their effects in delivery of
construction project.

EVALUATION:

*Class Participation 10%

Quiz / Assignments/Project Work/ Case 35%
Reports/ Pre-Class Submissions
Presentations 10%
End term Examination 45%
*CP does not include attendance

PEDAGOGY:

With emphasis on individual and collaborative learning, the some part of the course
will be taught through the case method for certain relevant sub-topics. For every
topic, the background reading material will be provided and a case may be used for
class discussion.

SESSION-WISE SCHEDULE:

Session 1 Introduction

Reading / Case:
Project Management planning and control, 2014 – ALBERT LESTER, 6th Edi.
Project Management, A system approach to planning, scheduling and control, 2009
– HAROLD KERZNER
Project Management, A managerial approach, 2000 – MEREDITH AND MANTEL,
7th Edi.
Construction Project Management, 2nd Edition, KUMAR NEERAJ JHA

Assignment – What is uncertainty?

Session 2 Design Management

Reading / Case: Class Notes [Presentation – pdf by Nimitt Karia]

Assignment – what are advance technologies in design management in

construction? Please bring one article, information in form of video clip or case study
of an example of use of AI in design coordination.
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Session 3 Contracts Management in Construction (Part – 1)

Reading / Case: D2020 internal document on How to write NIT?

Assignment: Please find one NIT from newspaper for a construction project, and
write a comparative (in 2 A4 pages) with the D2020 guidance note for the NIT you
have found. OR

Find an RFP for construction service (Architecture/ PMC/ Structure/ etc) or a

construction contract and summarize for bidding strategy.

Session 4 Contracts Management in Construction (Part – 2)

Reading / Case: Class Notes [Presentation – pdf by Nimitt Karia]

Assignment: Find an arbitration case and explain & comment on the award granted.

Session 5 Building Services and Utilities

Reading / Case: Class Notes [Presentation – pdf by Nimitt Karia]

Assignment: What are the various building services? Elaborate on alternative of any
one building service or utility, as if it were not possible to provide that.

Session 6 Construction Planning, Monitoring and Control

Reading / Case: Class Notes [Presentation – pdf by Nimitt Karia]

Assignment: Take a live construction project, and prepare WBS, Precedence

diagram and monitoring strategy for 6 months.

Session 7 Cost Planning and Management

Reading / Case: Class Notes [Presentation – pdf by Nimitt Karia]

Assignment: Explain budget, estimate, and cost plan and cost report with an
example of a construction project of not less than INR 1Cr.

Session 8 Lean Construction

Reading / Case: Class Notes [Presentation – pdf by Nimitt Karia]

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Assignment: 1(A) Write a narrative on history of lean OR Difference between lean

principle & lean construction.
1(B) Your views on if lean is appropriate for construction.

Session 9 Construction Systems and Procedures

Reading / Case: Class Notes [Presentation – pdf by Nimitt Karia]

Assignment: Source construction systems & procedure formats for Quality/ Safety/
Design Management / Cost monitoring from any of the large construction contracting
firm.

Session 10 Quality Monitoring and control

Reading / Case: Class Notes [Presentation – pdf by Nimitt Karia]

Assignment: What is the difference between Quality assurance & Quality control and
whose responsibility is each of that in the construction contracts?

Session 11 Health and safety in construction

Reading / Case: Class Notes [Presentation – pdf by Nimitt Karia]

Assignment: What are the Indian laws for Health & Safety in construction? OR What
are the latest statistics of productivity loss due to unsafe working condition on Indian
construction projects? Write a narrative with reference.

Session 12 Impact of Change and Recap

Reading / Case: Class Notes [Presentation – pdf by Nimitt Karia]

Assignment: Explain any one new technological development and your assignment
is to analyse its impact socially, politically, personally to you and professionally in the
built environment sector.
End Term Examination

*All the presentations/pdfs and other relevant materials will be uploaded on Google
Drive and shared with students.

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