BMS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, BANGALORE-560 019

(Autonomous College under VTU)

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

Construction
project
Course management , Course SEE
16CV8HSCMF SEE+CIE
Name finance and Code Duration
professional
Ethics
Credits 03 L-T-P-S 2:0:0:1 3 Hours 50+50

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

To provide basic knowledge of project management and economics, concepts of contract

and ethics in Civil Engineering profession..

COURSE OUTCOMES: An ability to:

CO1: Demonstrate the knowledge of organization structure of a project and apply

scheduling techniques for managing construction projects.

CO2: Apply the concept of time value of money to different real time

situations.

CO3: Analyse different economic feasible alternatives using present

worth/rate of return methods of investment.

CO4: Examine the economics of a project and appraise financial

statements

CO5: Apply professional ethics in engineering practice through case studies.

Project Organization, Introduction, Bar Charts, Work Breakdown Structure, Time

estimates, Applications of CPM and PERT- Scheduling, Monitoring and Upating.
6Hrs

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 BMS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, BANGALORE-560 019
(Autonomous College under VTU)
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

Engineering economics, Time value of money, discounted cash flow, NPV, ROR, Bases of
comparison, Incremental analysis, and Benefit-Cost analysis – 6 Hrs

Finance-Capital budgeting, Working capital management, Construction accounting, Income

statement, Financial statements, Appraisal through financial statements-ratio’s analysis,
case studies– 6 Hrs

Contracts – General conditions of contract, types of contracts, breach of contract,

Arbitration 4Hrs

Professional ethics- Importance, motivation, impact of violation of professional ethics on

society, remedies case studies 4Hrs

References:

1. Chitkara K K, “Construction Project Management, Planning, Scheduling and

Controlling, McGraw Hill Education, 3rd Ed., 2014.
2. Srinath L.S, “PERT and CPM”, East West Press Pvt Ltd New Delhi.
3. Van Horne J.C, “Fundamentals of Financial Management” Prentice Hall, 2009
4. Blank L and Anthony T, “ Basics of Engineering Economy”, McGraw Hill Education,
Indian Edition, 2013.
5. K G Krishnamurthy, S V Ravindra, “Professional Practice”, PHI, 2014
6. Wueste, Daniel E, ‘Introduction, Professional Ethics and Social responsibility’,
Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Inc. London, 1994

E-Resources:

Mooc: https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc17_mg01/preview

http://nptel.ac.in/courses/109104068/30

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