THUYLOI UNIVERSITY

FACULTY OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

Division of Construction Technology and Management

Assoc. Prof. NGUYEN Trong Tu

Email: nguyentrongtu@tlu.edu.vn
Tel: 0945055455
SYLLABUS OF CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT
Code: CVE4159
 Number of credits: 3
 Class hours: 45; in which Theory: 35; Assignments: 10;
 Text books: Construction Management Fundamentals -
Second Edition; Kraig Knutson, Clifford J. Schexnayder, Christine M.
Fiori, and Richard E. Mayo; McGraw-Hill, 2009, ISBN 978-0-07-340104-1.
 Course Description: Introduction to methods and procedures for
management of civil engineering construction projects including
organization, plans and specs, cost estimating and bidding, project
planning and finance, quality control/ assurance, construction safety,
cost management, labor issues, change orders, and subcontractor issues.
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 Points Available
Form No. of times Description Time Rate
Quiz 5 - 1015 mins - Every 2 weeks 10%
- Multiple choice/
written
Assignment 4 Solving problems of a Chapter 4, 5, 6, 15%
construction 10

Participation All times - Present at class - All time 15%

Summation of progressive assessment 40%
Final 1 - 90 mins 1-2 weeks after 60%
Examination courses
finished
 Construction Management
Fundamentals
 Construction Management Fundamentals is intended as
an introduction to both technical and business sides of
construction, and is intended for use in an undergraduate
Civil Engineering curriculum or for graduate courses in
Construction Management.
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COURSE TOPICS
 INTRODUCTION
 OVERVIEW OF CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
 CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS
 CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULING
 CONSTRUCTION COST ESTIMATE
 ESTIMATING CONSTRUCITON
 CONSTRUCTION CONSTRACT ADMINISTRATION
 CONSTRUCTION ACCOUNTING
 CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT SELECTION
 CONSTRUCTION SITE PLANNING
 SAFETY IN CONSTRUCTION SITE
 CONSTRUCTION CONTROL
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FACULTY OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
Division of Construction Technology and Management

CHAPTER 1. HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE

Assoc. Prof. NGUYEN Trong Tu

Email: nguyentrongtu@tlu.edu.vn
Tel: 0945055455
General overview of construction management
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Pyramids, Egypt ~ 4000 years BC. Ancient City of Aleppo, Syria
~ 4000 years BC.

The Pont du
Gard, aqueduct
bridge. Southern
of France
1st century AD.

Ancient City of Luxor, Egypt (3200 BC)

Machu Picchu, a 15th-
century Inca citadel, located in Peru,
on a 2,430-meter mountain ridge.
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Horyuji Temple is the oldest
wooden building in the world
and one of the oldest temples
in Japan. built around the year
600AD, rebuilt around the year
700AD after a fire.

The oldest construction in Vietnam?

Construction of Qin Shi Huang’s Great

Wall began in 214 BC
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Today engineers marvel at the skill of the Roman and Inca
builders who constructed great aqueducts and roads across
mountains and barren deserts.

- Systems

- Structures,

- Big constructions were built in the past,

=> historical record of how engineering and construction have

developed.
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To understand the profession you are entering, it is

helpful to understand the history of construction.
It is useful to have an appreciation of how the
disciplines of:
- Architecture,
- Engineering design,
- And construction come together
=> to raise great works.
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The biggest construction

on the world?

At over 800m, more than

160 storeys the Burj
Khalifa building in
Dubai – 2010.
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The tallest dam in the world
is Nurek Dam on the Vakhsh
River in Tajikistan. It is 300
meters tall. An earth-fill
embankment dam.

Hoover Dam in The US

is 221.3 meters tall,
1931, top of 20 tallest
dams.
A concrete arch-gravity
dam
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FACULTY OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
Division of Construction Technology and Management

CHAPTER 2. OVERVIEW OF CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY

Assoc. Prof. NGUYEN Trong Tu

Email: nguyentrongtu@tlu.edu.vn
Tel: 0945055455
 C2. OVERVIEW OF CONSTRUCTION
INDUSTRY

Main issues to be concerned:

 What is construction?

 Who do this ?

 What are the materials?

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Construction is an important sector that contributes

greatly in the economic growth of a nation. The
Construction Industry is an investment-led sector
where government shows high interest.
Government contracts with Construction Industry to
develop infrastructure related to health, transport as
well as education sector.
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The Construction Industry is diversified.
It involves numerous clients like property builders, property
developers, material suppliers and contractors.
The Construction Industry brings cost-effective building
solutions where in all these clients play an active role to
make the contract a success.
Also, attractive construction of the infrastructure attracts
many inward investors for business deals.
Well constructed infrastructure creates a healthy
environment to work in, thereby increasing productivity
and flexibility of the labour force.
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DEVELOPMENT
- In 2019, the global buildings and construction market value annual rate
of change was estimated at around 2.6% per year in 2019, (GlobalData
2019).
- This overall change was notable by diverging trends across regions,
with Asian markets and in particular China, seeing construction
growth in the region at 4.4% per year (down from 5.1% per year from
2014-19), while the North American and European markets in 2019
maintained only a low rate of growth of 1.2% and 2.3% respectively.
- Despite the ongoing uncertainty over the Covid-19 pandemic, global
construction output will see growth of 5.7% in 2021, according to report
from GlobalData
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DEVELOPMENT
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DEVELOPMENT
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DEVELOPMENT
The Vietnam construction market was valued at USD
57.52 billion in 2020 and the market is projected to
reach USD 94.93 billion by 2026 registering a growth
rate of more than 8% during the forecast period (2021
-2026). The Vietnam construction industry is the best
performing one in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region.
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PROJECT PARTICIPANTS
 Owners
No construction would ever be accomplished without
owners who must make the decision to build the faciliity,
define the need, provide the finnancing, and manage the
construction process.

Owners are public or private.

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General Contractors
 The general contractor is to manage the job, keep it on
schedule, control costs, ensure the work is well
coordinated and performmed in a safe manner, and
coordinate with the owner on all matters since the GC is
the only one of the contractors holding a contract. with the
owner.
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Subcontractors or Specialty Contractors
Subcontractors or specialty contractors make up the largest
portion of the construction industry. They do the work. All
subcontractors have a specialty such as electrical or
mechanical, Steel erection, acoustical, drywall and painting,
and carpeting.

The subcontractors have a contract with the general

contractor, and have no contractual relationship with the
owner or each other.
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Designers, Architects, and Engineers
 Architect or engineer (A/E) to design their projects.
 The owner usually selects the A/E based on demonstrated
ability to design the project in the time frame available
and at a cost acceptable to the owner.
 The designer will prepare the construction documents
(blueprints, specifications, contracts) for the project.
 Architects are usually the lead designers for buildings—
vertical construction. They subcontract some of the work,
such as the structural frame and
mechanical/electrical/plumbing (MEP) systems,
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Construction Managers
 Design-bid-build:

Conventional procurement system in which

the owner contracts separately with a
designer and then the contractor.
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Contract and contractor
 Contractors

The term contractor comes from the legal agreement or

contract that is negotiated and executed between the
owner and the builder.
The term general contractor (GC), the individual or
company that has a legal duty to the owner for satisiactory
completion of the project.
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Contractors...
 Contractors assume the responsibility for assembling,
organizing, and managing the construction labor
force; for placing the equipment appropriate to the
work tasks on the project; and for procuring the
necessary construction materials.
 The contractor is a problem-solver who, through
interpretation of the designs produced by the
architect/engineer, creates a physical structure.
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 Construction Crafts : Craft training requires a great
deal of “hands on” work.
 Brickmasons, Blockmasons, and Stonemasons;
 Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers
 lronworkers
 Electricians .
 Painters Pipelayers, Plumbers , Pipefitters
 Sheet Metal Workers
 Structural and Reinforcing Iron- and MetaIworkers
 …..
Continuing
 In the past, most govemment agencies and other
organiztions used a competitive low-bid process.

 Today, owners are seeking and experimenting with

other contracting methods such as design-build and
best value.
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Kinds of construction
According to Construction Law No. 50/2014/QH13
Article 5. Classification and grading of construction works
Construction works are classified as follows:
 Building works;
 Industrial works;
 Transportation works;
 Works for agriculture and rural development;
 Technical infrastructure works.
 National security works
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Classification of works
According to Construction Law No. 50/2014/QH13
Article 5. Classification and grading of construction works
1. Supper Class
2. Class I
3. Class II
4. Class III
5. Class IV
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Required knowledge of learners
 Design

 Survey

 Construct

 Quality control