By the end of the program, participants will be able to:

• To learn construction management concepts and techniques required for managing large and complex construction projects. 
• To appreciate the complex technical and managerial challenges in managing construction projects, and to learn effective methods for addressing these challenges. 
• To be acquainted with the role of project management methods in enhancing and optimizing construction projects. 

Module 1

• Overview of project management
• Project life cycle
• Characteristics of construction projects 

Module 2

• Project management processes 
• Project roles and organization structure
• Project stakeholders

Module 3

• Project management process and knowledge areas.
• Project procurement & Contracting
• Project procurement methods, bidding
• Construction changes
• Change management process

Module 4

• Standard-form contracts
• Contract terms
• Contract administration issues (change orders. change directives, etc.)

Module 5

• Planning & scheduling
• Work breakdown structure 
• Activity definition

Module 6

• Estimating activity duration
• Activity dependencies and precedence relationships
• Critical path method (CPM) computations
• Resource-constrained scheduling 
• Duration compression using crashing

Module 7

• Cost estimation
• Purpose & types of estimates
• Techniques for early estimates
• Preliminary and detailed cost estimating

Module 8

• Cost components
• Economic feasibility analysis
• Estimating total project cost 

Module 9

• Defining schedule and budget baseline progress curves
• Project monitoring & control: 
• Measuring
• Analyzing

Module 10

• Earned-value analysis
• Reporting project progress 
• Assessment of cost and schedule deviations/performance
• Forecast project progress/cost at completion

• Managers
• Project Administrators
• Engineers
• Superintendents 
• Cost Estimators
• Anyone interested in developing their performance in construction management