Project Management in Building Construction

SITE ORGANISATION AND SAFETYThis course aims at training Site Supervisors, Clerks of Works and Construction Safety Coordinators, with a social focus on site works. Therefore, it covers the following topics, in both theory and practice:- Roles and procedures in the construction process. Involving the identification of a representation of building process sets, describing the various roles involved (client, design team, contractor, etc.) and their nature, the skills each role must possess, the relations and procedures, regulatory, technical and customary. Lastly, the various phases for a public work are presented.- Site set-up, use of machines and personal protective equipment. With a special focus on health and safety at work, the problems related to the site layout and logistics are presented and examined, how to operate the machines and construction equipment, the scaffolding and temporary works, site plant, site WCs and facilities for the construction workers, safety signage, personal/collective protective equipment. In this stage, the exercises are related to the development of the site through the various stages of the development of the works.- Analytical techniques for managing the construction process. Includes the decision-making situations typical of construction management, primarily referring to the analytical formalisations of the Operating Research and the ISO 9000 standard; in particular, the course covers topics such as the Pert work scheduling techniques and the methods employed for optimising the resources. Therefore, the course also aims to provide skills and techniques for designing and managing construction site safety. The type of topics and their strong focus on application enable students to achieve one of the necessary requirements for performing the tasks of health and safety coordinator, in both the design and construction phases.