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    Project Management for Technical Professionals, PLCE 47X

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    PLCE 470 CONSTRUCTION METHODS AND COST ESTIMATING
    The role of estimating in construction contract administration. Types of estimates. Unit costs and production rates; job costs. Preparing bid for complete building project using manual methods and the CSI format; checking quantity take-off and cost estimating in selected divisions using a computer package.
    Term: Aug 19 - Dec 7, 2013
    Schedule: F, 6:25 pm - 9:05 pm (also online)
    Instructor: Lemming, Raymond

    PLCE 471 CONSTRUCTION PLANNING AND SCHEDULING
    Planning, scheduling, and progress control of construction operations. Critical Path Method and PERT. Resource leveling of personnel, equipment, and materials. Financial control/hauling of construction projects. Impact of delay on precedence networks. Construction contract administration. Computer applications.
    Term: Spring 2014
    Schedule: TBD
    Instructor: TBD

    PLCE 472 CONSTRUCTION SITE OPERATION
    Construction site layout and mobilization. Liabilities of the parties. Methods of construction. Concrete form design and fabrication. Scaffolding, temporary facilities, and equipment. Safety on sites. Introduction to construction productivity.
    Term: Spring 2014
    Schedule: TBD
    Instructor: TBD

    PLCE 473 CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION
    Characteristics of the construction industry. Project delivery systems. Duties and liabilities of the parties at the pre-contract stage. Bidding. Contract administration including duties and liabilities of the parties regarding payments, retainage, substantial and final completion, scheduling and time extensions, change orders, changed conditions, suspension of work, contract termination, and resolution of disputes. Contract bonds. Managing the construction company. Labor law and labor relations.
    Term: May 20 - August 10, 2013
    Schedule: MW, 6:25 pm - 9:05 pm
    Instructor: Arditi, David

    PLCE 573 CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT WITH BIM
    Fundamentals and practical use of information technologies in the construction industry; basic concepts of building information modeling (BIM); review of software and technology available for BIM; practical use of BIM including design and clash detection; impact of BIM on construction management functions; construction scheduling and sequencing using BIM; cost estimating using BIM; facility management with BIM; integrated approach to navigate BIM as a multi-disciplinary design, analysis, construction, and facility management technology; class exercise to create a BIM model and to use it in scheduling, sequencing, cost estimating, management, and simulation of a construction project.
    Term: May 20 - August 10, 2013
    Schedule: MW, 6:25 pm - 9:05 pm
    Instructor: Demirdoven, Julide

    CEU:
    4.5