{"id":18314,"date":"2025-05-20T13:45:04","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T08:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/civileng.helashop.lk\/?page_id=18314"},"modified":"2025-08-05T11:12:27","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T05:42:27","slug":"ce403-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eng.pdn.ac.lk\/civileng\/ce403-2\/","title":{"rendered":"CE403"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Credits : 3<\/p>

Prerequisites :\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>MA201<\/span><\/p>

Compulsory\/Optional : Compulsory<\/p>
Aim(s)<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>

To introduce construction management aspects to carryout management tasks at a construction site and provide an understanding of legal aspects related to the construction industry of Sri Lanka, in particular industrial law as applied to civil engineering contracts.<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody>

Intended Learning Outcomes<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>

On successful completion of the course, the students should be able to;<\/p>

  1. Describe the functional elements of project management and to identify the role of client, consultant and contractor during the project life cycle.<\/li>
  2. Explain the time, cost, quality, safety \/ health, risk management, disputes and dispute resolution, industrial relations issues and marketing aspects in the construction industry.<\/li>
  3. Explain the procurement process, bidding and award of contracts.<\/li>
  4. Describe the Site Management aspects in particular site layout planning, documents and records, meetings, progress monitoring and control, site supervision.<\/li>
  5. Analyse cash flow, recognize basic material and construction equipment management concepts for a construction project.<\/li>
  6. Illustrate how industrial law and other acts and laws pertaining to construction industry in Sri Lanka, is applied to a civil engineering contract.<\/li><\/ol><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody>
Course content\/Course description<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
  1. Project management:<\/b><\/a><\/span>\u00a0Functional elements of project management<\/li>
  2. Construction management:<\/b><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>Construction projects, project life cycle, methods in project management, cost engineering, value engineering, quality management, safety and health in construction, risk management, disputes and dispute resolution, industrial relations<\/li>
  3. Marketing aspects of construction industry<\/li>
  4. Industrial law and civil engineering contracts, acts and laws pertaining to construction industry in Sri Lanka<\/li>
  5. Procurement process, bidding and award of contracts<\/li>
  6. Site Layout planning:<\/b><\/span>\u00a0<\/a>Space planning, access to site, office and storage facilities, utility services, site safety and security, fencing and lighting, parking, circulation and vertical transport<\/li>
  7. Site management:<\/b><\/span>\u00a0<\/a>Roles of consultant and contractor at site, documents and records, meetings, progress monitoring and control, site supervision, cash flow management, introduction to material and construction equipment management<\/li><\/ol><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody>
Recommended Texts<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
  1. McCaffer, HR, Edum-Fotwe, F 2013, Modern Construction Management, Wiley-Blackwell<\/li>
  2. Schexnayder, CJ, Mayo, R 2003, Construction Management Fundamentals 2003, McGraw-Hill.<\/li>
  3. Arulanantham, J Contract of Employment : cases and commentaries<\/li><\/ol><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>
    Time Allocation<\/th>Hours<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
    Lectures<\/td>42<\/td><\/tr>
    Tutorials<\/td>03<\/td><\/tr>
    Practical<\/td>–<\/td><\/tr>
    Assignments<\/td>–<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>
    \u00a0<\/div>
    Assessment<\/th>Percentage Marks<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
    In-course<\/td><\/tr>
    Assignments\/Quizzes<\/td>20<\/td><\/tr>
    Mid Semester Examination<\/td>20<\/td><\/tr>
    End-semester<\/td>60<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Construction Management – CE403 Credits : 3 Prerequisites :\u00a0\u00a0MA201 Compulsory\/Optional : Compulsory Aim(s) To introduce construction management aspects to carryout management tasks at a construction site and provide an understanding of legal aspects related to the construction industry of Sri … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-18314","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eng.pdn.ac.lk\/civileng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eng.pdn.ac.lk\/civileng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eng.pdn.ac.lk\/civileng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eng.pdn.ac.lk\/civileng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eng.pdn.ac.lk\/civileng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/eng.pdn.ac.lk\/civileng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18314\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eng.pdn.ac.lk\/civileng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}