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    This document outlines an instructional plan for a course on construction planning and management. The objectives are to introduce concepts of project formulation, planning and scheduling activities, and resource planning and allocation. Topics to be covered include construction project formulation, construction planning and scheduling using techniques like CPM and PERT, resource planning of materials, equipment and labor, resource allocation and cost control, and optimization techniques like linear programming and transportation problems. Textbooks and reference books on topics like operations research, construction planning and management are also listed.

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    This document outlines an instructional plan for a course on construction planning and management. The objectives are to introduce concepts of project formulation, planning and scheduling activities, and resource planning and allocation. Topics to be covered include construction project formulation, construction planning and scheduling using techniques like CPM and PERT, resource planning of materials, equipment and labor, resource allocation and cost control, and optimization techniques like linear programming and transportation problems. Textbooks and reference books on topics like operations research, construction planning and management are also listed.

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    This document outlines an instructional plan for a course on construction planning and management. The objectives are to introduce concepts of project formulation, planning and scheduling activities, and resource planning and allocation. Topics to be covered include construction project formulation, construction planning and scheduling using techniques like CPM and PERT, resource planning of materials, equipment and labor, resource allocation and cost control, and optimization techniques like linear programming and transportation problems. Textbooks and reference books on topics like operations research, construction planning and management are also listed.

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    This document outlines an instructional plan for a course on construction planning and management. The objectives are to introduce concepts of project formulation, planning and scheduling activities, and resource planning and allocation. Topics to be covered include construction project formulation, construction planning and scheduling using techniques like CPM and PERT, resource planning of materials, equipment and labor, resource allocation and cost control, and optimization techniques like linear programming and transportation problems. Textbooks and reference books on topics like operations research, construction planning and management are also listed.

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    PURPOSE

    To inculcate the fundamental principles of construction planning and management as applicable in Civil
    Engineering Projects.
    INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
    To introduce a concepts of projects formulation
    To impart the idea about planning and scheduling of activities
    To introduce the concepts of resource planning and allocation and control
    To provide a bird's eye view of optimization techniques
    CONSTRUCTION PROJECT FORMULATION
    Introduction-Principles of Management - different types of construction projects -Project Life Cycle- phases in
    project life cycle- Pre-feasibility report and clearance- project estimate - Techno Economic feasibility report -
    Detailed project report.
    CONSTRUCTION PLANNING AND SCHEDULING
    Introduction - work breakdown structure- plan development process- scheduling-definition -types of construction
    schedules-scheduling techniques-CPM - Terms and definitions -Earliest and Latest times - different types of
    floats - significance- calculation of critical path method-PERT - terms and definitions - network and solving
    problems using PERT - standard deviation and probability calculation in PERT.
    RESOURCE PLANNING
    Materials : Quantity of materials - time of purchase- inventory control - terms and definitions - types of inventory -
    EOQ -reasons for maintain inventory - different tools for inventory.
    Equipment : Classification of major construction equipment- planning and selecting of equipment- task
    consideration - cost consideration.
    Labour : Classes of labour - cost of labour- labour schedule - optimum use of labour.
    RESOURCE ALLOCATION AND CONTROL
    Introduction- resurce allocation-resource leveling-resource loading graph - cost control - earned value concepts-
    "S" curve technique in cost control - Risk cost management- stages in risk management- controlling the risk.
    OPTIMISATION TECHNIQUES
    Introduction to optimization- Linear programming - formulation of LP problems- solving LP problem using
    graphical method-Transportation problems-Assignment problems - replacement model (Value of money does not
    change with time) -Time cost trade off - crashing- computer application in construction management.
    TEXT BOOKS
    Chitkara.K.K, Construction Project Management: planning, Scheduling and control, Tata McGraw Hill
    Publishing Company, New Delhi, 1998
    Joy.P.K, Total Project Management - The Indian context, Macmillan IndiaLtd, New Delhi, 1992
    Vohra.N.D., Quantitative Techniques in Management, Tata Mcgraw Hill Publishing Company, New Delhi, 1998
    REFERENCE BOOKS
    Billy E.Giliet., Introduction to Operation Research - Computer Oriented Algorithmic Approach, Tata McGraw
    Hill,1990
    Galhot.P.S., and Dhir.B.M., Construction Planning and Managemen, New Age Publishers,New Delhi,2002
    Kasana.H.S,and Kumar.K.D., Introductory to Operation Research: Theory and Application, Springer
    Publisher,New Delhi., 2004

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