CN7009 RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL IN CONSTRUCTION

CN7009 RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL IN CONSTRUCTION

UNIT I RESOURCE PLANNING

Resource Planning, Procurement, Identification, Personnel, Planning for material, Labour, time schedule and cost control, Types of resources, manpower, Equipment, Material, Money, Time.

UNIT II LABOUR MANAGEMENT

Systems approach, Characteristics of resources, Utilization, measurement of actual resources required, Tools for measurement of resources, Labour, Classes of Labour, Cost of Labour, Labour schedule, optimum use Labour.

UNIT III MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT

Material: Time of purchase, quantity of material, sources, Transportation, Delivery and Distribution. Equipment: Planning and selecting by optimistic choice with respect to cost, Time, Source and handling.

UNIT IV TIME MANAGEMENT

 Personnel time, Management and planning, managing time on the project, forecasting the future, Critical path measuring the changes and their effects – Cash flow and cost control.

UNIT V RESOURCE ALLOCATION AND LEVELLING

 Time-cost trade off, Computer application – Resource leveling, resource list, resource allocation, Resource loading, Cumulative cost – Value Management.

REFERENCES:

1. Andrew,D., Szilagg, Hand Book of Engineering Management, 1982.

2. Harvey, A., Levine, Project Management using Micro Computers, Obsorne -McGraw Hill C.A.Publishing Co., Inc. 1988. Industry, Granda Publishing Ltd., 1980.

3. James.A., Adrain, Quantitative Methods in Construction Management, American Elsevier Publishing Co., Inc., 1973.

4. Oxley Rand Poslcit, Management Techniques applied to the Construction Industry, Granda Publishing Ltd., 1980.