Study Programmes 2016-2017
ARCH0069-1  
Project Management
Duration :
15h Th, 15h Pr, 2,5d FW
Number of credits :
Bachelor in engineering3
Lecturer :
Shady Attia
Language(s) of instruction :
French language
Organisation and examination :
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents :
The course "Construction project management" takes place during the first semester every year. The audiences of this course are civil engineers including architectural engineers.
 The course is divided into 14 modules before the end help to address more easily manage a project of a building site. For this, the course starts on all actors during the implementation of a project (from design to realization). Gradually, measures, legal, economic, practical, audit & planning will be discussed.
 As stated above, this course aims to make the link between design and production on site. Here are the chapters:
  • Construction Stakeholders
  • Construction Milestones
  • Method of Working
  • Judicial aspects
  • Partnerships and Contracts
  • Standards and Codes
  • Specifications
  • Planning
  • Budget Calculation
  • Construction site safety
  • Site preparation and quality plan
  • Waste management
  • Technical inspection of the construction
  • Technical Meeting and professional work ethics
Learning outcomes of the learning unit :
Understanding and mastering projects management including the design, construction and execution process for building construction projects. At the end of this course the student should be able to: 


  • Know the relevant laws concerning the construction in Belgium
  • Knowing stakeholder's role and responsibilities on site and the project intervention order
  • Knowing about construction activity management tools
  • Learn about the administrative documents such specifications, building permission etc.
  • Understanding the design process - implementation - commissioning
  • Understanding the different links major milestone and tasks within project management
  • Evaluate the budget of a project
  • Prepare and submit a bid 
The course should enable the student to: 


  • Coordinate a team to develop, agree and make a work plan.
  • Access to appropriate resources of information and evaluate them
  • Persevere despite difficulties or initial challenges to find the optimal solution.
  • Document and communicate a project brief
  • Plan activities to make the best the available time.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
No, this course is an introductory course.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
Flipped Class using Enriched Skeleton Concept Mapping
Oral Presentations, Mini Concepts, Research reports. 
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
Flipped Class using Enriched Skeleton Concept Mapping
Oral Presentations, Mini Concepts, Research reports.
Recommended or required readings :
  • Publications du CSTC Centre Scientifique et Technique de la Construction, www.cstc.be (accès avec identification en bibliothèque FSA)
  • Contact, la revue du CSTC » : http://www.cstc.be/
  • Construction, la revue de la Confédération Construction.
Assessment methods and criteria :
Overall:


  • An examination for the theoretical part : 50% of the overall rating.
  • The overall assessment of the practical work and exercises : 50%
Work placement(s) :
Organizational remarks :
Presence is graded. Unjustified absences (beyond two times) will disqualify the student from attending the final exam. 
A student work will be submitted when requested and not after. Any document delivered after the deadline will be graded as 0/20. Submittal time will be referred to from computer records. 
A late submission will be penalized. The work can be improved but the penalty will remain active.
Contacts :
Shady Attia, PhD, LEED AP Professor of Sustainable Architecture and Building Construction Head of Sustainble Buildings Design (SBD) Lab
ArGEnCo Dept., Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of Liège
Quartier Polytech 1, Allée de la Découverte 9 4000 Liège, Belgium Tél:  +32 43.66.91.55 - Fax: +32 43.66.29.09 shady.attia@ulg.ac.be
www.sbd.ulg.ac.be/