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Duration: 2.00 Hrs
Course Level: Intermediate
Languages: English
Capability: Audio, Video, MobileReady
Progress reporting provides the opportunity to analyze the current status of the project. Often, this will lead to rescheduling and corrective action to bring the project back within specified time parameters. This cycle of planning and executing activities, measuring and reporting progress, revising the plan based on current status, and updating the schedule is continued repetitively throughout the project. In this interactive, online course, we’ll focus on managing the ongoing project. We begin by looking at detailed schedules used by the field supervisor to plan crew work on specific activities in the near term. Then we move on to measurement and reporting of progress.
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Duration: 2.00 Hrs
Course Level: Intermediate
Languages: English
Capability: Audio, Video, MobileReady
Did you know that managing cost for a construction project is equally important as managing time? It allows you to make decisions that will enable you to maximize resources. This interactive online course covers the various elements of the project cost cycle, starting with the estimate and moving through the project to collection of actual unit costs to be incorporated into the company cost database for use in starting the cycle again for a future project. We will also review the relationship between time and money. Although the details of a specific cost-control system vary substantially from one construction firm to another, the ensuing treatment can be regarded as being reasonably typical of current practice within the construction industry.
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Duration: 1.00 Hrs
Course Level: Intermediate
Languages: English
Capability: Audio, Video, MobileReady
Did you know the project manager bears the overall responsibility for financial management of the work on a construction project? This includes carrying out such fiscal duties as may be imposed by the construction contract and implementing appropriate monetary procedures according to the dictates of good business practice. Project financial management can involve a broad range of responsibilities. This interactive online course covers project cost breakdowns, the forecasted schedule of progress payments, preparation or approval of periodic pay estimates, and documentation required for final payment. You will also learn how to monitor project cash requirements during the contract period and maintain complete and detailed daily records of the project.
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Duration: 2.00 Hrs
Course Level: Intermediate
Languages: English
Capability: Audio, Video, MobileReady
In previous courses in this series, we focused more on tactical use of the schedule to manage specific components of the project, such as production, time, resources, and costs. In this interactive, online course, we’ll consider strategic scheduling applications as they relate to the overall project, including legal aspects of the schedule. This course considers the role of the schedule and the variety of operational schedules available to the project manager. It also discusses the ways scheduling information can be organized and presented.
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Duration: 1.00 Hrs
Course Level: Intermediate
Languages: English
Capability: Audio, Video, MobileReady
Much of the job of a project manager, as well as the job of a field supervisor, focuses on the efficient investment of resources to achieve the project objectives. A resource can be considered anything that adds value to the project. When we talk of resources in the context of construction, we typically think of manpower, equipment, and materials. In addition to what we normally understand manpower to mean—that is, craft workers who actually do the work on the project—there are many other people who add value to the project. It is the job of the project manager to manage all of these resources in support of efficient execution of the project. This interactive, online course will focus on methods and procedures involved with the management of the three primary resources of manpower, equipment, and materials.
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Duration: 2.00 Hrs
Course Level: Intermediate
Languages: English
Capability: Audio, Video, MobileReady
How would you account for weather delays in a construction project schedule? What about the availability of labor and equipment? How much time should you allow for each subcontractor to complete their work? In this interactive online course, we’ll answer those questions. You’ll learn how to determine the duration for individual activities and the calculation process for project times. Through examples, you’ll discover new terminology for scheduling, including early and late start and finish, float, critical activities, and lag time. You’ll then convert the project days-based schedule into calendar dates. We’ll also discuss the pros and cons of the bar chart in construction project scheduling and how computer applications can save time and provide an array of project data in various forms. Posted by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Copyright © 2015 All rights reserved.
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Duration: 2.00 Hrs
Course Level: Intermediate
Languages: English
Capability: Audio, Video, MobileReady
In this course, we’re going to present and discuss the management of field construction projects. We’ll also cover management techniques for controlling cost, time, resources, and project finance during the construction process. Emphasis is placed on practical and applied procedures that have been proven effective. Effective management of a project also requires a considerable background of general knowledge about the construction industry. This interactive online course will familiarize you with certain fundamentals of construction practice. Posted by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Copyright © 2015 All rights reserved.
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Duration: 1.00 Hrs
Course Level: Intermediate
Languages: English
Capability: Audio, Video, MobileReady
Did you know the schedule plays a central role in construction project management? Developing an initial schedule is a powerful tool that you can use in managing various aspects of a project, including time, resources, production, and cost. This interactive online course concentrates on using the schedule to manage the time required to execute the construction processes. It begins by considering the project as a whole, determining how to shorten the overall project schedule, and looking at the cost trade‐offs of expediting the project. It then focuses on current or upcoming parts of the project with the objective of managing the project components more effectively. Posted by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Copyright © 2015 All rights reserved.
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Duration: 1.00 Hrs
Course Level: Intermediate
Languages: English
Capability: Audio, Video, MobileReady
Did you know production planning begins well before the project is mobilized in the field and continues throughout the project until all field operations are closed out? Production planning is concerned with how project activities are going to be carried out. It establishes the methods to be used, the assignment of personnel, the movement of material to the workface, and the process of assembling the pieces. This interactive online course considers all resources that contribute to the job, including personnel, materials, construction equipment, the site, the environment, and anything else that might affect the job. It will also cover the lean construction process and BIM, which is beginning to change the way construction is managed and organized. Posted by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Copyright © 2015 All rights reserved.
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Duration: 1.00 Hrs
Course Level: Intermediate
Languages: English
Capability: Audio, Video, MobileReady
If you were given the task of estimating the future expense of a unit of production in a manufacturing facility you could do it with considerable precision. A plant offers standard conditions, close controls, and consistent processes. Construction estimating, on the other hand, lacks standardization, presents challenging site locations and project conditions. Nevertheless, a skilled and experienced estimator, using cost accounting information gathered from similar previous construction projects, can do a reasonable job of predicting construction costs. The character or location of a project can present unique problems, but there are usually some basic principles and precedents that apply. This interactive online course will walk you through the steps involved in estimating construction projects starting with an overview of cost‐estimating procedures and how the final project budget is reached. Then, you’ll learn how to develop monthly progress estimates and change order estimates. Finally, you’ll become familiar with details about specific estimates that you’ll typically prepare. Posted by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Copyright © 2015 All rights reserved.
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Duration: 1.00 Hrs
Course Level: Intermediate
Languages: English
Capability: Audio, Video, MobileReady
Construction Project Management: Project Planning
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