Construction Cost, Quality & Safety Management

Construction Cost, Quality & Safety Management:-

Course Objective:-

To develop competencies to manage quality in all types of construction processes, to acquire

working knowledge of various safety policies and to gain proficiency to comply with all statutory

safety obligation at construction sites.

Course Duration:-  90 Hours

Course Content:-

Cost Accounting:-

Course Duration:- 20 Hours

Basic accounting concepts and method. Types of Construction Costs and Cost Estimates and

the various Methods. Land acquisition, Planning and feasibility studies, Architectural and

engineering design, Construction, including materials, equipment and labor, Insurance and

taxes during construction. Operation and maintenance cost: Operating staff, Labor and

material for maintenance and repairs, Utilities, Periodic renovations, Insurance and taxes.

Unexpected cost during construction: Design development changes, Schedule adjustments,

General administration changes. Design Estimates: Screening estimates (or order of

magnitude estimates), Preliminary estimates (or conceptual estimates), Detailed estimates

(or definitive estimates), Engineer’s estimates based on plans and specifications. Bid

Estimates, Control Estimates, Budget estimate for financing – Budgeted cost after contracting

but prior to construction, estimated cost to completion during the progress of construction.

Approaches to Cost Estimation and computer aided estimation.

Quality Assurance:-

Course Duration:- 20 Hours

Traditional and new approaches to quality and recent developments in technology driven

competitive market economy. Cost of quality and Non Conformance. Quality Control, Quality

Assurance, Quality Management and Total Quality Management (TQM). ISO 9001: 2008

standards requirements. Six Sigma and other tools and techniques, Quality Awards and business

excellence Models. ISO 9000, for construction project & ISO 10006 for quality in project

management, Standards and certification procedures.

Quality Control:-

Course Duration:- 20 Hours

Indian standards and international standards for Quality – Study comparisons and equivalence.

Quality Standards in Construction. Building quality into designs of Structures, Inspection of

incoming materials & machinery. In – process quality inspections and tests quality in construction

works. Waste recycling and maintenance. 

Safety, Health & Environment Management:-

Course Duration:- 20 Hours

Concept: Psychological, Physiological and Technological factors of safety in construction.

Occupational safety hazards in construction activities. Causes of accidents, safety measures safety

legislation and standards for construction industry. Trend in accident statistics. Safety in

construction works. Management of accidents, employment injuries and occupational

hazards/diseases. Accident investigation and prevention. Role of safety department, safety officer,

safety committee. Safety training, incentives and monitoring. Safety manuals, safety checklists

and audits. Introduction to occupational Health and Safety Assessment Standards as per OHSAS

– 18001.

Environment Management System, ISO 14001 standards requirements.

Course Duration:- 10 Hours

Reference Books:-

1. Fox Artnur J. & Holly A. Cornell, "Quality in the Construction Project, American Society of

Civil Engineers", New York, Latest Edition.

2. Devices , V & Thomasin K. , "Construction Safety Handbook" , Thomas Telford, London, 1997

3. Mohanty R.P. and Lakhe R.R., "Total Quality Management", Jaico Publishing House. Mumbai,

2000

4. "Safety Management in the Construction Industry – A Manual for Project Manager", NICMAR

, Mumbai , 1996

5. Berk Joseph and Susan Joseph, "Total Quality Management", Excel Books, New Delhi, 1995

6. Hellard, R.B., "Total Quality in Construction Projects: Achieving profitability with customer

satisfaction", Telford, London, 1993

7. Munjal, Satish, "Quality Management", Raj Publishing House, Jaipur, 1999, Quality Assurance

for Cotractors, FCEC, London, (Latest edition).

8. Thorpe, Brian, "Quality Assurance in Construction", 2ND Ed., Gower, Aldershort, 1996.

9. Grimaldi and Simnods , "Safety Management" , AITBS , New Delhi , 1997

10. Heberle David, "Construction Safety Manual", McGraw Hill, 1998

11. John Gambatesa,. "Designing for Safety", Prentice Hall, New Jersey , 2000

12. NICMAR, "Handbook on Safety in Construction (Set of 5 Volumes)", Mumbai, 1990

13. Rowfinson, Steve , "Human Factors in Construction Safety – Management Issues" Prentice

Hall, New Jersey, 2000.