Construction Material & Equipment Management

Construction Material & Equipment Management:-

Course Objective:-

To acquire knowledge and skills necessary for the efficient management of construction materials

and plant and equipment.

Course Duration:-  90 Hours

Course Content

Material Management Management:-

Course Duration:- 30 Hours

Importance, scope, objective and function of material management. Integrated approach to

materials management. Classification, Estimation, planning, procurement, PERT applied to

materials management. Identification of sources, vendor development and analysis negotiation,

purchase procedure, legal aspects of purchasing,. Stores Management: Stores organization, stores

layout receipt and inspection, materials codification. Standardization, variety reduction, care and

safety in handling store records and store accounting. Inventory / Stock Control : Importance,

Classification, Models , EOO its drawback ascertaining the EOQ & Various costs safety stock,

recorder level , lead – time service level & other statistical application.

Plant & Equipment Management:-

Course Duration:-30 Hours

Earth Moving Machinery, aggregate production equipment, highway equipment, concrete

pavement equipment, RMC Plant, tunneling equipment. Bearings. Static Plants – Compressors,

Hoists, Simple Cranes, Concrete mixtures, Generators, Water pumps, Crushers. Economics of

Construction Equipment, Time value of money interest, Depreciation, Cost of fuel and lubricants,

Cost of manpower, Cost of maintenance and repairs, overheads, output and working rates.

Equipment planning & Selection: Introduction, Project planning and equipment, Scope of

planning, Methods of procurement, Sub- contracting, Purchase, Induction Schedule, Disposal,

Equipment

Maintenance Management:-

Course Duration:- 30 Hours

Introduction, Scope, Maintenance and Repair, selection, Routine Maintenance, Periodical

Maintenance, Preventive maintenance, Manufactures Maintenance Schedules. Repair from Trade.

Repair of Equipment, Equipment Servicing and Servicing facilities, Field repair facilities, Record

keeping of operation maintenance and repair. POL consumption, costing records. Economic

Considerations in the procurement and use of construction equipment; Time value of money;

ROR and IROR analysis; depreciation; costing of construction equipment operation.

Reference Books:-

1. Ahuja, K.K. Material Management, 1st ed., CBS Publishers and Distribution reprint 1999.

2. Robert L. Purifoy and Clifford j., Schexnayder , "Construction Planning, Equipment and

Methods", McGraw Hill, Publication , Sixth Edition, 2002

3. Gopalkrishnan P. , "Handbook of material management", Prentice Hall of India Pvt. Ltd. New

Delhi , 2001

4. BMPTC & NICMAR, BMTPC Directory of Construction Equipment and Machinery

Manufactured in India, BMTPC & NICMAR, Mumbai, 2001

5. Blanchards, B.S., "Logistics Engineering and Management", 5th Ed. Addison Wersley Longman

(Singapore) Pte. – Ltd. Delhi, 2001

6. Jhamb, L.C., "Modernization of materials Management", Everest Publishing House, Pune, 2002

7. Langford, J.W., "Logistics Principles and Practice", McGraw- Hill Book Co. , New York, 1995

8. Zeng, Gray j., "Purchasing and the management of materials", 7th ed., John Wiley and Sons,

New York, 1994

9. Caterpiller Hand Book.

10. Millennium Directory of Construction Equipment and Machinery Manufactured in India,

BMTPC / NICMAR, 2001

11. Singh, Jagman, Heavy Construction Planning, Equipment and Methods, published by Oxford

and IBH publishing Company Pvt. Ltd. , New Delhi, Second Edition.

12. Varma , Mahesh, "Construction Equipment and its planning and application" , published by

metropolitan book company (P) Ltd. , 1994(Reprint Solution).