1.40/1.401 Project Management
Fall 1997
Professor Sarah Slaughter
Course Schedule
Class Time
Wednesday and Friday 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Room 1-277
Prerequisites
None, but course work will require use of computer software programs.
Lectures' Topics and Reading Assignments
Reading Assignments due on the date in which they are listed.
September
9/3 Project Management in Construction
PROJECT INITIATION
9/5 Objectives and Scope
9/10 Feasibility Analysis
- Lockhart and Roberds, (1996) "Worth the Risk?", Civil Engineering
- Cullerton and Gravallese, (1996) "Capital Facelift Takes Flight", Civil Engineering
- Gesner and Selvaratnam, (1996) "Bridge over the River Karnali", Civil Engineering
9/12 Engineering Economics Methods
- Reina, (1996) "For historic link, team focuses on earlier experience", Engineering News Record
- Brazil, et al., (1995) "Hospital over a Highway", Civil Engineering
9/17 Engineering Economics Methods
- Fairweather, (1995) "Hong Kong Flies into the Future", Civil Engineering
- Prendergast, (1995) "What Price Congestion Management?", Civil Engineering
9/19 Engineering Economics Methods
9/24 Site Factors
- Reina, (1996) "Sewerage Scheme Taxes Bangkok", Engineering News Record
- Torabi, et al., (1996) "Rehab by Helicopter", Civil Engineering
- Cohn, (1995) "New York gets Wired", Civil Engineering
9/26 Design of Facilities
- Burke, (1995) "Bridge Design: Reality Bites Back", Civil Engineering
- Reina, (1996) "Frankfurt tower raises green building design to new heights", Engineering News Record
- Post, (1996) "Malaysia cracks height ceiling as it catapults into future", Engineering News Record
- Reina and Post, (1996) "Massive concrete columns hide in folds of curtain wall", Engineering News Record
- Post, (1996) "Building systems set new standard for southeast Asia", Engineering News Record
- Reina and Post, (1996) "Tower teams compete head to head in construction race", Engineering News Record
October
ORGANIZATION
10/1 Project Management Delivery Systems
- Loulakis, (1996) "Project Delivery Systems", Construction Business Review
- Robinson, (1995) "The Great Texas Prison Caper", Civil Engineering
- Reina, (1997) "Job's Multishell Roof is a Coup for Design-Build Despite Its Risks, Limits", Engineering News Record
10/3 Company, Team Organization
- MacLeod, (1995) "Traditional Construction", Construction Business Review
- Ichniowski, (1995) "Worldly-wise bank gets on top of trials", Engineering News Record
- Reina, (1997) "Fast Track May Put Paris Stadium Contractor on a Losing Track", Engineering News Record
10/8 No Class.
10/10 Public versus Private Projects
- Daniels, (1995) "Arena is high-tech venture", Engineering News Record
- Crumit, (1996) "An Irresistible Offer", Civil Engineering
10/15 Public Relations
- Campbell, (1995) "A true tall tale about the Hancock Tower", Boston Globe
- Morgenstern, (1995) "The Fifty-Nine-Story Crisis", New Yorker
- Goldstein and Rubin, (1996) "Engineering Ethics", Civil Engineering
10/17 ****MIDTERM EXAM****
RESOURCES
10/22 Resource Planning
Thomas and Napolitan, (1995) "Quantitative Effects of Construction Changes on Labor Productivity", Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
10/24 ****SITE VISIT****
10/29 Cost Estimation
Peltz, (1996) "Model Estimating", Construction Business Review
10/31 Time Scheduling
- Green, (1996) "Float Out the Old, Float in the New", Engineering News Record
- Liu, et al., (1995) "Construction Time-Cost Trade-Off Analysis Using LP/IP", Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
November
11/5 Precedence Diagramming Method
11/7 Financing
- Record, (1995) "Creative financing may get jobs built", Engineering News Record
- Kosowatz, (1995) "China's slower pace is faster that most", Engineering News Record
11/12 Contracts
- Kubal, (1995) "Upside-Down Contracting", Construction Business Review
- Lambert, (1994) "Construction Contracts for Independent Power Producers", Construction Business Review
- Kangari, (1995) "Construction Documentation in Arbitration", Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
11/14 Labor
- Knight, (1996) "Safety Pays off in a Big Way", Engineering News Record
- Rowings, et al., (1996) "Characteristics of the Craft Workforce", Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
PROJECT CONTROLS
11/19 Regulations
- Lifschitz, et al., (1994) "Building Requirements under the Americans with Disabilities Act", Construction Business Review
- Neukrug, et al., (1995) "Water Quality Regs: Staying Ahead", Civil Engineering
11/21 Guest Speaker
11/26 Project Turnover
Thomas, et al., (1995) "Have I Reached Substantial Completion?", Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
11/28 VACATION
December
12/3 ****PROJECT PRESENTATIONS****
12/5 ****PROJECT PRESENTATIONS****
12/10 SUMMARY
Last Modified: December 12, 1997
Salvatore Di Bernardo - sdiberna@mit.edu