Overall objectives:

1 - Contribute to the future civil engineers training in construction coordination, inspection, and construction management. Enunciate, interpret and solve engineering problems in order to practise as a civil engineer with analytical capacity, critical thinking and innovative sense. Search and review information needed to support solutions in a civil engineering practise context. Contact with the construction field for the preparation of contracts, cost estimations, and construction site and equipment definition.
2 - Contact with the construction industry in the preparation of procurements, cost estimations, and construction site and support equipment definition.

Syllabus:

1 - Qualification system for Building and Construction Companies 1.1 Specific regulations 1.2 Access and permanence 1.3 Permits 1.4 Procurement Requirements 1.5 Professional associations: Association of the Engineers and Association of the Technical Engineers
2 - Procurement 2.1 Procurement organization 2.2 Procurement types 2.3 Proposals 2.4 Evauation of proposals 2.5 Contract and assignment
3 - Project 3.1 Specific regulations 3.2 Waste management plan 3.3 Types of projects 3.4 Elements of a project 3.5 Measurement rules 3.6 Budgeting construction works
4 - Construction Equipment 4.1 Cost of using construction equipment 4.2 Characterization of construction equipment 4.3 Production of construction equipment
5 - Organization and Implementation of Construction Sites 5.1 Characterization of construction site elements 5.2 Design of construction sites
6 - Methodology to Determine Detailed Construction Costs
7 - Payment of Construction Works 7.1. Payment modalities and advancements 7.2 Periodically measuring for payment 7.3. Price review

Literature/Sources:

BRANCO, José da Paz , Rendimentos de Mão-de-Obra, Materiais e Equipamentos de Construção Civil (Tabelas), 10ª edição , LNEC
BRANCO, José da Paz , Organização de Estaleiros na Construção Civil , E. P. Gustave Eiffel,
DIAS, L. Alves , Organização e Gestão de Obras - Documento de apoio à disciplina , IST
FONSECA, M. Santos , Regras de Medição na Construção, 10ª edição , LNEC
MANSO, A. Costa; FONSECA, M. Santos; ESPADA, J. Carvalho , Informação sobre Custos. Fichas de rendimentos (2 vols) , LNEC
REIS, A. Correia dos , Organização e Gestão de Obras , Edições Técnicas E.T.L.
Cândido Ribeiro , Organização e Gestão de Obras - Otimizar Resultados ,
Martín. Jacinto Navas; Velez, José Domingos , Gestão e Fiscalização de Empreitadas ,

Assesssment methods and criteria:

Classification Type: Quantitativa (0-20)

Evaluation Methodology:
Oral and written presentation of the course syllabus. Application of practical examples to facilitate understanding the theory. Test (minimum classification: 8.00) that covers various topics of the course, with 50% weight in the final evaluation. with the objective of evaluating theoretical knowledge and problem solving capacity. Practical work focusing the subjects taught, with 50% weight in the final evaluation, and study visits.