CON 2001 - CVE 4070

Construction EngineeringCourse IntroductionProf. Ralph V. Locurcio, PE

Course Intro…

About your instructor… Let’s get to know you… Course objectives… Syllabus handout… Course admin & grading… Notebook… Assignment for next class…

Text & References…

Text: Kerzner, Project Management

References: Fisk, Construction Project Administration ASCE, Quality in the Construction Project PMI, Guide to PM Body of Knowledge

My background… Education…

BSE – West Point 1965 MSE, PhD(abt) - Purdue 1972 Strategic Planning, Wharton - 1989 National Security, Harvard – 1992 Resident Engineer Training – 1974 Contracting Officer Training – 1984, 1988 Registered PE: NJ, PA, GA, VA

Experience… Army Corps of Engineers 1965-1996

3 - Construction Commander 3 - Director of Public Works 2 - Construction Planner & Estimator 2 – Construction Resident Engineer 6 - District Engineer – Philadelphia & Savannah 1 - Commander Kuwait Reconstruction Project 6 - Division Engineer – Pacific, South Atlantic

Senior VP STV Engineers – Infrastructure Design 1996-2004 Professor of Construction Management 2004-2006

How about you…

Your major… Personal goals… Interest in construction… Experience in construction… What did you do this summer…

This course…

Skills you need to manage construction Contracting: risk, legal issues, changes Project Controls: schedule, cost, estimates Construction Operations: responsibility,

authority, planning, documents, productivity, quality, documentation, safety, closeout

Leadership: teams, organization, motivation, success, ethics

Course Objectives…

Understand project delivery process Responsibilities of owner’s rep or PM Responsibilities of contractor’s CM Construction contracts & issues Tools of the trade Decision making & judgment Leadership

Construction Management History

The master builders… architects? Corps of Engineers… WWI & WWII Growth of Project Management Growth of Quality Management Construction Management Emerges BS in Construction at FIT

About Construction…

It’s an extremely complex process… Many players, many variables, many unknowns Design is never perfect

Unlike manufacturing process… Teams are variable; not trained on this project Production site is crude & unprepared Very large projects – rarely build more than one Very large risks – owner’s first and last experience Money drives all aspects of the process One chance to get it right Large penalties for error or contract failure

CM goal is to deliver a perfect product

Hammurabi’s Code

The oldest profession?

Hammurabi’s Code – 1780 B.C.228. If a builder build a house for some one and complete it,

he shall give him a fee of two shekels in money for each sar of surface.

229. If a builder build a house for some one, and does not construct it properly, and the house which he built fall in and kill its owner, then that builder shall be put to death.

230. If it kill the son of the owner the son of that builder shall be put to death.

231. If it kill a slave of the owner, then he shall pay slave for slave to the owner of the house.

232. If it ruin goods, he shall make compensation for all that has been ruined, and inasmuch as he did not construct properly this house which he built and it fell, he shall re-erect the house from his own means.

233. If a builder build a house for some one, even though he has not yet completed it; if then the walls seem toppling, the builder must make the walls solid from his own means.

Contracting – 487B.C.Contract for Rent & Repair of a House, One Year Term, Thirty-fifth year of Darius, 487 B.C. This contract is most interesting. Such business methods are not, therefore, altogether modern.

•In addition to the rent of the house of Shamash-iddin, son of Rimut, fifteen shekels of money in cash (shall go) to Iskhuya, son of Shaqa-Bel, son of the priest of Agish, for this year.

•Because of the payment he shall repair the weakness (of the house), he shall close up the crack of the wall. He shall pay a part of the money at the beginning, a part of the money at the completion. He shall pay it on the day of Bel, the day of wailing and weeping.

•In case the house is unfinished by Iskhuya after the first day of Tebet, Shamash-iddin shall receive four shekels of money in cash into his possession at the hands of Iskhuya. •The names of three witnesses and a scribe then follow… •Dated at Shibtu, the twenty-first of Kislimu, the thirty-fifth year of Darius.

Construction Process

Study the contract Study the site, labor, materials Plan the work

What teams are needed How will they interact in time Integrate materials & logistics Diagram the flow of work Check the timing from start to finish

Class example

Construct a dog house for FIDO

Doghouse for FIDO

Consider Siting Design & Materials Labor Timing or schedule Utilities Cost Permits

House for FIDO

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Construction Boosts the Economy

Questions… What to call me…

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Contact info for me…Prof. Ralph Locurcio, PE

Link Bld., Room 312Tel: 674-7149 or 8252Email: locurcio@fit.edu Web: http://my.fit.edu/locurcio