Construction Management and Entrepreneurship Syllabus VTU BE Civil 2017 Scheme

Construction Management and Entrepreneurship Syllabus VTU BE Civil Engineering 8th sem, 2017 scheme is taken from official website VTU and presented here for VTU students. The course code (17CV61), and for exam duration, Teaching Hr/week, Practical Hr/week, Total Marks, internal marks, theory marks, duration and credits do visit complete sem subjects post given below.

For all other civil 6th sem syllabus for be 2017 scheme vtu you can visit Civil 6th Sem syllabus for BE 2017 Scheme VTU Subjects. The detail syllabus for construction management and entrepreneurship is as follows.

Course Objectives:

This course will enable students to

1. Understand the concept of planning, scheduling, cost and quality control, safety during construction, organization and use of project information necessary for construction project.
2. Inculcate Human values to grow as responsible human beings with proper personality.
3. Keep up ethical conduct and discharge professional duties.

Module 1

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Module 2

Resource Management: Basic concepts of resource management, class of labour, Wages & statutory requirement, Labour Production rate or Productivity, Factors affecting labour output or productivity. Construction Equipments: classification of construction equipment, estimation of productivity for: excavator, dozer, compactors, graders and dumpers. Estimation of ownership cost, operational and maintenance cost of construction equipments. Selection of construction equipment and basic concept on equipment maintenance Materials: material management functions, inventory management.

Module 3

Construction Quality , safety and Human Values: Construction quality process, inspection, quality control and quality assurance, cost of quality, ISO standards. Introduction to concept of Total Quality Management HSE: Introduction to concepts of HSE as applicable to Construction. Importance of safety in construction , Safety measures to be taken during Excavation , Explosives , drilling and blasting , hot bituminous works , scaffolds / platforms / ladder , form work and equipment operation. Storage of materials. Safety through legislation, safety campaign. Insurances. Ethics : Morals, values and ethics, integrity, trustworthiness , work ethics, need of engineering ethics, Professional Duties, Professional and Individual Rights, Confidential and Proprietary Information, Conflict of Interest Confidentiality, Gifts and Bribes, Price Fixing, Whistle Blowing.

Module 4

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Module 5

Entrepreneurship: Evolution of the concept, functions of an entrepreneur, concepts of entrepreneurship, stages in entrepreneurial process, different sources of finance for entrepreneur, central and state level financial institutions.
Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME): definition, characteristics, objectives, scope, role of MSME in economic development, advantages of MSME, Introduction to different schemes: TECKSOK, KIADB, KSSIDC, DIC, Single Window Agency: SISI, NSIC, SIDBI, KSFC
Business Planning Process: Business planning process, marketing plan, financial plan, project report and feasibility study, guidelines for preparation of model project report for starting a new venture. Introduction to international entrepreneurship opportunities , entry into international business , exporting , direct foreign investment , venture capital

Course Outcomes:

After studying this course, students will be able to:

1. 1. Understand the construction management process.
   2. Understand and solve variety of issues that are encountered by every professional in discharging professional duties.
   3. Fulfill the professional obligations effectively with global outlook

Program

Course Objectives:

• Engineering knowledge
• Problem analysis
• Interpretation of data

Text Books:

1. P C Tripathi and P N Reddy, Principles of Management, Tata McGraw-Hill Education
2. Chitkara, K.K, Construction Project Management: Planning Scheduling and Control, Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, New Delhi.
3. Poornima M. Charantimath , Entrepreneurship Development and Small Business Enterprise, Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt. Ltd., Licensees of Pearson Education
4. Dr. U.K. Shrivastava Construction Planning and Management, Galgotia publications Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi.
5. Bureau of Indian standards – IS 7272 (Part-1)- 1974 : Recommendations for labour output constant for building works :

Reference Books:

1. Robert L Peurifoy, Clifford J. Schexnayder, Aviad Shapira, Robert Schmitt, Construction Planning, Equipment, and Methods (Civil Engineering), McGraw-Hill Education
2. Harold Koontz, Heinz Weihrich, Essentials of Management: An International, Innovation, and Leadership perspective, T.M.H. Edition, New Delhi
3. Frank Harris, Ronald McCaffer with Francis Edum-Fotwe, Modern Construction Management, Wiley-Blackwell
4. Mike Martin, Roland Schinzinger, Ethics in Engineering, McGraw-Hill Education
5. Chris Hendrickson and Tung Au, Project Management for Construction -Fundamentals Concepts for Owners, Engineers, Architects and Builders, Prentice Hall, Pitsburgh
6. James L.Riggs , David D. Bedworth , Sabah U. Randhawa, Engineerng Economics 4 ed tata Mc Graw hill.
7. S.C Sharma -Construction Equipments and its management – Khanna publishers

For detail syllabus of all other subjects of BE Civil, 2017 scheme do visit Civil 6th Sem syllabus for 2017 scheme.

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