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Engineering economics; time and financial management; contracts and contract administration; management information systems; infrastructure systems.
This course covers the management of civil engineering infrastructure (including roads, railways, water supply and waste disposal), taking account of the full range of life-cycle costs. It also covers the basics of economic appraisal, contracting arrangements, time scheduling and cost estimation.
On completion you should:- understand the essential charactistics of the various infrastructure systems, and the main issues associated with their construction, operation and maintenace;- understand the main strengths and weaknesses of alternative contracting arrangements;- be able to undertake appraisals of capital and maintenance investment options, taking account of short, medium and long term socio-economic costs and benefits, and financial constraints;- be able to accurately estimate the costs of engineering work and to schedule the tasks involved to those costs are minimised;- understand how to prioritise maintenance work for a network so the socio-economic benefits are maximised and impacts minimised.
Subject to approval of the Head of Department.
Andre Dantas
Neil Allan
Raiyo Nariman
Banks, James H; Introduction to transportation engineering ; 2nd ed; McGraw-Hill, 2002.
Bennett, F. Lawrence; The management of engineering : human, quality, organizational, legal, and ethical aspects of professional practice ; Wiley, 1996.
Fricker, Jon D. , Whitford, Robert K; Fundamentals of transportation engineering : a multimodal systems approach ; Pearson Prentice Hall ;, 2004.
Ingenium (Organization) , New Zealand National Asset Management Steering Group., Institute of Public Works Engineering Australia; International infrastructure management manual ; Australia/New Zealand ed; Association of Local Government Engineering N.Z, 2002 (Medium: Other).
Pilcher, Roy; Principles of construction management ; 3rd ed.; McGraw-Hill Book Co, 1992.
Sullivan, William G. , Bontadelli, James A., Wicks, Elin M; Engineering economy ; 11th ed; Prentice Hall, 2000.
In addition to lectures and tutorials, this course will comprise the 2nd Pro Camp. The ‘Management Camp’ will be held during the mid-semester break (11-14 April) and will involve students working in teams, applying the material covered during the first 18 lectures to a Civil Engineering project.
Now no longer any pre-requisite.
Domestic fee $600.00
International fee $2,510.00
* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.
For further information see Civil and Natural Resources Engineering .