Graduate Catalog

CIVE 761 Productivity Improvement in Construction

The objective of this course is to examine factors that impact construction productivity, the use of management tools to develop construction productivity improvement programs, methods for performing construction loss calculations, and strategies for developing productivity improvement programs for the construction environment. Higher productivity drives greater profitability by improving cost and schedule performance. Throughout the course, emphasis will be placed on techniques and methods that can manage and increase the efficiency of cost and schedule parameters. This course is designed to provide guidance to students, future owner, contractor, subcontractor, or construction manager on methods and processes by which construction productivity can be effectively managed and increased.

Credits

3

Offered

Spring