COURSE UNIT TITLE

: BUILDING CONSTRUCTION AND ORGANIZATION

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MIM 3631 BUILDING CONSTRUCTION AND ORGANIZATION ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Architecture

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR FAHRIYE HILAL HALICIOĞLU

Offered to

Architecture

Course Objective

The course aims to give information about building construction and organization. It includes three main components of a production system (Input, Process, Output), the features of the building construction process, the building construction systems/technologies, project life-cycle and project organizational structure, the objectives of an organization in building construction, feasibility studies for building projects, tendering and bidding procedures, project delivery methods, types of contracts for construction projects, certain procedures performed on construction site, construction site planning according to building construction technologies. Also, in this course it is given information about advanced construction technologies and the effects of technological innovations and strategic collaborations on building construction and organization.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Understanding the principles of building construction organization
2   Understanding project life-cycle and project organizational structure, and the objectives of an organization in building construction
3   Understanding feasibility studies for building projects, tendering and bidding procedures, project delivery methods, types of contracts for construction projects, project planning and programming
4   Understanding construction site planning according to building construction technologies
5   Improving skills for monitoring technological innovations and advanced construction technologies.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Information about the aims, methods and references of the course Explanation of the research assignment and research topics
2 Building construction and organization: Concepts and definitions Three main components of a production system: Input-Process-Output The features of the building construction process The main objectives of an organization in building construction Stakeholders involved in the building construction process
3 General information about the building construction systems / building construction technologies
4 Project life-cycle Feasibility studies for building projects Tendering and bidding procedures
5 Project organizational structure and Project delivery methods Strategic collaborations
6 Types of contracts for construction projects Spesifications
7 Project planning and programming
8 Certain procedures performed on construction site
9 Construction site planning according to building construction technologies Some examples of construction site planning
10 Advanced construction technologies Effects of technological innovations on building construction and organization
11 Mid-term exam
12 Student seminars on research topics specified within the scope of the course (Oral presentation of the research assignments and classroom discussions)
13 Student seminars on research topics specified within the scope of the course (Oral presentation of the research assignments and classroom discussions)
14 Student seminars on research topics specified within the scope of the course (Oral presentation of the research assignments and classroom discussions)
15 Submission of the research assignments Assessment of the research assignments

Recomended or Required Reading

Ashworth, A., & Perera, S. (2018). Contractual procedures in the construction industry. Routledge.
Franz, B. W., & Leicht, R. M. (2016). An alternative classification of project delivery methods used in the United States building construction industry. Construction Management and Economics, 34(3), 160-173.
Illingworth, J. R. (2017). Construction methods and planning. CRC Press.
Merschbrock, C., & Munkvold, B. E. (2015). Effective digital collaboration in the construction industry: A case study of BIM deployment in a hospital construction project. Computers in Industry, 73, 1-7.
Sobotka, A., & Pacewicz, K. (2016). Building site organization with 3D technology in use. Procedia engineering, 161, 407-413.
Zhang R., Liu A.M.M. (2017) Project Organization Structure and Design Coordination in Architecture and Engineering Design Projects: An Advanced Structural Contingency Perspective. Springer.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course is taught in a lecture, research assignment, class presentation and discussion format. All class members are expected to attend and both the lecture and seminar hours and take part in the discussion sessions.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FINS FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.30 + FINS * 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.30 + RST * 0.40


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Mid-term exam % 30 (LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5)
Research assignments and Presentation % 30 (LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5)
Final exam % 40 (LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5)

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Dokuz Eylul University
Faculty of Architecture
Department of Architecture
hilal.halicioglu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

to be announced

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 10 2 20
Tutorials 3 2 6
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 12 12
Preparing assignments 1 15 15
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 75

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15
LO.15555
LO.25555
LO.35555
LO.45555
LO.55555