CE 22200 – Life Cycle Engineering and Management of Constructed Facilities

This course is cross listed between Civil Engineering (CE) and Construction Engineering and Management (CEM)

Credits and contact hours:

  • 3 credits
  • Lecture meets 3 times per week for 50 minutes per meeting for 15 weeks

Specific course information:

  • Catalog description: This course introduces concepts relating to the engineering and management of facilities throughout their life cycle. Topics that will be explored include the nature of the construction industry, construction contracts, legal and management organization of construction companies, basics of the design and construction process, as well as an introduction to the role of estimating and project scheduling. Cost, time, safety and quality concepts of construction management relationships will also be discussed.
  • Prerequisites: None
  • Course status: Required for CE (construction focus); elective for CE (non-construction focus).

Specific Goals for the course:

  • Student learning (ABET) outcomes
    • Outcome 1: An ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics.
    • Outcome 2: An ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors.
  •  Construction specific, technical achievements - The course is designed to introduce students to the basic concepts of construction management in the context of the engineering and management of facilities throughout their lifecycle. By the end of this course, students should be able to:
    1. Explain fundamental construction management concepts in the context of the engineering and management of facilities throughout their life cycle.
    2. Explain the typical project development cycle (including key stages and associated issues) and legal implications of important dates/events.
    3. Explain various project delivery systems and contract types, and their advantages and disadvantages.
    4. Explain different levels of project organization structures.
    5. Explain key safety management concepts.
    6. Explain how different pricing schemas affect the transfer of the ownership in materials management.
    7. List key resources in the use of construction project management.
    8. Design and evaluate construction management systems in aspects of time, cost, resource, and safety.
    9. Design work breakdown structures (WBS).
    10. Develop and analyze construction schedules in aspects of project duration, critical path, and floats.
    11. Estimate and control costs on a construction project.
    12. Select construction equipment and calculate equipment productivity.
    13. Evaluate equipment investment options via engineering economic analysis.
    14. Analyze the financing needs of a construction project.
    15. Design and criticize safety programs.
    16. Calculate and plan resource usage in project.
  • The course contributes to the following BSCE/BSCEM Program Objectives at Purdue University:
    • Technical Knowledge, Complementary Knowledge, Opportunities for Learning, and Professional Preparation.

Topics:

  • The construction industry and its stakeholders
  • Life cycle of a constructed facility (identification of need through its operation in perpetuity, renewal or decommissioning)
  • Use of life-cycle matrix
  • Project delivery systems
  • Construction contracts (impact on risk and cost)
  • Project organization structures
  • Estimating at different phases (preliminary, parametric, engineer’s, bid estimate, change order estimate)
  • Project planning and scheduling (critical path method, resource use over time)
  • Project cash flow and company cash flow
  • Construction equipment – performance and cost considerations of heavy construction equipment
  • Resource cycles, production rates of different operations
  • Safety during construction (Prevention through Design (PtD), linking safety with productivity of construction operations and costs)
  • Labor relations/construction labor costs
  • Quality during life cycle (emphasis on work and material specifications, total quality control)
  • Construction cost control