Construction Project Management

• Hours: 42
• Credits: 3
• Pre-Requisites:
• CoRequisites:
• Estimated required text and/or learning resource costs: No cost.

• Hours: 42
• Credits: 3
• Pre-Requisites:
• CoRequisites:
• Estimated required text and/or learning resource costs: No cost.

This course provides an introduction to selected laws concerning environmental protection and construction safety. Key statutes, regulations and policies that relate to environmental management and construction safety in Ontario are examined in the context of industrial/commercial facilities, brownfields and new urban developments. The course reviews the relevance of environmental legislation as it relates to issues such as air and waste quality, hazardous waste management, site assessment and cleanup, emergency planning, spills, transportation of dangerous goods, noise, and vibration. Construction safety and liability will be explored in relation to the Ontario Occupational Health and Safety Act. The course will provide an understanding of the legal framework in Ontario for approvals, enforcement, penalties, liabilities and reporting requirements under selected applicable law. Case studies and guest speakers will be used to demonstrate the application of environmental and construction safety legislation.

• Hours: 42
• Credits: 3
• Pre-Requisites:
• CoRequisites:
• Estimated required text and/or learning resource costs: No cost.

This course is designed as a capstone project to enable students to apply and synthesize the material learned in other courses. Working in a team, students will select a project, submit a project proposal, and prepare a detailed project report and present their finding in a professional jury setting to external and internal examiners. In this course, students assume consultant and contractor roles. In the consultant role, students prepare detailed market, technical and financial analysis, site selection and site feasibility study, project design, preliminary cost estimate, value engineering and life cycle costing, bid document, bid invitation, and simulated bid award. In the contractor role, students prepare detailed quantity takeoff, cost estimate, site layout, project schedule, resource plan, risk plan, quality plan, procurement plan, construction health and safety plan, communication plan, stakeholder plan. The project type will engage all the lessons learned in the course of study, including co-op. Therefore, enrolment in this course is limited to students who are in their final term of the program.

• Hours: 56
• Credits: 4
• Pre-Requisites:
• CoRequisites:
• Estimated required text and/or learning resource costs: No cost.

This course covers construction methods and techniques. Topics covered are construction processes, execution methods, construction sequencing, fundamentals and types of mechanical, electrical, and plumbing methods, and site development.

• Hours: 42
• Credits: 3
• Pre-Requisites:
• CoRequisites:
• Estimated required text and/or learning resource costs: No cost.

• Hours: 42
• Credits: 3
• Pre-Requisites:
• CoRequisites:
• Estimated required text and/or learning resource costs: No cost.