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Level 1
Course details
Conestoga 101
CON0101
- Hours: 1
- Credits: 0
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- CoRequisites:
Construction Risk Management
CONS8001
- Hours: 42
- Credits: 3
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Construction Planning and Scheduling
CONS8015
- Hours: 56
- Credits: 4
- Pre-Requisites:
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Construction Procurement and Contract Administration
CONS8021
- Hours: 42
- Credits: 3
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Development Economics
CONS8061
This course primarily is concerned with the property development, investment, and finances. Topics covered are development processes, site analysis and selection, market studies, estimating development cost, loan repayment methods, developing integrated financial cash flow, land development, build and sell, lease, buy or build analysis, project economics during construction, financial modelling using MS Excel, risk analysis. The course also reviews the different types of project finance and delivery methods.
- Hours: 42
- Credits: 3
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Quantity Takeoff and Measurement
CONS8121
- Hours: 42
- Credits: 3
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Construction Job Site Management
CONS8211
The course covers construction job site management from a contractor's point of view. It introduces students to duties and responsibilities handled by the construction superintendent and construction engineer throughout the project's progress from start to close-out. Topics covered are site team roles, field office mobilization and administration, construction documents on the job site, record-keeping at the job site, job site layout and control, meetings, negotiations and dispute resolution, job site labour relations and control, managing time and materials, job site equipment use, operation, and maintenance, construction cranes, personnel and safety management, sustainable construction practices, changes and claims, progress payments, and project close-out. The course will have regular site visits for students to observe and see jobsite management in practice.
- Hours: 42
- Credits: 3
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Level 2
Course details
Cost Estimating and Bidding Procedures
CONS8031
- Hours: 42
- Credits: 3
- Pre-Requisites:
- CoRequisites:
Construction Quality Management
CONS8051
- Hours: 42
- Credits: 3
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Applied Environmental Law and Construction Safety
CONS8075
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: 56
- Credits: 4
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Major Project in Construction Project Management
CONS8081
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’s and contractor’s roles. In consultant’s 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’s 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, Enrollment in this course is limited to students who are in their final semester of the program.
- Hours: 56
- Credits: 4
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Construction Methods and Techniques
CONS8241
This course covers construction methods and techniques. Topics covered are construction processes, execution methods, construction sequencing, fundamentals and types of mechanicalm electrical, and plumbing methods, and site development.
- Hours: 42
- Credits: 3
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Leadership in Project Management
MGMT8201
- Hours: 42
- Credits: 3
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Program outcomes
- Develop and use strategies to promote continuous professional learning in the construction industry
- Monitor and support workplace health and safety practices and procedures which are compliant with current legislation and regulations
- Assess construction project operations for compliance with contractual obligations, applicable laws, standards, bylaws, codes and ethical practices in construction methodology
- Analyze and monitor construction processes to ensure that sustainability practices are implemented in accordance with contract documents, industry standards and environmental legislative requirements
- Establish and manage relationships among diverse project stakeholders to achieve construction project goals
- Manage the production, storage, retrieval and communication of project-related digital documents according to best practices, to meet construction project deadlines and goals
- Perform a feasibility study to inform decisions in the planning phase of a construction project
- Schedule, manage and evaluate the progression of construction projects by applying the principles, practices and tools of construction project management to complete projects on time and within budget
- Prepare estimates and manage procurement processes to control costs in accordance with best practices in construction project management
- Develop and oversee quality assurance and control processes involved in the completion of construction projects to meet project specifications and industry quality standards
- Analyze and manage project risks to mitigate their impact throughout the construction project lifecycle
- Formulate human resource management strategies to optimize personnel requirements for construction project completion
- Build and lead multidisciplinary teams throughout the construction project lifecycle to accomplish construction project goals