Construction Management Diploma consists of the following 10 units:
Unit 1 - Introduction to Construction Management
The first course unit provides candidates with an introduction to construction management and the role the professional construction manager plays in contemporary building projects. Labour quality and productivity are explored, along with the various testing, inspection and supervisory responsibilities of the construction manager.
Unit 2 - Development and Organisation of Construction Projects
In the second unit, course content focuses primarily on the project life cycle and the general organisation and development of construction projects. Candidates are introduced to the project initiation phrase, the design and planning phase, execution and control phases and general organisation of professional building projects.
Unit 3 - Importance of Estimation in Construction Work
Focus then shifts to the subject of construction work project estimation and its critical importance. Candidates explore the ways and means by which accurate estimates can be produced in accordance with feasibility studies and intensive planning. Revision of project budgets is also introduced.
Unit 4 - Preliminary Investigations, Location and Site Selection
The concepts of site selection, location and a variety of other preliminary investigations are introduced in the fourth course unit, which guides candidates through various selection and evaluation criteria along with essential topographic considerations.
Unit 5 - Site Organisation
In the fifth unit, the central theme is that of sight organisation and an array of critically important considerations including site accommodation, material storage, equipment and tools storage, plant movements and general requirements, supply of electricity and water, site access and site fencing/boundary options.
Unit 6 - Planning for Equipment
Equipment-planning and selection forms the core focus of Unit 6, which provides candidates with an in-depth look at the evaluation process whereby equipment requirements are both carefully considered and workable plans produced accordingly. Financing for site equipment is also introduced.
Unit 7 - Equipment Management
The management of all essential equipment represents the core focus of Unit 7. Candidates discover a wide variety of concepts/essentials including equipment maintenance and repair, replacement analysis, stock planning, spare parts inventory maintenance and the general organisation of on-site equipment.
Unit 8 - Material Management
Course content then moves on to material management, providing candidates with a broad overview of potential material purchase challenges, various issues related to material-handling and storage, the concept of integrated materials management and the role the professional construction manager plays in managing materials.
Unit 9 - Purchase and Storage Management
Storage management represents the primary theme of Unit 9, which is introduced alongside the crucial concept of purchase management. Candidates investigate a variety of storage systems and procedures, warehousing basics, material purchasing systems and stored material preservation.
Unit 10 - Human Resource Management
The role of the professional construction manager in organising, deploying and supervising all essential human resources forms the core focus of Unit 10. Candidates are introduced to some of the most critically important people-management skills and theoretical teachings at the core of every successful business manager.
