Construction

Delivering projects on time, on budget, safely and to quality. Turning designs into built reality. Learn construction management, quantity estimation, costing and rate analysis, project planning with CPM/PERT and earned value, quality control and testing, and construction safety — the skills that run real sites.

• Construction Management — Construction management plans, coordinates and controls projects. Learn the project life cycle, stakeholders and contracts (lump sum, item rate, cost-plus, EPC, PPP), site organisation, equipment selection and productivity, procurement, claims and lean construction.
• Estimation — Estimation calculates quantities of work and materials. Learn types of estimates, units of measurement, methods (long wall–short wall, centre-line), quantities for earthwork, concrete, brickwork, steel and finishes, material requirements (cement, sand, aggregate, bricks) and the bill of quantities.
• Costing — Costing turns quantities into money. Learn rate analysis (materials, labour, equipment, overheads, profit), direct and indirect costs, cost indices and escalation, cash flow, time value of money (NPV, life-cycle cost) and value engineering.
• Project Planning — Project planning schedules and controls construction. Learn work breakdown structures, bar charts, network diagrams, the critical path method (forward/backward pass, float), PERT probabilities, resource levelling, crashing and earned value management.
• Quality Control — Quality control makes sure what's built matches specifications. Learn QA vs QC, inspection and test plans, material testing (concrete cubes, slump, steel, soils), statistical acceptance criteria, control charts, non-conformance, and ISO 9001 quality management.
• Safety — Construction is one of the most dangerous industries. Learn hazard identification and risk assessment, the hierarchy of controls, major hazards (falls, excavations, cranes, electricity, confined spaces), PPE, permits to work, safety metrics (LTIFR) and safety management systems.