M Tech in Civil Engineering
(Specialisation: Infrastructure Engineering and
Management)
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CE 541 |
Infrastructure Planning |
3-0-0-6 |
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CE 614 |
Financing Infrastructure Projects |
3-0-0-6 |
CE 542 |
Project Management in Infrastructure Construction |
3-0-0-6 |
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CE 612 |
Advanced Concrete Technology |
3-0-0-6 |
CE 543 |
Infrastructure Projects – Construction Methods
and Equipment Management |
3-0-0-6 |
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CE 544 |
Project Management Laboratory |
3-0-0-6 |
CE xxx |
Elective I |
3-0-0-6 |
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CE 6xx |
Elective II |
3-0-0-6 |
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CE 6xx |
Elective III |
3-0-0-6 |
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12-0-0-24 |
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15-0-0-30 |
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Semester 4 |
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CE 694 |
M Tech Project - I |
0-0-24-24 |
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CE 695 |
M Tech Project - II |
0-0-24-24 |
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0-0-24-24 |
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Elective
I Course
No. Course
Name L
– T – P – C CE 601
Numerical Methods 3
– 0 – 0 – 6 CE 602
Optimization Methods 3
– 0 – 0 – 6 Elective
II Course
No. Course
Name L
– T – P – C CE 509
Project Procurement Systems 3
– 0 – 0 – 6 CE 510
Quality and Safety Management in Construction 3
– 0 – 0 – 6 Elective
III Course
No. Course
Name L
– T – P – C CE 504
Advanced Structural Design
3 – 0 – 0 – 6 CE 581
Urban Transportation Systems Planning
3 – 0 – 0 – 6 CE 665 Water
Distribution and Wastewater 3
– 0 – 0 – 6 Collection
System Design CE 525
Solid and Hazardous Waste Management
3 – 0 – 0 – 6 CE 568
Environmental Management
3 – 0 – 0 – 6 CE 625
Transportation System Management
3 – 0 – 0 – 6 CE 629
Public Transportation Systems Planning
3 – 0 – 0 – 6 CE 552
Water Resources Systems Analysis, Planning
3
– 0 – 0 – 6 And
Management MA 596
Stochastic Calculus for Finance
3 – 0 – 0 – 6 MA 598
Mathematics of Financial Derivatives
3 – 0 – 0 – 6 |
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CE
541 INFRASTRUCTURE
PLANNING (3
0 0 6) Definitions of infrastructure; Typical
infrastructure planning steps; Planning and appraisal of major infrastructure
projects; Screening of project ideas; Life cycle analysis; Multi-criteria
analysis for comparison of infrastructure alternatives; Procurement
strategies; Scheduling and management of planning activities; Economic
Analysis – Concepts and Applications, Principles of methodologies for
economic analysis of public works, Social welfare function, indifference
curves and trade offs, Demand curves and price elasticities; Benefit-cost
ratio and internal rate of return; Shadow pricing; Accounting for risk and
uncertainty; Financial Evaluation - Time value of money, Investment criteria,
Project cash flows – elements and basic principles of estimation,
Financial estimates and projections, Cost of capital, Rate of return; Project
risk analysis; Political and social perspectives of infrastructure planning;
Case studies. Texts: 1 A. S. Goodman and M.
Hastak, Infrastructure planning handbook:
Planning, engineering, and economics, McGraw-Hill, New York, 2006. 2 J. Parkin and D.
Sharma, Infrastructure planning,
Thomas Telford, London, 1999. References: 1 P.
Chandra, Projects: Planning, analysis,
selection, financing, implementation, and review, Tata McGraw-Hill, New
Delhi, 2009. 2 J.
D. Finnerty, Project financing -
Asset-based financial engineering, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1996. 3 A.
S. Goodman and M. Hastak, Infrastructure
planning handbook: Planning, engineering, and economics, McGraw-Hill, New
York, 2006. 4 J.
Parkin and D. Sharma, Infrastructure
planning, Thomas Telford, London, 1999. 5 L.
Squire and H. G.van der Tak, Economic
analysis of projects, John Hopkins University Press, London, 1975. 6 T.
J. Webster, Managerial economics:
Theory and practices, Elsevier, New Delhi, 2003. |
CE
542 PROJECT MANAGEMENT IN CONSTRUCTION (3
0 0 6) Introduction to project management
processes - Initiating, Planning, Executing, Controlling, and Closing processes;
Project Integration Management - Project plan development, Project plan
execution, and Overall change control; Project Scope Management - Initiation,
Scope planning, Scope definition, Scope verification, and Scope change
control; Project Time Management - Activity definition - work breakdown
structure, Activity sequencing – scheduling logic, precedence
diagramming method, arrow diagramming method, Activity duration estimation,
Schedule development and analysis - critical path method, program evaluation
and review technique, production curves, line-of-balance method, Duration
compression, Resource constrained scheduling, Schedule control; Project Cost
Management - Resource planning, Cost estimating, Cost budgeting, and Cost
control – earned value method; Project Resource Management - Resource
aggregation, Resource leveling – method of moments, double moments,
Resource allocation; Time-cost Tradeoff; Project Quality Management - Quality
planning, Quality assurance, and Quality control; Project Risk Management -
Risk identification, Risk quantification, Risk response development and
control; Project Procurement Management - Procurement planning, Solicitation
planning, Solicitation, Source selection, Contract administration, and
Contract close-out; Material Management; Life-cycle Costing; Value
Management; Knowledge Management. Texts: 1 T. Hegazy, Computer-based construction project
management, Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 2002. 2 S. M. Levy, Project management in construction, 5th
ed., McGraw Hill, New York, 2007. References: 1 PMI, A guide to the project management body of
knowledge, 3rd ed., Project Management Institute,
Pennsylvania, 1996. 2 M. Mawdesley, W.
Askew and M. O'Reilly, Planning and
controlling construction projects, Addison Wesley Longman Limited, Essex,
1997. 3 J. Kelly, S. Male and
D. Graham, Value management of
construction projects, Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, 2003. |
CE
543 CONSTRUCTION METHODS AND
EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENT (3
0 0 6) Planning Process for Equipment and Methods;
Cost of Owning and Operating Construction Equipment - Ownership cost,
Depreciation, Operating cost, and Ownership and operating costs calculation
methods; Equipment Life and Replacement Procedures - Physical, profit and
economic life, Replacement analysis; Engineering Fundamentals of Moving Earth
- Rolling resistance, Effect of grade on tractive effort, Effect of altitude
on performance of IC engines; Earthmoving, Excavating, and Lifting Equipment
Selection - Bulldozers, Front-end Loaders, Scrapers, Trucks, Excavators,
Backhoes, Front shovels, Cranes, and Forklifts; Piles and Pile-Driving
Equipment; Production of Crushed-stone Aggregate; Concreting Equipment;
Asphalt Mix Production and Placement - Asphalt Plants, and Paving Equipment;
Estimating and Optimizing Construction Equipment System Productivity -
Peurifoy’s method of optimizing productivity, Phelps’ Method,
Optimizing hauling system based on loading facility; Estimation of Equipment
Productivity - Mathematical models, Simulations; Scheduling Equipment-Intensive
Horizontal Construction Projects - Linear scheduling method, Precedence
diagramming method, Developing equipment resource packages; Scheduling
Lifting Equipment for Vertical Construction; Equipment Financing Decision -
Financing methods, Rental and lease contract considerations. Texts: 1 D. G. Gransberg, C.
M. Popescu and R. C. Ryan, Construction
equipment management for engineers, estimators, and owners, Taylor &
Francis, New York, 2006. 2 R. L. Peurifoy, C. J.
Schexnayder, A. Shapira and R. Schmitt, Construction
planning, equipment, and methods, 8th ed., McGraw Hill, New
York, 2010. References: 1 D. A. Day and N. B. H.
Benjamin, Construction equipment guide,
2nd ed., Wiley, New Jersey, 1991. 2 F. Harris, Modern construction and ground engineering
equipment and methods, 2nd ed., Longman, London, 1994. 3 J. Singh, Heavy construction - planning, equipment
and methods, 3rd ed., CRC Press, 2009. |
CE 509 PROJECT PROCUREMENT SYSTEMS (3
0 0 6) Introduction to procurement systems; Common
Variants of Main Procurement Systems; Separated Procurement Systems;
Integrated Procurement Systems; Management-Oriented Procurement Systems -
Management contracting, Construction management; Design and manage; Discretionary
Procurement Systems; Project partnering; Strategic partnering; Project
Alliancing; Relational Contracting; Contract Administration; Contract
Management; Organising the Project Procurement Process; Organisational
Design; Emerging Issues in Procurement Systems - Cultural issues, e-Business;
Selection of Procurement Systems; Case Studies on Procurement Systems of
Parastatal Entities. Texts/References 1 J. W. E. Masterman, An introduction to building procurement
systems, Taylor & Francis, London, 2002. 2 D. Walker and K.
Hampson, Procurement strategies - A
relationship-based approach, Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, 2003. 3 S. Rowlinson and P.
McDermott, Procurement systems A guide to best practice in
construction, E&FN Spon, London, 1999. 4 D. Walker and S.
Rowlinson, Procurement systems - A
cross-industry project management perspective, Spon, London, 2008. |
CE 510
QUALITY AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT IN CONSTRUCTION (3 0 0 6) Introduction
to quality; Importance of quality; Quality transition - quality control and
inspection, quality assurance, total quality management; Evolution of quality
management; Planning and control of quality during design of structures;
Tools and techniques for quality management; Inspection of materials and
machinery; Quality assurance in construction; Systems quality management;
Quality standards/codes in design and construction; (ISO:9000); Total quality
management (TQM) - principles, tools and techniques. Introduction to safety;
Safety and health programs in construction industry; Planning for safety
provisions; Analysis of construction hazards and accidents; Construction
hazards and safety guidelines; Prevention techniques for construction accidents;
Site management with regard to safety recommendations; Training for safety
awareness and implementation; Construction safety and health manual. Texts/References: 1 B. G. Dale, Managing quality, 4th ed.,
Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, 2003. 2 C. D. Reese and J. V.
Eidson, Handbook of OSHA construction
safety and health, 2nd ed., CRC Press, Boca Raton, 2006. 3 F. Harris, R.
McCaffer and F. Edum-Fotwe, Modern
construction management, 6th ed., Blackwell Publishing,
Oxford, 2006. 4 K. Knutson, C. J.
Schexnayder, C. M. Fiori and R. Mayo, Construction
management fundamentals, 2nd ed., McGraw Hill, New York, 2008. 5 A. S. J. Holt, Principles
of construction safety, Blackwell
Publishing, Oxford, 2008. |
CE 544 PROJECT MANAGEMENT LABORATORY (0 0 3 3) Management of infrastructure projects using
project management software packages such as MS Project 2007 and Primavera
Project Planner - Project estimation, project planning, project scheduling,
network analysis, project time reduction and optimization, resource leveling,
project time, cost and finance management. Texts/References: 1 P. Harris, Planning and scheduling using Microsoft
Office Project 2007, Eastwood Harris Pty Ltd, Victoria, 2007. 2 P. Harris, Project planning and control using
Primavera P6, Eastwood Harris Pty Ltd, Victoria, 2008. 3 E. Marmel, Microsoft project 2007 bible, Wiley
Publishing, Indianapolis, 2007. |