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Faculty of Civil Engineering / Standard Courses in Hungarian

Obligatory Subjects

• Construction Management - Estimates
• Construction Management - Contracting
• Management in Construction
• Labour Safety
• Four Weeks Technical Experiences

CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT; Subjects of  Branch

• Branch of  CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT
• Decision Supporting Methods
• Performing Civil Engineering Projects
• Organizing Assembly Works of Structures
• Contracting in Construction
• Engineering Economics

Elective Subjects

• Founding and Managing Companies
• Real-estate Development
• Economy in Construction

CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT - ESTIMATES
[BMEEPEKSZ14] - Dr. L. Neszmélyi - S. Sátori

Based on preliminary civil engineering studies of students the aim of subject is to introduce basic principles of mechanization, time setimates, site layout plans, that is of management in space and in time, together with basic terms of cost estimates and pricing in Construction Industry through lectures, study room works and individual desing works.

Titles from the lectures and study room works

• Principles of Site Layout, Site Zones, Production Plants
• Planning Site Layout ( locating and calculating temporary plants, supplies and structures ).
• Collaborating parties in Construction and their roles; Basic Documents of  Building Sites and Processes.
• Basics of Scheduling; Process identification, representations, tools and aims.
• Machines at Concrete works, plants, time estimates.
• Machines at Earthworks, plants, time estimates.
• Mechanizing Foundation works and Materials Handling.
• Cost estimates and pricing in Construction.

Homeworks

• Preparing time estimates, schedules and site-layout plans for an individual engineering project
• Preparing bills of quantities for an assigned set of a building jobs

Tests

• Collaborating parties in Construction and their roles. Mechanization in Construction
• Basics of  Scheduling. Site Layout. Cost estimates

Lecture notes, supporting materials

• PERFORMANCE  DATA COLLECTION  (STANDARDS)  FOR  CONSTRUCTION, Outdraw by Bacher-Neszmély ( in Hungarian )
• CATALOG  OF  BUILDING  MACHINES, Vattai-Neszmélyi-Berecz ( in Hungarian )
• Bacher - Dr. Lánczos - Dr. Soós : Mechanization in Construction - I. ( in Hungarian )
• Dr. L. Soós : Construction Machines - I. ( in Hungarian )
• Dr. L. Soós : Construction Machines - II. ( in Hungarian )
• Dr. L. Soós : Lifts and Cranes ( in Hungarian )
• Bacher - Dr. Monori - Dr. Neszmélyi : Construction Management I/1 - Basics of  Scheduling ( in Hungarian )
• Dr. Kürti - Dr. Monori : Construction Management II - Site Layout ( in Hungarian )

CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT - CONTRACTING
[BMEEPEKSZ15] - Dr. Z. Vattai

Based on preliminary civil engineering and construction management studies of students the aim of subject is to introduce basic principles of processing investment, applying network techniques, together with basics of engineering economics in Construction Industry through lectures, study room works and individual desing works.

Titles from the lectures and study room works

• Cost Estimates, Pricing, Cost Factors.
• The Process of  Investment. The Public Procurement System.
• Basic Terms and Main Problems of  Graph Theory.
• Network Techniques ( PERT^time, CPM^time, CPM^cost, MPM/PDM^time ), Terms of  Time-Analysis.
• Time-, Resource- and Cost Management with Network Techniques, Algorithms, Documentation.
• Decision Supporting Methods. Engineering Economics.

Homeworks

• Cost Estimates, Pricing ( no overhead )
• Call for Bids, Public Procurement System
• Preparing Network Model of a Multiple Civil Engineering Project

Lecture notes, supporting materials

• SLIDES OF LECTURES,  Dr. Z. Vattai - Dr. E. Klafszky ( in Hungarian )
• Dr. J. Gyulay : Activities of  Civil Engineers and of Architects in progressing investments ( in Hungarian )
• Dr. J. Gyulay : Contracting via Tendering, The Public Procurement System ( in Hungarian )
• Dr. Muzelák - Neuwirth : Cost Estimates and Pricing ( in Hungarian )
• Bacher - Dr. Monori - Dr. Neszmélyi : Construction Management I/2 - Network Techniques ( in Hungarian )

MANAGEMENT IN CONSTRUCTION
[BMEEPEK-K18] - Dr. L. Mályusz

Based on preliminary civil engineering and economics studies of students the aim of subject is to introduce basic knowledge of up-to-date economic environment in Hungary, highlighting principles of managing and adminstrating companies, as well as presenting case studies to demonstrate techno-logical and economic considerations

Titles from the lectures and study room works

• Planning and scheduling processes of engineering projects; considering technical preferences
• Principles of  organization- and management theories; company strategies, organizational structures
• Heading companies, "managing", "management"; main courses of management theories
• Factors effecting on operations and management of organizations
• Processes within organizations; managing organizational processes
• Finance as driving force in life of companies; alternatives and preferences
• Principles and tools of evaluating; evaluation in market companies
• Purchasing and selling; marketing at companies; marketing management
• Planning and scheduling production; production management; quality as driving philosophy
• Innovation and development; expectations against planning and managing development; innovation management
• Book-keeping and auditing at companies; controlling
• Human resources at companies; human resource management; the effective manager; managerial behavior
• Integrated processes at organizations; integrated systems of production and stockpiling; logistics at companies; change management
• Tools of  management; management scenarios and softwares

LABOUR SAFETY
[BMEEPEK-K34] - Dr. Z. A. Vattai - Dr. Gy. Bonifert

Based on preliminary civil engineering studies of students the aim of subject is to introduce basic aspects of labour safety, overviewing regulations in effect and highlighting safety expectations of construction processes

Titles from the lectures and study room works

• Basics of legalisation and administration; enforcing labour safety regulations
• Basics of  labour safety; terminology
• Regulating labour safety; specialities of  labour safety regulations; aims and principles of  Labour Safety Law
• Tripartit manner of  labour safety; labour safety tasks of  government, of employers and of employees
• Technical and human conditions of performances
• Tools and ways of enforcing labour safety preferences
• Safety regulation of construction; safety regulations of  basic technologies
• Safety regulations of  lifting machines ( cranes )
• Delegation system in labour safety; roles and responsibilities of labour safety representatives; the Labour Safety Committee; the Labour Safety Fund
• The Labour Safety Authority
• Liability in labour safety: liability of individuals
• Liability in labour safety: accountability

Lecture notes, supporting materials

•  Dr. Gy. Bonifert : Labour Safety ( in Hungarian )

FOUR WEEKS TECHNICAL EXPERIENCES
[BMEEPEKSIM2] - Dr. L. Neszmélyi

Based on preliminary civil engineering studies of students the aim of subject is to get an insight of the practice of construction management matters studied at the university. Studying typical technologies, machinery, site- and time management solutions, together with on-site communication of stakeholders ( client-architect-contractor )

Complementary Information

• Students would spent their courses at a company dealing with construction contracts, performances and/or management as junior engineers elaborating jobs fitting them. Based on preliminary consultations companies applied for ("suggested") by students are generally accepted though in cases when necessary the Department assists them to find appropriate firms. As well as experiences at Hungarian companies experiences spent at a foreign company or outside of  Hungary taking at least four weeks are accepted too ( e.g. IAESTE ).
• Detailed information on administrating full-fillment of expectations on technical experiences is communicated on lectures during spring semester of the academic year. Students having been full-filled their obligations on technical experiences have to prepare a report of some 15 to 20 sheets that should be assessed and signed by the Department if admitted within the first two weeks of succeeding ( 9^th ) semester.

CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT; Subjects of Branch

Branch  of  CONSTRUCTION  MANAGEMENT

• As specific addendum on regulations on preliminary studies Application for and Certification of studies on main branch or on sub-branch of  CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT including visiting lectures of the branch is controlled in accordance with agreement of  EDUCATIONS' COMMITTEE OF FACULTY OF CIVIL ENGINEERING and of DEPARTMENT OF CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT as follows:

Sub-Branch of CONTRUCTION MANAGEMENT

• To certify studies on sub-branch of Construcion Management an overall studies of 15 Credits ( practically all ) is expected selected from set of subjects ( of alltogether 16 credits ) listed below.
CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT, main branch and diploma work
• For to certify studies and to apply for a Diplom Work on main branch of Construcion Management on one hand an overall studies of 11 Credits is expected selected from set of subjects ( of alltogether 16 credits ) listed below, on the other hand studies of subjects STEEL SUPERSTRUCTURES ([BMEEOHS-SA1]7Cr) and REINFORCED CONCRETE SUPERSTRUCTURES ([BMEEOHS-SA2]7Cr) gesdtored by Department of Bridges and Structures is also expected. Courses of the latest two subjects are available in any semester with no limitations.
REGISTRATION OF STUDENTS, limitations on courses
• Number of students attending courses of the branch is limited by the Department as follows: On courses available in any semester of the academic year: 30 students/course; On courses available in one semester of the academic year: 60 students/course. Figures include studenst selecting Contruction Management either as main- or as sub-branch.
• Number of students preparing any diploma work on Branch of Construction Management is limited in accordance with the agreement of FACULTY OF CIVIL ENGINEERING and of DEPARTMENT OF CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENET as follows: 30 students/academic year.
• Due to limitations on courses students of courses are selected from an extended register of applications according to their qualification indices calculated as Sum(Credit*Mark) considering their results in subjects gestored by the Department. Qualification indices of students are revised in each semester.
• Acceptance list of students' appllication gets announced before start of actual semester on advertisement board at the entrance of  the Department ( “Hallgatói tárgyfelvétel és elõzménylista" ).

DECISION SUPPORTING METHODS
[BMEEPEK-SR1] - Dr. L. Mályusz

Via some special modelling problems also to be elaborated by students the aim of subject is to introduce some basic skills and knowledge on applied mathematics for to support decisions when planning, controlling and monitoring construction projects.

Titles from the lectures and study room works

• Basics of Graph Theory, Labelling Methods. (i) The Shortest Path - The Maximum Potential Problem, (ii) The Maximum Flow - The Minimum Cut Problem.
• The Transportation Problem and it's Variants. A Hungarian Algorithm.
• MPM Network Technique, Time- and Cost Model.
• Terms of Floats, Their applications in practice.
• Linear Programming. Production- and Sale Model.
• Multi-Functional Decision Making. (Bridgman model, Arimoto-Blahut method).
• Cluster Evaluation.
• Stochastic models. Bayes-typed methods and models: (i) RAS method, (ii) Gravity model.
• Time Value of Money, Equitations.
• Cash-Flows, Net Present Value Analysis.
• Internal Rate Of  Return.
• Investment Optimization, Capital Allocation.
• Risk Analysis, Assessing Likeliness.
• Portfolio models.

Supporting materials

• Project monitoring
• Decision support models (demands)
• Algorithm for longest path
• Special time, cost scheduling and resource allocation technique
• Prediction of the learning curve

PERFORMING CIVIL ENGINEERING PROJECTS
[BMEEPEK-SR2] - Dr. Z. Vattai - Dr. L. Neszmélyi - R. Varga

The aims of subject are to study processes and main phases of progression of engineering projects. It's theoretical and practical knowledge give an overview of on-site planning and managing skills of construction projects. It introduces ways of handling special conditions of technology and those of economics when preparing cost and time estimates and planning resource applications. The curricula also gives an overview of some software applications available for practice of managing construction projects.

Titles from the lectures and study room works

• Inter-relations of technical documents and time estimates.
• Conceptual questions of  time estimates.
• Process composition, resources and quantities.
• Up to date techniques for modelling time and preparing estimates.
• Network techniques - in details.
• Time estimates and associating documents.
• Computer Aided Time estimates and resource allocations.
• Site Management, Conceptual quesitions of Site Layout Planning.
• Supplementaries and Plants on Construction Sites.
• Temporary structures, stores and services.
• Cost estimates of performance, Engineer's Price.
• Multi-Project Management, Managing more sites simultaneously.
• Combinatorical Models in Construction Management.
• Experiences and Case Studies of Engineering Projects.

Individual Project (Homework)

• Preparing time and cost estimates together with site layout design of an engineering project assigned ( e.g. industrial hall, bridge, highway system )

ORGANIZING ASSEMBLY WORKS OF STRUCTURES
[BMEEPEK-SR3] - S. Sátori -  J. Poles

The aim of the subject is to review conceptual questions and practical details of erecting engineering structures of prefabricated ( preferably reinforced concrete ) elements, such as industrial halls. It discusses typical solutions of scheduling elements for assembly work, applying supplementary and/or temporary structures, supports, tools, and selecting appropriate (heavy) machinery and power tools.
The subject is the only one of the branch dedicated to ( a special sort of ) technology.

Titles from the lectures and study room works

• Development of prefabricated structures, functional elements, prefabricated units and joints.
• Catching elements, catch-points for lifting and transporting ( planning elements considering on-site performance,  dynamics of temporary and construction loads ).
• Supplementary structures, hangs, trusses, grabs, joints.
• Questions of transporting large-scale elements ( selecting routes, wehicles, supplementary structures ).
• Questions of temporary storages for prefabricated elements, site-management plans - I.
• Surveying possibilities of and/or needs on pre-assembling. site-management plans - II.
• Considerations of scheduling elements, Inter-relationship of schedule and of site layout.
• Lifting individual pieces. Locating cranes at positioning (lifting) different types of elements.
• Typical solutions of joining prefabricated elements.
• Site management plans - III ( temporary roads, deposits of elements, manouvering and locating cranes ).
• Technical documentations and technical reports of detailed schedules.

Individual Project (Homework)

• Detailed plans and estimates of erecting a prefabricated engineering structure ( e.g. industrial hall ) assigned

CONTRACTING IN CONSTRUCTION
[BMEEPEK-SR4] - Dr. L. Neszmélyi - S. Sátori

Based on preliminary studies of students aim of subject is to review managerial skills and knowledge of getting and administrating a contract. The curricula focuses rather on legal (contractual) and administrative aspects of preparing contractual documents, e.g. call for a tender, types of contracts, schemes and processes of public procurement systems.

Titles from the lectures and study room works

• Roles and communication of parties contributing in a construction project.
• Tendering and contracting, Law of Public Procurements, International outsight / FIDIC.
• Preparing for a construction project, Schemes, tools and information systems for bidding.
• The Bid as a price, effecting factors. Roles of banks in life of a project.
• Contracts, types and contents.
• On-site documents ( Site records and surveys, bills and accounts ).
• Payment systems, accounting, considering inflation.
• Documents and processes of hand-over, Garantee, warranty and quality.

Individual Project (Homework)

• Preparing tender documents, such as call for a tender, and bid for a tender aiming to construct an engineering structure. Students should use anonym but real samples of tender documents of real projects from near past.

ENGINEERING ECONOMICS
[BMEEPEK-SR6] - Dr. Z. Vattai - Dr. L. Mályusz

Based on preliminary studies of students aim of subject is to review basic, tools and skills of considering financial (economic) aspects of construction projects, in terms and methods of engineering economics.

Titles from the lectures and study room works

• Principles of Engineering Economics
• The interest as a price for using foreign capital
• Calculations on interest, present value analyses
• Cash-Flow analysis, basic elemets (types) of cash-flows
• Pay-back time and rate of return analyses
• Numeric (economic) comparisions
• Graphics in Engineering Economics
• Considering taxation
• Loan contracts, pay-back constructions
• Risk, cost and benefit, principles of portfolio analysis

Elective Subjects

FOUNDING AND MANAGING COMPANIES
(BMEEPEK-SR5) - Dr. Z. Telek

Based on preliminary studies of students aim of subject is to review managerial skills and knowledge of founding and managing companies. The curricula focuses rather on legal and administrative aspects of managing companies specialized on construction, including types and managerial bodies of companies, book-keeping, accounting, taxation, social insurances, etc., together with experiences introduced by practicing managers invited.

Titles from the lectures and study room works

• Legal invironment of companies, fundamental laws, types of companies.
• Ways and conditions of founding (strating up) a company.
• Rules and regulations on book-keeping and on accounting.
• Turnover of a company, monetary considerations.
• Internal information system, tools of operative management.
• Laws on taxation and on social insurences.
• Terminating a company, bankruptcy, final settlement.
• Experiences of prospering companies.

Individual Project (Homework)

Preparing a case study discussing any engineering or managerial aspect of a real or of a theoretical company.

REAL-ESTATE DEVELOPMENT
Dr. I. Hajnal

Based on preliminary studies of students aim of subject is to review basic concepts terms and tools of Real-Estate Development and of Facility Management

Titles from the lectures and study room works

• Real-Estate Developmet and "Real-Estate Industry". Basic terms.
• Real-Estate Agencies, Rents: Practices in Hungary and abroad.
• Real-Estate Laws.
• Basic Tools of Real-Estate Appraisals.
• Feasibility Studies for Real-Estate Development Projects.
• Managerial Bodies of Real-Estate Development Projects.
• Developing Real-Estate Networks.
• Facility Management.
• Real-Estate Portfolios.
• Computer Aided Facility Management ( SAP ).
• Case Studies

ECONOMY IN CONSTRUCTION
Mrs. Klekner Dr. R. Nyitray

Based on preliminary studies of students aim of subject is to review basic concepts, terms and tools of Construction Economy. The curricula focuses on specific aspects of Economy in fields of Construction

Titles from the lectures and study room works

• Basic terms, aims and tools of  "Construction Management".
• Engineering plans and architectural designs, regulations. The Value Register
• National Politicy of Architecture and of Construction, Regional Strategies.
• Competition strategies on construction market. International comparision.
• Regional investments. Councils of  Regional Developments.
• Public and private organizations, Public Private Partnership
• PR Activities. Initiating inhabitants for cooperating in developing regional development strategies.
• Principles of Regional Development Projects, Integrated design, Sustainability, etc..

Diplom Work

DIPLOM WORK
[BMEEPEKDIPL] - Dr. Z. Vattai - Dr. L. Neszmélyi

Conditions

     See: Branch of CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT

Themes

Diplom Works gestored and tutored by the Department iu accordance with its speciality deal with questions of performing, managing and of decisioning in Construction Industry. The actual project to be elaborated by the student is usually selected or derived from living construction projects being started or being to be started ( to design the building itself is not included ) either in Hungary or abroad. Typical and optional subjects of the Diploma Works are: To develop time and cost estimates and site layout designs of a construction project being or being to be started ( such as: an office building, an industrial hall, a housing lot, an infrastructural investment, etc. ); Studying economic aspects, or questions of regulations or considerations of decisioning in Construction Industry; Developing methodology (software) and/or to prepare a case study or an analysis of an actual problem (development) in Construction Industry; etc..
Tutors of the Diploma Work are Lecturers (as "university" tutors) and Engineers or Managers (as "industrial" tutors) invited and responsible for the project selected.

Examples

• Kecskemét, housing lot construction, time estimates and site layout plans, 1995
• Vatican Chapel reconstruction, Budapest, technology and site layout plans, 1995
• Budapest - Hegyeshalom railway line construction, sect. 91+59. Nádorkert bridge, organization plans, 1995
• SKF store-basis construction, Budaörs, detailed plans of organization, 1995
• Szombathely, OLADI housing lot Block L.7., dwelling house construction, detailed plans of performance, 1995
• ATS Traffic Control Center construction, Budapest, Ferihegy airport, estimates and site layout plans, 1995
• Székesfehérvár, shopping center ( PLAZA ) construction, plans of technology and of organization,1996
• Paks Nuclear Power Station, Temporary Store construction, plans of technology and of organization, 1996
• M5 highway construction, Kecskemét bypass, master schedule and site layout plan, 1996
• METRO shopping center construction, Debrecen, detailed plans of organization, 1996
• Budapest I. Hattyú str. 14., dwelling and office building construction, detailed plans of organization, 1996
• Budapest XIII., Váci str., DUNA PLAZA shopping center, parking house construction, plans of organization, 1996
• Budapest, Ferihegy II., Catering Building construction, detailed schedule and site layout plans, 1996
• Budapest, XII. District, 1995 yearly real-estate turnover analysis ( Budakeszi ), 1996
• Competition and cantracting in costruction, comparision of german and hungarian practice, 1997
• Budapest, VI. Dist., Káldy Gy. str., apartman house construction, plans of technology and of organization, 1997
• M3 highway construction, sect. 105,1 - 113,8 km, master schedule and site layout plans, 1997
• AMP Hungary Ltd., Esztergom, Plant extension project, Phase III., plans of organization, 1997
• Ferihegy Airport extension, Terminal B-II construction, plans of organization, 1997
• ELTE South Block, organization plans and estimates for structural works, 1997
• AUCHAN shopping center, detailed plans of organization for (prefabricated) strutural works, 1997
• Terrapark, Building No 5 and No 6 construction, plans of organization, 1997
• Veresegyház, Fõ sqr., shopping center construction, detailed plans of organization, 1997
• Nagykovácsi, American International School, investment project, organization plans, 1999
• Millenium Project, Building “B” reconstruction, estimates and site management plans for structural works, 2000
• Circular overpath contruction,  M1-M7 highways, estimates and site managment plans, 2000
• Budapest, Megyeri str., UTE Stadium reconstruction, detailed plans of organization, 2001
• Budapest, “Forrásliget” housing lot, assigned building construction, detailed plans of organization, 2001