Business in Construction Industry

Syllabus

Thematic definition of lectures: 1. Introductory introduction of students to the subject, literature and requirements for graduation. Construction as a sector of the national economy. Specifics, basic concepts, legislative framework of business in the construction industry. Associations and societies in the construction sector. 2. Cadastral law. Content of the law, basic concepts, cadastral procedure. Registration of rights - an example of creation of a registration in electronic and documentary form. Title deed and its content. Overview of administrative fees. Working with the online version of the cadastre, search options, cadastral map. Sample of www.katasterportal.sk and https://zbgis.skgeodesy.sk/mkzbgis/ . 3. Building Act + implementing decrees. Content of the law, basic concepts. Zoning procedure. Construction procedure. Building approval procedure. Sanctions for violation of the provisions of the Building Act. Construction supervision, construction diary. Building permit, construction notification - requirements in their solution. 4. Construction enterprise and its business. Legislative forms of business of construction entities, numbers of business entities within the construction sector in Slovakia. Management of construction enterprise, examples of managerial management and organizational structure. Construction production and its breakdown. Current statistical overview of construction production. 5. Material management in the construction enterprise. Structure and examples of different traditional and modern construction materials used. Material procurement and related logistics. Standards and standardisation of the construction company's current assets. 6. Workforce and OHS in construction enterprises. Qualifications, structure of workers and labour indicators used. Remuneration and wage structure of workers in the industries. Overview of wages in the construction industry according to different criteria. Roles and responsibilities of construction workers with regard to OSH. 7. Costs of the construction enterprise. Calculation formula in the construction industry. Composition of the price of the output of a construction enterprise according to costs. Costs from the construction contractor's point of view. Costs from the investor's point of view. 8. Calculation system in the construction industry. Types of costing in the construction industry and the necessary documents for their preparation. Calculation methods in construction. 9. Prices in the construction industry. Law on prices. Content of prices and types of contract prices. Factors influencing prices in the construction industry. Methods of pricing. Development of prices for works in the construction industry. Price level and price development of residential property in the Slovak Republic by regions and types of residential property. 10. Financing in construction and real estate. Financing of the developer and financing the purchase of real estate. Mortgage loan, stages of its solution, documents for its arrangement. Annuity repayment of mortgage loan and calculation of annuity repayment.Cenkrose 11. Property of the construction enterprise. Acquisition and depreciation of fixed assets. Methods of calculating descriptions. Machinery of a construction enterprise. 12. Construction life cycle and project efficiency assessment. Life cycle phases and associated costs. Types of construction life cycle and examples of life cycle of different elements of construction. Time value of money and methods of calculating the economic efficiency of investments. The impact of inflation on investment efficiency. 13. Completion and evaluation of the semester. Discussion. Conclusion of assessments. Thematic definition of exercises: 1. Introduction and organization of the exercises. Project assignment - Preparation of a bidding budget for a simple construction project based on the construction project of a single-family house of the Bungalow type. Demonstration of sample and real projects from practice. Familiarisation of students with the content of the technical part of the project documentation for the purpose of applying for a building permit. Discussion with students. 2. Learning to read simple construction drawings and budgets. Clarification of basic technical drawings and their content. Explanation of the technical and economic background to earthworks and the construction of foundations. Demonstration and explanation of calculations on a sample project. Assignment of students to work teams. Team work on a project on a given topic. Calculation of rates and prices for materials and labour in project teams. Searching for construction material prices and labour prices on the internet. Consultation of student teams' work in class with the teacher. 3. Familiarization of students and demonstration of how to work with construction budgeting software (e.g. CENKROS). Explanation of the technical and economic context of the construction of vertical structures. Demonstration and explanation of calculations on a sample project. Team work on a project on a given topic. Calculation of dimensions and prices for materials and work in project teams. Searching for construction material prices and labour prices on the internet or in Cenkros. Consultation of student teams' work in class with the teacher. 4. Familiarizing students and demonstrating how to work with architectural design software (e.g., Google SketchUp, Chief Architect). Explanation of the technical and economic context of building vertical structures. Demonstration and explanation of calculations on a sample project. Team work on a project on a given topic. Calculation of dimensions and prices for materials and work in student teams on solved projects. Searching for construction material prices and labour prices on the internet or in Cenkros. Consultation of student team work in class with the teacher. 5. Explaining the technical and economic background to construction work related to surfaces, floors, fillings in simple construction work. Demonstration and explanation of calculations on a sample project. Team work on a project on a given topic. Calculation of dimensions and prices for materials and work in teams of projects. Searching for construction material prices and labour prices on the internet or in Cenkros. Consultation of student teams' work in class with the teacher. 6. Explaining the technical and economic background to construction work related to other structures and plans of a simple building. Demonstration and explanation of calculations on a sample project. Team work on a project on a given topic. Calculation of rates and prices for materials and labour in project teams. Searching for construction material prices and labour prices on the internet or in Cenkros. Consultation of student teams' work in class with the teacher. 7. Explaining the technical and economic background to construction work related to various thermal and waterproofing of a simple building. Demonstration and explanation of calculations on a sample project. Team work on a project on a given topic. Calculation of rates and prices for materials and labour in project teams. Searching for construction material prices and labour prices on the internet or in Cenkros. Consultation of student teams' work in class with the teacher. 8. Explaining the technical and economic background to construction work related to health and safety installations. Demonstration and explanation of calculations on a sample project. Team work on a project on a given topic. Calculation of rates and prices for materials and labour in project teams. Searching for construction material prices and labour prices on the internet or in Cenkros. Consultation of student teams' work in class with the teacher. 9. Explaining the technical and economic background to construction work related to roof structures. Demonstration and explanation of calculations on a sample project. Team work on a project on a given topic. Calculation of rates and prices for materials and labour in project teams. Searching for construction material prices and labour prices on the internet or in Cenkros. Consultation of student teams' work in class with the teacher. 10. Explaining the technical and economic background to construction work related to floor coverings. Demonstration and explanation of calculations on a sample project. Team work on a project on a given topic. Calculation of rates and prices for materials and labour in project teams. Searching for construction material prices and labour prices on the internet or in Cenkros. Consultation of student teams' work in class with the teacher. 11. Preparing a recapitulation of the bid budget created in Cenkros or MS Excel software. Demonstration on a sample project. Team work to develop a recapitulation of the semester project. Possible completion of missing parts of the project. Discussion. Consultation of student teams' work in class with the teacher. 12. Defence of semester project in student teams. Presentation and submission of the project. Evaluation of semester projects and presentations. Semester credit paper in class or via moodle.euba.sk. Discussion. 13. Defence of the semester project in student teams. Presentation and submission of the semester project. Evaluation of semester projects and presentations. Possible remedial credit paper in class or via moodle.euba.sk. Discussion. Evaluation of exercises and awarding of final grades. Evaluation and completion of the semester.