Business in Construction Industry
- Credits: 4
- Ending: Examination
- Range: 2P + 2C
- Semester: summer
- Year: 3
- Faculty of Business Management
Teachers
Included in study programs
Teaching results
Competence:
• Effectively use essential information about a construction company as a business entity, legal forms of business in practice, set goals, and evaluate performance.
• Critically assess the course and specifics of the business transformation process in a construction company with an impact on the preparation of a bid budget.
• Ability to communicate with specialists in construction regarding production, technological, managerial, legal, and commercial matters.
• Enter business relations between a construction company, investor, client, or financial institution in connection with a construction project or completed real estate in an informed manner.
• Propose solutions and defend conclusions or recommendations aimed at increasing the efficiency of business activities in a construction company and improving the sales of its output.
Skill:
• Basic reading and orientation in construction project documentation.
• Orientation in the electronic version of the cadastre and its functionalities, and the ability to create electronic submissions, prepare an application for a building permit, as well as orientation in the zoning plan.
• Ability to create, analyze, and critically evaluate a bid budget for a simple construction project.
• Orientation in construction costs and in the prices of construction materials and works.
• Basics of working with software for construction management and budgeting (Cenkros) and 3D modeling software for architecture, interior design, and construction (SketchUp).
• Select a suitable loan for financing a property based on various criteria and create a repayment schedule using the dynamic annuity calculation in MS Excel.
Indicative content
Thematic definition of lectures:
1. Introductory introduction of students to the subject, literature and requirements for graduation.
2. 2. 2.
3. Building Act + implementing decrees. Content of the law, basic concepts. Zoning procedure.
4. Construction enterprise and its business. Legislative forms of business of construction entities, number of business entities within the construction sector in Slovakia.
5. Material management in the construction enterprise.
6. Workforce and OSH in construction enterprises.
7. Costs of the construction enterprise. Calculation formula in the construction industry.
8. Calculation system in the construction industry.
9. Pricing in the construction industry. Law on prices.
10. Financing in construction and real estate.
11. Property of a construction company. Acquisition and depreciation of fixed assets.
12. Construction life cycle and project efficiency assessment.
13. Completion and evaluation of the semester. Discussion. Conclusion of evaluations.
Thematic definition of exercises:
1. Project assignment - Preparation of a bid budget for a simple construction object.
2. 2. Developing the ability to read simple construction drawings and budgets.
3. Familiarising students and demonstrating how to use construction software to produce construction budgets.
4. Familiarize students with and demonstrate working with architectural design software.
5. Explanation of the technical and economic background to construction work related to surfaces, floors, fillings in a simple building work.
6. Explanation of the technical and economic context for construction work related to other structures and plans in a simple building work.
7. Explanation of the technical and economic background to the construction work related to the various thermal and waterproofing systems of a simple construction object.
8. Explanation of the technical and economic background to construction work related to health and safety installations.
9. Explanation of the technical and economic background to construction work related to roof structures.
10. Explanation of the technical and economic background to construction work related to floor coverings.
11. Preparation of a recapitulation of the established bid budget in Cenkros or MS Excel software.
12.-13. Defending the semester project in student teams. Presentation and submission of the project.
Support literature
Basic literature:
1. ŠÚBERTOVÁ, Elena - UHLIAR Miroslav – KOVALEV Andrej. Podnikanie v stavebníctve. Bratislava : Vydavateľstvo EKONÓM, 2017. 192 s. ISBN 978-80-225-4433-7.
2. MESÁROŠ, Peter. Cenotvorba v stavebníctve : súčasné trendy a vízie. Bratislava : vydavateľstvo Eurostav, 2018. 172 s. ISBN 9788089228577.
3. MYERS, Danny. Construction Economics : a New Approach. London : Routledge; 4th edition, 2016, 358 s. ISBN 1138183725.
4. FELLNER, Thomas. Baubetriebslehre / Baubetrieb un Baumanagement 3. Wien : Hölzel Verlag, 2018. 290 s. ISBN 3706855690.
5. CHODASOVÁ, Alena – KOVÁČOVÁ Eva. Podnikanie v stavebníctve. Bratislava : Vydavateľstvo EKONÓM. 2006, 134 s. ISBN 80-225-2269-4.
6. CHODASOVÁ, Alena – KOTLAN Richard. Podnikanie v stavebníctve: praktikum. Bratislava : Vydavateľstvo EKONÓM, 2002. 134 s. ISBN 80-225-1486-1.
Complementary literature:
1. BUDKEOVÁ, Branislava – KLÍMEK Vojtech. Poradca stavebníka pri výstavbe rodinného domu. Návody a postupy pri príprave, zabezpečovaní a preberaní stavebných prác. Bratislava : Eurostav, 2006. 80 s. ISBN 8089228038.
2. ČAVOJSKÝ, Jozef. Oceňovanie stavebných prác, (Klasifikácie, kalkulovanie, oceňovanie a rozpočtovanie). Bratislava : Cenekon, 2012. 318 s. ISBN: 978-80-970678-1-6.
3. GRUNEBERG, Stephen - NOBLE, Francis. The Economics of Construction (The Economics of Big Business) Agenda Publishing, 2019, 240 s. ISBN 1788210014X.
4. HAČKAJLOVÁ, Ludmila. Stavební ekonomika a management. Praha : Sobotáles, 2006. 241 s. ISBN 80-85920-79-4.
5. HALPIN, Daniel W. – SENIOR, Bolivar A. – LUCKO, Gunnar. Construction Management. John Wiley & Sons, 2017. 416 s. ISBN 1119256801.
6. LEIMBÖCK, Egon - KLAUS, Ulf Rüdiger - HÖLKERMANN, Oliver. Baukalkulation und Projektcontrolling: unter Berücksichtigung der KLR Bau und der VOB. Berlin : Springer Vieweg, 2015. 198 s. ISBN 978-3-658-04871-6.
7. MESÁROŠ, Peter – MANDIČÁK Tomáš. Ekonomika stavebníctva. Košice : Technická univerzita v Košiciach, 2015. 128 s. ITMS 26110230093.
8. RUMANE, Abdul Razzak. Handbook of construction management : scope, schedule, and cost control. Taylor & Francis Group, CRC Press, 2017. 854 s. ISBN 9781482226645.
9. SCHÓBEROVÁ, Alexandra. CENKROS plus: oceňovanie a riadenie stavebnej výroby, príručka užívateľa. 1. vyd. Žilina : KROS, a. s., 2012. 504 s.
10. TRÁVNIK, Igor. Ekonomika stavebného podnikania. 2. vydanie, elektronicka forma. Bratislava : STU, 2003. 127 s. ISBN 80-227-1895-5.
11. Ministerstvo dopravy a výstavby Slovenskej republiky. Ročenky stavebníctva.
12. Zákon č. 50/1976 Zb. o územnom plánovaní a stavebnom poriadku (stavebný zákon).
13. Zákon č. 162/1995 Z. z. o katastri nehnuteľností a o zápise vlastníckych a iných práv k nehnuteľnostiam (katastrálny zákon).
14. Zákon č. 513/1991 Zb., Obchodný zákonník.
Syllabus
Thematic definition of lectures: 1. Introduction of students to the course, literature, and course requirements. 2. The Cadastre Act. Content of the Act, basic concepts, cadastral proceedings. 3. The Building Act and implementing decrees. Content of the Act, basic concepts, building proceedings. 4. The construction company and its business activities. Legislative forms of construction business entities, number of business entities within the construction sector in Slovakia. 5. Material management in a construction company. 6. Workforce and occupational health and safety in construction companies. 7. Costs of a construction company. Costing formula in construction. 8. Costing system in construction. 9. Prices in construction. The Act on Prices. 10. Financing in construction and real estate. 11.Assets of a construction company. Acquisition and depreciation of fixed assets. 12. Life cycle of a building and evaluation of project efficiency. 13. Completion and evaluation of the semester. Discussion. Closing of assessments. Thematic definition of exercises: 1. Project assignment – preparation of a bid budget for a simple construction project. Assignment of partial seminar tasks. 2. Introduction to project documentation of a construction work. Developing the ability to read simpler technical construction drawings and budgets. 3. Introduction of students to construction budgeting software and demonstration of its use. Reading and explaining the context of zoning plans in relation to construction planning. 4. Introduction of students to architectural design software and demonstration of its use. Summarizing documents and preparing a building permit application. 5. Explanation of technical and economic aspects of earthworks and excavation works. 6. Explanation of technical and economic aspects of construction works related to foundation structures of a simple building and waterproofing. 7. Explanation of technical and economic aspects of construction works related to vertical structures in a simple construction project. 8. Explanation of technical and economic aspects of construction works related to thermal insulation and finishes, floors, and fittings in a simple construction project. 9. Explanation of technical and economic aspects of construction works related to roof structures and roofing of a construction project. 10. Explanation of technical and economic aspects of construction works related to sanitary and technical installations. 11. Preparation of the recapitulation of the bid budget created in Cenkros or MS Excel. 12–13. Submission, presentation, and evaluation of semester projects and assignments.
Requirements to complete the course
40% seminar paper and its presentation, ongoing assignments and projects – min. requirement 51%
60% written, oral, or combined exam – min. requirement 51%
Student workload
104 h (attendance at seminars 26 h, preparation for seminars 13 h, preparation of term paper 13 h, attendance at lectures 26 h, preparation for examination 26 h)
Language whose command is required to complete the course
Slovak
Date of approval: 11.03.2024
Date of the latest change: 28.08.2025