Construction Contracting

Course guarantor:

Lecturer:

Aleš Tomek, Radan Tomek

Tutor:

Aleš Tomek, Radan Tomek

Supervisor:

Department of Construction Management and Economics

Synopsis:

As every project manager in construction business has to be a contract manager at the same time, understanding the contract - respectively contracting in general - is a must. Course of Construction Contracting is oriented on current business practices and methods, management techniques and understanding general legal principles, codes and regulations. It is about doing business in construction using standard procurement systems and applying given types of contracts, respectively standard contracts (e.g. FIDIC). Lectures are based on the real practice experience of both course's lecturers and various case studies are studied and solved.

Requirements:

Syllabus of lectures:

Syllabus of tutorials:

Practicing the lectures' contents; solving case studies using FIDIC contracts, etc.

Study Objective:

Understanding current business practices and methods, management techniques, general legal principles, codes and regulations. Ability to actively work with the contract.

Study materials:

R.Clough et al.: Construction Contracting: Practical Guide to Company Management, Wiley, 8th.ed, 2015, ISBN13: 978-1118693216

L.Holm: 101 Case Studies in Construction Management, Routledge; 1st.ed., 2018, ISBN-13: 978-0815361985

FIDIC: Construction Contract 2nd Ed (2017 Red Book), 2017, ISBN13: 978-2-88432-084-9

Note:

Time-table for winter semester 2024/2025:

Time-table is not available yet

Time-table for summer semester 2024/2025:

	06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu	roomTH:C-219 16:00–17:50 (lecture parallel1) Thákurova 7 (budova FSv)
Fri

The course is a part of the following study plans:

• Management a ekonomika ve stavebnictví (compulsory elective course)