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CONST 391 Course Syllabus

Overview

Students in this course learn the styles and techniques of creating a construction schedule by breaking down the project scope and developing schedule activities, durations, and a network of logical relationships to calculate projected start and finish dates. (3 credit hours)

This course has one primary objective--to prepare you to create and manage construction schedules in Primavera P6. A Senior Project Manager at one of our key employers stated, "Advanced scheduling is one of the biggest needs for field-focused construction managers. Their ability to read, build, and analyze schedules and production is imperative to their success."

Requirements

Prerequisites

  • CONST315 - Field Scheduling (3)
  • CONST298R - Beginning Internship (1)

Required Resources

You will use the Virtual Desktop Interface (VDI) provided by BYU-I to access the Primavera P6 software through a web browser. You will use the software to plan and manage schedules, workflows, and resources as part of the project completed in this course.

This course requires you to have a personal computer and internet access so that you can access Primavera via virtual machine.

Learning materials are provided in the course.

Structure

Course Outcomes

  1. Understand the four basic levels of scheduling and how they are used on the project.
  2. Understand tools used to schedule a project.
  3. Develop logical relationships between project activities considering such things as limitations in resources, cost, schedule (time), etc.
  4. Determine total project duration, total float, early start and finish dates, late start and finish dates through the use of forward and backward pass technique.
  5. Enter data, status and levelize resources for projects using Oracle's Primavera P6 software.

Major Assignments

There are two projects in this course. They are:

  1. The Residential Project (Weeks 1-9)
  2. The ETC Project (Weeks 9-14)

The Residential Project is worth 36 points. The ETC Project is worth 32 points.

Expectations

Feedback

You can expect to receive grades and feedback within 7 days of the due date for all assignments.

Workload

This is a 3-credit course. It is expected that you will spend 9 to 12 hours a week working on the course.

Group Work

This class has a discussion board where you can ask questions of your fellow students to help you better understand your assignments.

Remember, however, that all of your work must be your own. In other words, you must be the sole person creating your projects in Primavera P6, making all necessary configurations, data entry, and other actions required to complete your assignments and projects. Submitting someone else's work is a violation of the honor code and will result in an automatic course failure and referral to the Honor Code Office. 

Late Work

As a sign of professionalism and respect, you should complete your work on time. Timeliness is a key aspect of the construction industry. No late work will be accepted unless prearranged with your instructor. 

Grading Scale

Letter Grade Percent
A 100% - 93%
A- 92% - 90%
B+ 89% - 87%
B 86% - 83%
B- 82% - 80%
C+ 79% - 77%
C 76% - 73%
C- 72% - 70%
D+ 69% - 67%
D 66% - 63%
D- 62% - 60%
F 59% and lower

University Policies

Students with Disabilities

Brigham Young University-Idaho is committed to providing a working and learning atmosphere that accommodates qualified persons with disabilities. If you have a disability and require accommodations, please contact the Accessibility Services Office at 1-208-496-9210 or visit their website and follow the Steps for Receiving Accommodations. Reasonable academic accommodations are reviewed for all students who have qualified documented disabilities. Services are coordinated with students and instructors by the Disability Services Office.

This course may require synchronous meetings. If you are currently registered with the Accessibility Services Office and need an interpreter or transcriber for these meetings, please contact the deaf and hard of hearing coordinator at 1-208-496-9219.

Student Honor and Other Policies

Please read through the document called University Policies. It gives important information about the following topics:

  • Student Honor
    • Academic Honesty
    • Student Conduct
      • Sexual Harassment
  • Student with Disabilities
  • Complaints and Grievances
  • Copyright Notice

Go to the Student Resources module to review further resources and information.

 

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