BSc. (Project & Construction Management): Year 3

Mathematical modelling approach to managerial decision making; Linear programming; Sensitivity Analysis; Integer Programming; Transportation; Transhipment; Assignment; Network Flow Models; Multi-criteria Decision Making; Decision Analysis. The course introduces students to the fundamentals of supply and demand; the microeconomic theories of the role of the government in market allocations, firm behaviour and industrial organisation, and the functioning of the labour market; the macroeconomic topics of national income accounting, sources of short run economic fluctuations; and topics in open economy/international macroeconomics. Human resource management (HRM) is about people and the organisation of work, the manner in which firms seek to manage and deploy their people in order to realise corporate strategies, and the day to day interactions between the firm and its people. The aims of this module are to:

• introduce students to the origins of HRM, current issues and concepts such as flexibility, the tools and techniques open to the HR manager, the relationship between HRM and overall organisational strategies, and limits and constraints on managerial power
• provide an in-depth coverage of the functional areas of HRM including Employment Relations; HR planning, recruitment and selection; Performance management; Reward management; HR Development; International HRM.

Introduction to: contractual roles and relationships, contracts and contract documents, construction planning and control, project network analysis, health, safety and welfare in construction, disputes claims and arbitration, economic appraisal and evaluation of construction projects. Further topics on: contractual roles and relationships, contracts and contract documents, construction planning and control, project network analysis, health, safety and welfare in construction, disputes claims and arbitration, economic appraisal and evaluation of construction projects. Highway & Traffic
Geometric design of highways: sight distance, horizontal and vertical alignment, transition curves, aesthetics and computer applications with digital terrain models. Signposting. Junction design. Isolated traffic signals. Roundabouts. Speed, flow and density. Level of service. Specifications for roadwork's. Sub-base materials. Roadbase materials. Surfacing materials. Equilibrium moisture content. Equivalent wheel load factor. CBR test. Empirical flexible pavement design.

Design of Steel Structures
Introduction to modern design principles for steelwork. Introduction to Eurocodes of practice for loading and steelwork. Loading of Structures. Tension members including eccentric loading. Local buckling, effective section area and moduli. Compression members including eccentric loading. Basis of strut design curves. Design of laterally supported beams. Connections. Bolts, types and grades. Welds, types, electrodes. Direct shear joints. Eccentrically loaded joints - shear and torsion, and shear and tension types. Joints in simple and rigid design. Design of simple buildings incorporating the above elements which also include bolted and welded trusses. Bracing. Introduction to geotechnical engineering. Characteristics of soils, phase relations; effective stress, total stress, and pore water pressures; undrained and drained shear strength; Mohr-Coulomb failure criterion; laboratory testing of soils; earth pressures; seepage. Introduction to bearing capacity, consolidation and slope stability. This course builds on the foundation established in first year by introducing students to specific laws on health and safety, e.g. governing industry, the office, construction and offshore installations. Statutes such as the Safety in Industry Act 1980, the Safety, Health and Welfare (Offshore Installations) Act 1987, and many other statutes and regulations will be considered. European and Irish Environmental legislation. Irish and European Legal Systems. Local Government Planning Acts. Environmental Protection Agency Act. Fisheries Acts. Water Pollution Acts. Waste Act. Air Pollution Act. Role of Duchas - the Heritage Service. Environmental Impact Assessment. Statutory Instruments. Licensing. Bord Pleanala. Appeals procedures. Public inquiries. Arbitration. Contracts for the Sale of Goods and Supply of Services
Contract definition and formation; contract terms express and implied; defects in the contract; contract performance; remedies for breach; transfer of ownership and risk, reservation of title clauses; consumer protection; Vienna Convention.

Commercial Law
Negotiable instruments, bills of exchange, cheques and promissory notes, agency, hire purchase and leasing, insurance law

Company Law
Definition and characteristics of a company; effects of incorporation; types of company; corporate personality; lifting the corporate veil; the formation of a company; memorandum of association; objects clause; ultra vires rule; altering the memorandum of association; articles of association; altering the articles, shareholders, duties of directors, corporate finance, receivership, examinership, liquidation.

Partnership Law
Definition and nature of partnership; types of partner; relationship of partners to outsiders dealing with the firm; relationship of partners with each other; expulsion of partners; dissolution of partnership.

• Project planning and organisation using commercial software (e.g. Primevara)
• Project Manager in Society
• Communications
• Design of Structures in Steel
• Preparation of Environmental Impact Statements
• Soil mechanics laboratory