To expose students to actual office practice in construction industry. After one semester of practical project training in the 6^th Semester and 7^th Semester of classroom teaching. This will give them insight at this stage which will be useful during further study program.

Office of any professional organization as indicated below may be selected:

    1. Engineering Consultant or Architect who is also involved in Project Management.

    2. Civil Contractor.

    3. Client Organization

Who has on going project under construction worth of about Rs. 10 crores or more.

Any organization selected for the training must have an office premise and a minimum of 3 technical personnel working in the office. Depending on type of organization selected and status of the project, student would work on some of the activities listed below:

1. Engineering Consultant’s or Architect’s Organization

   1. Preconstruction stage:

      Bill of quantities & estimation

      Preparation of specifications

      Preparation of construction schedule

      Preparation of tenders

      Evaluation of tenders

      Contract negotiations & allotment of work

   2. During construction stage:

      Supervision at site to maintain quality checks

      Monitoring progress. Reading progress reports etc.

      Bill checking & certifying

      Certifying extra items and their rates

   3. Post construction stage:

      1. Certifying completion of project

      2. Clearing of final bills, deposits, reconciliation of accounts, defects & rectification

2. Civil contractor’s office:

   1. Preconstruction stage

      Before work allotment:

      Tendering for a project

      Visit to site for collection site data, labour & material rates etc.

      Office management:

      After work allotment:

      Preparing construction schedule

      Preparing materials requirements and material procurement schedule

      Working out manpower requirements

      Working out equipments requirements

      Cash –flow requirements

      Working out site establishments required

      Arranging mobilization at site.

   2. During construction stage:

      Site management in general

      Monitoring of project

      Helping in material procurements

      Arranging finance

      Coordinating with client & consultants

      Providing technical expertise

   3. After completion of the project:

      Obtaining final bill of completion & payment certification

      Finalization of accounts working out loss/profit

      Release of bank guarantee

      Working out material and labor productivity

      Deriving data for future use-rates of items, overheads, mobilization, conclusions, and derivation of constants for future reference.

3. Client’s Organization

   1. Preconstruction stage:

      Discussion with Consultants/Architects, approving drawings.

      Deciding about financial requirements, specifications etc.

      Helping in finalization of tender conditions, time of construction, materials and other facilities to be provided by client.

      Deciding about supervision of construction work.

      Contract negotiations and allotment of work.

      Giving mobilization advance.

   2. During construction stage:

      Monitoring progress, review meetings

      Monitoring quality of construction and materials

      Providing materials and facilities to contractors as promised

      Checking of bills, approving and releasing payment in time

      Dealing with extra items.

   3. After construction stage:

      Approving completion of Project

      Checking & approving final bills

      Reconciliation of materials

      Releasing bank guarantee/advances

      Maintaining of drawings as constructed (as built)
      

   Duration: 4 weeks.