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Construction Management Fundamentals
Course Overview
Course Topics
Benefits
Audience
Cost
Location (On-campus or Online)
Continuing Education Units
Instructor
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Course Overview
Construction Management Fundamentals consists of 4 half-day courses providing construction professionals with the skills needed to understand and execute the broad array of technical and non-technical activities associated with construction management. Topics explored in this course prepare participants to become industrial leaders in the real estate/construction industry.
Course Topics [back to top]
- Construction processes including pre-construction, construction and post-construction activities.
- Estimating and bidding fundamentals
- Construction administration
- Planning and scheduling
- Labor law and relations
- Technology trends
- Professional construction management, responsibilities, and practices
- Systems and processes
- Constraints governing the initiation, direction, engineering and delivery of major construction projects
Benefits [back to top]
- Working knowledge of managing successful construction projects
- Technical skills in Project Controls: estimating, budgeting and scheduling
- Skills in pre-construction, construction and post-construction activities
- Practical importance of ethics
Audience [back to top]
- General Contractors
- Real Estate Developers
- Sub-Contractors
- Construction Management Professionals
- Firms and Architectural Engineering Professionals
- Firms
- Public Officials
Cost [back to top]
On-Campus Participants
Early Bird (Before March 1):
$995 | Regular: $1195
Includes continental breakfasts and all course materials. The fee does not include hotel accommodations or transportation.
Online Participant with Live Session Interactivity
Early Bird (Before March 1):
$900 | Regular: $1100
Includes attendee access codes for live call-in or chat capabilities during class sessions. Also includes all course and lecture materials available for live stream or download.
Online Participant (Archive Access for 30 Days)
Early Bird (Before March 1):
$700 | Regular: $900
Includes course materials available for download and viewable archive of lecture for 30 days.
Location [back to top]
Two course delivery options are available for participants, on-campus and online with archive access:
On-Campus Course is held in state-of-the-art facilities on the University of Southern California campus, located in downtown Los Angeles. Participants attending on-campus will have the option to commute to the course or stay at one of the many hotels located in the area. For travel information, please visit our Travel section.
Online (Interactivity) Course delivery is completely online and real-time, enabling interaction with the instructor and fellow participants. Participants have the flexibility of completing the course from a distance utilizing USC's Distance Education Network technology. Students are required to be online for the entirety of each day's session.
Online (Archive Access Only) Course is available for online viewing for a period of 30 days. Participants have the flexibility of watching the course at their own pace and convenience - there is no interaction with the instructor or fellow participants. CEUs and a Certificate of Completion are available. Registration must occur by first day of course and access to course and materials is for 30 days.
Continuing Education Units [back to top]
CEUs: 1.6 (CEUs provided by request only)
USC Viterbi School of Engineering Certificate of Participation is awarded to all participants upon successful completion of course.
Instructor [back to top]
Mr. Koffman is Director of the Construction Engineering and Management Program at the University of Southern California and Senior Lecturer in Civil and Environmental Engineering. In 2005, he received a distinguished faculty award, a faculty honor for outstanding service. As a licensed Professional Engineer, Mr. Koffman performed structural inspections, structural retrofit design, construction estimates, and construction management services.
Since 1997, Mr. Koffman has served as a member of CMAA's Board of Directors and CMAA's Foundation. In 2007, he started working with the International Committee and formed CMAA's Student Chapter at USC. Mr. Koffman has lectured in Korea, China, Turkey, Greece, Thailand and Taiwan.
Registration Information [back to top]
To register for this course, please visit the Construction Management Fundamentals Registration Form.
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