Course PC20 Construction planning, financial management and follow-up.

The purpose of the course is for students to gain the prerequisites to plan and follow up the work and the financial conditions during a building or civil engineering project. The goal of the course is that students will be able to carry out forecasts and estimates and budget a construction project. Students will also gain the knowledge to produce schedules and other project-wide plans for building or civil engineering projects. The approved student has knowledge of - Budgeting a building or civil engineering project - The content of forecasts - Cost estimation - Financial management - Schedules - APD plans - Resource planning - Risk management and risks in a project and the costs of these - Choice of materials from a sustainability and cost perspective The approved student has the skills to - Draw up a budget and production estimate taking sustainability into account - Make reasonableness assessments and identify financial risks and opportunities on a businesslike basis - Take responsibility for analyses, forecasts and revisions of the project's finances being carried out - Produce APD plans and schedules for a building or civil engineering project - Produce estimates and resource planning taking sustainability into account The approved student has the competence to - Based on the financial documents, anticipate challenges in the building or civil engineering project and direct the allocation of resources towards them in order to avoid delays