Course description

The course covers construction job site management from a contractor's point of view. It introduces students to duties and responsibilities handled by the construction superintendent and construction engineer throughout the project's progress from start to close-out. Topics covered are site team roles, field office mobilization and administration, construction documents on the job site, record-keeping at the job site, job site layout and control, meetings, negotiations and dispute resolution, job site labour relations and control, managing time and materials, job site equipment use, operation, and maintenance, construction cranes, personnel and safety management, sustainable construction practices, changes and claims, progress payments, and project close-out. The course will have regular site visits for students to observe and see jobsite management in practice.

Course details

Hours: 42
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None

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Dates
Day/Time
Delivery
Campus
Cost
Availability
Starts: Jan. 6, 2025
Ends: Apr. 20, 2025
Day/Time: Thurs. 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Delivery: In Person
Campus: Cambridge
Cost: $637.80

Registration dates

Not all courses are offered each term.

Winter 2025 registration opens November 4, 2024. Spring 2025 registration opens March 17, 2025.

Delivery options

In person: classes held in person on a campus/site in a classroom/lab/shop/studio for the course duration

Online - Asynchronous: ​100% online delivery, no scheduled day or time course requirements with the instructor, assigned due dates

Online - Synchronous: 100% online delivery, scheduled day and time course requirements with the instructor, assigned due dates

Hybrid: any combination of in person, timetabled, on campus, online, and hyflex delivery