MASTER IN CIVIL ENGINEERING - Faculdade de Engenharia da ...

Quality in Construction
Credits Contact Time Total Time
5 ECTS 60 133
Objectives, Skills and Learning Outcomes
- To provide a wide comprehension of the specifics of the civil construction production
environment;
- To test the established student's knowledge in different and less common situations;
- To demonstrate the importance of non-technical factors for the work of a Civil
Engineer;
- To present the framework and application of TQM and other Quality issues in the civil
construction environment;
- To define criteria for quality assessment depending on the position of the person
involved;
- To be critic upon one's own work;
- To analyse and explore methodologies for increased efficiency in individual and
collective work;
- To develop just good common sense.
Program
Introduction: Presentation of the Module and its procedures. Motivation of the
students to assume a position of pre-professionals and not just graduating pupils.
Emphasis for the open discussion planned for the classes.
Definition od Quality: Presentation of the Quality lexicon and explanation of its diverse
frames. Explanation, in current words and with easy examples, of quality assurance
procedures. Common questions and wrong ideas existing in current public opinion.
Civil Construction Industry: Detailed description of the activity sequence needed to
achieve a building end the functions performed by each actor. Specific stressing for the
relationships between these activities in order to obtain a complete and real image of
the operating way for the industry. The building as "current good" perspective.
The Project Manager: Explanation of the difference between "Project" and the
portuguese "Projecto" in the light of the references on this theme. Description of
Functional and Projectized organisations. Demonstration of how the basic principles of
Project Management, adequately adapted, can lead to the implementation of new
professional attitudes and higher quality of the final product in civil construction.
Methods for defining the expected quality of a service or a product in civil
construction: Establishment of a critical analysis position concerning the work of the
diverse team members; how to transmit, accurately, what is required and how to
assess the result. To understand the importance of the final user in defining the
expected quality.
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