BCN 5776 Internatinal Cnstructin Business Management Curse Outline and Plicies ME Rinker Sr Schl f Building Cnstructin University f Flrida INSTRUCTOR: Dr Ian Fld, Rm RNK 319, Tel: 273-1159, e-mail: fld@ufl.edu OFFICE HOURS: See my timetable; and by appintment. CLASSES: See my timetable fr time and lcatin f classes. PREREQUISITES: Senir r graduate standing. SUBJECT: An intrductin t the management f internatinal cnstructin prjects with emphasis n internatinal ecnmics, marketing, cntracts, design and specificatins, and case studies. OBJECTIVES: T understand the principles f verseas marketing and business develpment applied t cnstructin. T becme familiar with the internatinal cntract dcuments.
T learn the frms f internatinal design and cnstructin management. WEB USAGE: A plicy f this curse is t utilize the web as far as pssible fr psting f materials. Materials fr this curse can be accessed by ging t the fllwing address: http://128.227.160.197/fld/index.html. Bkmark this address. Once yu are at this address, just scrll dwn t the Internatinal Cnstructin curse, and the infrmatin yu are seeking will be listed. This semester, all assignments issued by Dr Fld will be psted n the abve web site as they becme available. In additin, as the semester prgresses, mdel exams, additinal lecture ntes, and Pwer Pint presentatins will als be psted fr yu t read and run. COURSE PACKAGE: A curse package has been develped that prvides a cmplete set f structured lecture ntes. The curse package acts as the curse text. It is essential that yu purchase a cpy f this at the start f the curse. REFERENCES: Other texts that yu may either purchase r brrw frm the library are listed belw: Bennett, Jhn, Internatinal Cnstructin Prject Management, Butterwrth Heinemann, Lndn, 1991. Lucas, C., Internatinal Cnstructin Prject Management, Butterwrth Heinemann, Lndn, 1991. Management f Internatinal Cnstructin Prjects, Institutin f Civil Engineers, Thmas Telfrd, Lndn, 1988. Illman, Paul E., Develping Overseas Managers and Managers Overseas, American Management Assciatin, New Yrk, 1980. Richter, Irvin E., Internatinal Cnstructin Claims: Aviding and Reslving Disputes, Engineering News Recrd, New Yrk, 1983. Stkes, McNeill, Internatinal Cnstructin Cntracts, 2nd Editin, McGraw-Hill, New Yrk, 1981. GRADING: ITEM BCN 5776 Exam/Quiz 1 15% Exam/Quiz 2 15%
Assignment 1 15% Assignment 2 15% Term Paper TOTAL 100% 40% (13% final Submissin; 7% ral presentatin; 10% interim 1; 10% interim 2) A 93.3; A- 90.0; B+ 86.7; B 83.3; B- 80.0; C+ 76.7; C 73.3; C- 70.0; D+ 66.7; D 63.3; D- 60.0; E<60 Hmewrk that is submitted late will usually be penalized at a rate f 10% per day. Class attendance will be taken n ccasins. GENERAL: Students requesting classrm accmmdatin must first register with the Dean f Students Office. The Dean f Students Office will prvide dcumentatin t the student wh must then prvide this dcumentatin t the Instructr when requesting accmmdatin. Students must respect all cpyright laws. The university hnr cde will be enfrced. TERM PROJECT: Part f the curse requirement is the cmpletin f a term paper. A handut detailing the term paper requirements will be psted n my web page early in the semester. The term paper will invlve smething alng the lines f a case study. Nte, the term paper requires an ral presentatin. I will set deadlines fr cmpletin f certain interim stages f the term prject (such as cmpletin f the utline, and first draft). Yu must submit yur prject (cmpleted at least up t the specified stage) in rder t receive the relevant marks. Nte, 20% f the final grade (half f the marks awarded t the term paper) will be allcated t these interim submissins, and will be awarded based n whether r nt yu have reached the specified gal and handed it in n time. TOPICS: The fllwing is the cntents f the curse. It prvides an verview f the tpics that will be cvered and the planned rder in which they will ccur. Nte that a few additinal lectures will be added during the seester - handuts will be prvided fr these lectures t supplement the curse package. INTRODUCTION:
1. Intrductin: the curse syllabus and expectatins. 2. Intrductin t Internatinal Cnstructin (verview). 3. Intrductin t Internatinal Cnstructin (verview). 4. Intrductin t Internatinal Cnstructin (verview). MARKETING: 5. Current Internatinal Cnstructin Market. Trends in Internatinal Cnstructin (see Appendix 1). 6. The Nature f Internatinal Management. 7. Internatinal Cnstructin Management Philsphy and Gals. 8. CASE STUDY 1: The Channel Tunnel. 9. Internatinal Prject Organizatin. 10. Internatinal Cnstructin Marketing. 11. Decisin t Exprt. 12. Fact Finding Trip and Cmmitment "The Magic Element". 13. Selecting an Assciate and Getting Alng in Other Cultures. 14. Internatinal Prpsals. 15. CASE STUDY 2: The Hng Kng Bank. CONTRACTS: 16. Internatinal Cntracts. Bid Evaluatin and Cntract Award Systems (see Appendix 2). The Ratinale and Benefits Assciated with Internatinal Alliances (see Appendix 3). 17. Legal Cnsideratins in Internatinal Cntracts. 18. Internatinal Payment, Insurance, and Scpe f Wrk. Financial Risk Management (Inflatin) (see Appendix 4).
Freign Exchange (see Appendix 5). Cuntertrade (see Appendix 6). 19. Internatinal Perfrmance Characteristics and Clauses. Internatinal Standards (ISO 9000) (see Appendix 7). 20. Internatinal Cntracts and Payments. 21. Internatinal Disputes and Arbitratin. 22. Internatinal Cnstructin Arbitratin (the FIDIC Cntract and ICC Rules). 23. CASE STUDY 3: Seikan Undersea Tunnel. 24. Byctts and Bribes. 25. Selecting Cnsultants, Engineers, and Cnstructin Managers. 26. Cntract Prcedures in the Near East and Nrth Africa. 27. Cnstructin in Kuwait. 28. Cntract Arrangements in the Third Wrld Natins. 29. FIDIC Clauses 1-36. 30. FIDIC Clauses 37-72. 31. CASE STUDY 4: Lessns Learned at the Hrn f Africa. PROJECT MANAGEMENT: 32. Risk Analysis and Insurance. 33. Supervisry Prblems in Internatinal Cnstructin. 34. Cmparisn f US and Japanese Practices in Public Cnstructin. 35. Managing Emplyee Cnflict in the Middle East. 36. The Prductin f Accurate Cst Estimates in Saudi Arabia. 37. Cnstructin in Saudi Arabia. 38. A Survey f Planning and Cntrlling Techniques Used by Cnstructin Cntractrs in Saudi Arabia. 39. Develping Freign Lcatin Factrs. 40. Cnsultant Cst Cntrl in the Pacific Rim. 41. Internatinal Cst Reprt. 42. Multi-Prject Management and Cntrl. 43. CASE STUDY 5: Faculty f Maritime Studies, Tripli, Libya.