Sessional - Faculty ARET

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This course introduces the fundamental aspects of construction management and project leadership, including on-site management and inspection, construction safety, construction laws and labour relations, contract and construction administration, and the planning, scheduling and controlling of construction projects in a team environment. Students examine fundamental planning, scheduling, problem solving and decision-making in the context of construction work. Topics include facilities planning;
Critical Path Method in project planning, scheduling, control and management functions; work evaluation techniques applied to job site planning and cost control; value engineering; staff and material resource allocation; time cost analysis and computer applications.

The sessional instructor will be entirely responsible for the teaching and marking for this class. Class time is three hours per week. The instructor must also be available at predetermined times during the week to answer student questions outside of the scheduled class times. The sessional instructor is responsible for marking of all assignments, quizzes and exams for the course. Regular meetings with other ARET faculty are also required.

The successful candidate will be a Civil or Building Technologist, Intern Architect, Architect, Engineer in Training or Engineer with experience in the construction management. Some teaching experience or teaching assistant experience would be an asset.