Course Details

Economy of Construction Industry

Academic Year 2023/24

CV002 course is part of 1 study plan

N-P-C-SI (N) / M Winter Semester 1st year

Position of industry of building materials in national economy. Organisation of building materials production. Basic characteristic of industrial firm. Foundation, lifetime and closure of industrial firm. Property and sources of property coverage. Inventory management and financing. Costing and price setting in building materials production. Management of operational and investment costs and returns. Standardization and remuneration. Accounting and taxation. Principles of marketing. Controlling and quality management.

Course Guarantor

Institute

Objective

To get ability to orient in organization and economy of industry production. To come in useful in production profitability management and price setting.

Knowledge

Knowledge about organization and economy of industry production.

Syllabus

1. Introduction, basic concepts, specifics
2. Position of the firm in the national economy, the construction industry and construction company
3. Standardization of work and performance; Standardization and remuneration in construction
4. Grade and classification in the construction industry
6. - 7. Costing and pricing
8. General construction budget
9. Revenues, expenses, profit and relations between them
10. Starting a business, redevelopment and its disappearance, grouping and types of association in construction
11. Public Procurement
12. Investment Management
13. Marketing and Management

Prerequisites

Knowledge of particular basic disciplines of business economy. Ability to orient in business economy.

Language of instruction

Czech

Credits

5 credits

Semester

winter

Forms and criteria of assessment

course-unit credit and examination

Specification of controlled instruction, the form of instruction, and the form of compensation of the absences

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Offered to foreign students

Not to offer

Course on BUT site

Lecture

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, elective

Syllabus

1. Introduction, basic concepts, specifics

2. Position of the firm in the national economy, the construction industry and construction company

3. Standardization of work and performance; Standardization and remuneration in construction

4. Grade and classification in the construction industry

6. - 7. Costing and pricing 8. General construction budget

9. Revenues, expenses, profit and relations between them

10. Starting a business, redevelopment and its disappearance, grouping and types of association in construction

11. Public Procurement

12. Investment Management

13. Marketing and Management

Exercise

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory

Syllabus

1. Introduction, program curriculum, instruction and guidance

2. Classification

3. - 4. Standardization and remuneration in construction; wages

5. Depreciation

6. - 7. Costing and pricing of construction work

8. General construction budget

9 - 11 Building price

12. Credit test

13. The course-unit