Contracts and Projects Administration
Overview
Compentency | Laws and legislations concerning engineering works, contracts, industrial safety and security, relation between owner and tenant and engineering Ethics |
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Module type | elective module |
Semester | winter |
Site | Cairo (GUC) |
Language | English |
Workload | 60 hours course attendance; 40 hours self-study |
Credits points | 4 |
Recommended qualifications | none |
Legislation, Contracts and Engineering Ethics
Learning Outcome
After the successful participation in the course Legislation, Contracts and Engineering Ethics the students are able to
- Knowledge and Understanding:
- define, describe, identify and explain the Engineering profession and what it implies in terms of technicality, legally and ethics-wise
- undergo proper contract drafting and/or engaging in a contractual relationship with clients/fellow engineers
- relate to the diversity of ethics’ codes, worldwide, within different venues such as environmental and computer ethics
- Professional and Practical skills:
- operate as a professional engineer whether in engineering practice or conduct
- manage to mitigate the course content to junior engineers of the profession, upon reaching a senior stage
- Intellectual Skills:
- differentiate between business organizations
- use, properly, the laws and regulations within the country of residence to avoid adverse circumstances/conflicts
- exhibit ethical conduct in light of the made-available ethical codes and guidelines
Content
- General overview on the legal systems worldwide
- Business Organizations
- Hierarchy of the Syndicate of Engineers
- Fundamentals and development of tort Law
- Contracts and contractual relations
- Tendering Issues
- Breach of Contracts
- Regulatory Aspects and Ethics
- Ethical Problems in Engineering management and private practice
- Environmental Ethics/Computer Ethics
Details
- Lecturer: Yasser Hegazy
- Teaching method: lecture, exercise
- SWS: 2
- Credit points: 2
- Examination: midterm 20%; assignment 10%; final exam 60%; quiz 10%
Construction Contracts and Project Administration
Learning Outcome
After the successful participation in the course Construction Contracts and Project Administration the students are able to
- be aware of the importance of legal and contractual issues and due administration on and around construction projects and of the consequences if contractual issues are not taken serious
Content
- Main contractual terms and conditions of standard contract forms
- Analysing and evaluating real case issues
- Different areas will be introduced with its basic application tools as well as its cross links to contract administration
Details
- Lecturer: Tarik Youssef
- Teaching method: lecture, exercise
- SWS: 2
- Credit points: 2
- Examination: midterm assignments (1/3); final exam (2/3)