Free online courseConstruction Engineering and Management Full Course
Duration of the online course: 17 hours and 54 minutes
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Free construction engineering and management course covering planning, CPM/PERT scheduling, cost and quality control, safety, resources, and equipment basics.
In this free course, learn about
Construction Project Fundamentals and Management Basics
Project Planning and Scheduling Tools (WBS, Charts, and Networks)
CPM and PERT Scheduling Analysis
Material Management and Inventory Control
Construction Economics, Cash Flow, and Financial Factors
Project Organization and Human Resource Management
Resource Optimization, Monitoring, and Project Control
Time–Cost Trade-Off, Crashing, and Modern Project Systems
Quality Management and Construction Safety
Construction Equipment: Overview, Selection, and Earthmoving Machinery
Construction Equipment: Paving, Batching, Lifting, and Specialized Equipment
Course Description
Construction Engineering and Management Full Course by LJIET is a free online program in the Professional Skills category, designed for learners who want a practical, end-to-end understanding of how construction projects are planned, organized, executed, and controlled.
You will explore how projects move from early phases to delivery, including the roles of resources and stakeholders and the use of work breakdown structures to define scope and responsibilities. The course builds strong foundations in project planning methods, with clear guidance on scheduling logic, network analysis, and widely used approaches such as CPM and PERT for estimating and managing time-related uncertainty.
As you progress, the focus expands to material and inventory management concepts, along with essential project economics such as cash flow and the impacts of taxation and inflation. You will also learn how project organizations function and how manpower and resources are managed through smoothing and leveling techniques.
The course emphasizes monitoring and control in real project settings, including time–cost trade-off decisions and cost optimization methods. It also addresses modern project management systems, quality management and assurance practices, and construction safety management with inspection-oriented thinking.
To round out the management perspective with field awareness, the course introduces construction equipment, classification, and key machine types used on sites, helping you connect planning decisions with real-world execution. This course is suitable for civil engineering students and early-career professionals seeking job-relevant construction management skills.
Course content
Video class: Lec-01_Phases of Construction Project | Construction Engineering and Management | Civil Engineering25m
Exercise: Which sequence correctly represents the five phases of a construction project?
Video class: Lec-02_Functions of Construction Management|Construction Engineering25m
Exercise: Which set best represents the core management functions applied in construction projects?
Video class: Lec-03_Resources and Stakeholders | Construction Engineering and Management | Civil Engineering22m
Exercise: Which set correctly represents the primary resources (4M) used in a construction project?
Video class: Lec-04_Work Breakdown Structure(WBS) | Construction Engineering and Management | Civil Engineering31m
Exercise: Which option best defines a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) in construction planning?
Video class: Lec-05_Project Management Techniques | Construction Engineering and Management | Civil Engineering28m
Exercise: In a Gantt (bar) chart, which axes typically represent time and activity names?
Video class: Lec-06_Network25m
Exercise: In a construction project network diagram, how are activities and events typically represented?
Video class: Lec-07_Sums of Drawing Network | Construction Engineering and Management | Civil Engineering25m
Exercise: While drawing a project network diagram, what is the correct way to represent an activity that has multiple predecessor activities (e.g., it can start only after E, F, and G are completed)?
Video class: Lec-08_Networks24m
Exercise: In an activity-on-arrow network, what is the primary purpose of a dummy activity?
Video class: Lec-09_Critical Path Method (CPM) | Construction Engineering and Management | Civil Engineering24m
Exercise: Which of the following is a key use of the Critical Path Method (CPM) in construction project planning?
Video class: Lec-10_Sum of CPM36m
Exercise: In CPM network analysis, which set of activities forms the critical path when the total float of activities is zero?
Video class: Lect-11_Sums based on CPM Method | Construction Engineering and Management | Civil Engineering17m
Exercise: In CPM network analysis, how is Free Float (FF) of an activity calculated?
Video class: Lec-12_Sum based on CPM Method | Construction Engineering and Management | Civil Engineering30m
Exercise: In CPM analysis, while doing forward pass to compute earliest event times, which value is selected when an event can be reached through multiple paths?
Video class: Lec-13_PERT Method31m
Exercise: In PERT, how is the expected activity time (Te) calculated from the three time estimates?
Video class: Lec-14_Sums of PERT Method | Construction Engineering and Management | Civil Engineering28m
Exercise: In PERT analysis, how is the expected time (te) for an activity calculated from the three time estimates?
Video class: Lec-15_Precedence24m
Exercise: In a precedence (AON) network, what do the arrows primarily represent?
Video class: Lec-16_Functions of Material Management |Construction Engineering and Management | Civil Engineering23m
Exercise: Which set best describes the aims of construction material management?
Video class: Lec-17_Selective Inventory Control | Construction Engineering and Management | Civil Engineering23m
Exercise: In selective inventory control, what is the main basis of ABC analysis in construction material management?
Video class: Lec-18_EOQ20m
Exercise: In construction material management, what is the main purpose of using the Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) concept?
Video class: Lec-19_Introduction to Economics18m
Exercise: Which method of economic decision making focuses on comparing alternatives by the total expenses that go out of pocket when selecting a particular option?
Video class: Lec-20_Cash Flow24m
Exercise: In a cash flow diagram, how are cash inflows and cash outflows typically represented?
Video class: Lec-21_Effect of Taxation and Inflation| Construction Engineering and Management | Civil Engineering19m
Video class: Lec-22_Project Organization | Construction Engineering and Management | Civil Engineering28m
Exercise: In a line (military) organization structure, how does authority typically flow?
Video class: Lec-23_Manpower Management| Construction Engineering and Management | Civil Engineering26m
Exercise: In manpower management, what does manpower planning (human resource planning) primarily aim to achieve?
Video class: Lec-24_Resource Smoothing with Numerical| Construction Engineering24m
Exercise: In construction project management, what is the main purpose of resource smoothing?
Video class: Lec-25_Resource Levelling with Numerical | Construction Engineering18m
Exercise: What is the main purpose of resource leveling in construction project management?
Video class: Lec-26_Project Monitoring and Control | Construction Engineering and Management | Civil Engineering26m
Exercise: In project monitoring and control, what is the main purpose of taking corrective measures?
Video class: Lec_27 Time Cost Trade Off with Numerical | Construction Engineering18m
Exercise: In time–cost trade-off (project crashing), which activities should be reduced first to shorten the overall project duration at minimum additional cost?
Video class: Lec-28_Numerical of Cost Optimization | Construction Engineering and Management | Civil Engineering20m
Exercise: In project time–cost optimization (crashing), what is the main purpose of reducing an activity duration?
Video class: Lec-29_Sums of Cost optimization15m
Exercise: In project cost crashing, which combination is chosen first to reduce the project duration with the minimum additional direct cost?
Video class: Lec-30_Modern Project Management Systems |Construction Engineering and Management |Civil Engineering33m
Exercise: Which statement best describes Building Information Modeling (BIM) in construction project management?
Video class: Lec-31_Quality Management19m
Exercise: Which option best describes Quality Control in construction projects?
Video class: Lec-32_Quality Assurance18m
Exercise: Which statement best describes Quality Control (QC) in construction projects?
Video class: Lec-33_Construction Safety Management -1 | Construction Engineering25m
Exercise: Which measure is most directly aimed at reducing accidents at a construction site?
Video class: Lec-34_Construction Safety Management - 2 | Construction Engineering24m
Exercise: What is the primary purpose of a Safety Management System (SMS) in construction projects?
Video class: Lecture-35_Inspection,Safety Measures18m
Exercise: During demolition of a structure, what is a key electrical safety measure to reduce the risk of accidents?
Video class: Lec-36_Introduction to Construction Equipment | Construction Engg. and Management |Civil Engineering19m
Exercise: Which technology is specifically mentioned for surveying a site in an automated way in construction engineering?
Video class: Lec-37_Classification20m
Exercise: Which statement best describes the difference between continuous-type and intermittent-type construction equipment?
Video class: Lec-38_Basic Definitions in Relation to Equipment | Const. Engineering and Management | Civil Engg.21m
Exercise: When deciding the final construction equipment to use on a project, which factor was highlighted as a key part of the discussion?
Video class: Lec-39_Tractors - A Versatile Equipment |Construction Engineering and Management |Civil Engineering14m
Exercise: Which statement best defines a tractor in construction equipment operations?
Video class: Lec-40_Bulldozers | Construction Engineering and Management | Civil Engineering17m
Exercise: In road construction, what is the primary purpose of earthwork operations like cutting and filling?
Video class: Lec-41_Rippers and Scrapers | Construction Engineering and Management | Civil Engineering22m
Exercise: Which set correctly matches the primary purpose of a ripper and a scraper in earthwork operations?
Video class: Lec-42_Power Shovel | Construction Engineering and Management | Civil Engineering21m
Exercise: In earthwork operations, which equipment is mainly used for excavating and loading soil, with output commonly related to bucket (dipper) size in cubic meters?
Video class: Lec-43_Draglines | Construction Engineering and Management | Civil Engineering13m
Exercise: Which equipment is primarily used for excavation work in construction projects?
Video class: Lec-44_Backhoe Loader and Clamshell | Construction Engineering and Management | Civil Engineering15m
Exercise: In construction equipment selection, how is an excavator’s bucket capacity typically measured?
Video class: Lec-45_Road Paver, Concrete Batching Plant|Construction Engineering and Management|Civil Engineering19m
Video class: Lec-46_Cranes - Lifting Equipment | Construction Engineering and Management | Civil Engineering16m
Exercise: In multistoried building projects, which equipment is mainly used for lifting and for loading/unloading construction materials efficiently?
Video class: Lec-47_Grouting Equipment, Plaster Sprayer|Construction Engineering and Management|Civil Engineering20m
Exercise: In ground improvement/repair works, what is the main purpose of grouting (injecting cement slurry under pressure) into soil or cracks?
