Learning objectives
Knowledge and understanding:
At the end of this course the student should know the basics on Plant - equipments management and the laws on safety of workers.
Applying knowledge and understanding:
The student should be able to evaluate the solutions for operational planning, equipments, earthmoving machines. Morover Resources planning, and skills to evaluate safety of workers.
Making judgments:
By the end of the course, the student should be able to do operational management and security strategy for the different type of plants and sites.
Communication skills:
The student should be able to clearly present an construction site design also by means of tables and charts.
Prerequisites
It is useful to have done Construction of Roads Railroads and Airports
Course unit content
Course purpose:
The course aims to give the technical-administrative basis for the execution of public works, the technical knowledge of plants and equipments, the methods of planning and organizing plants.
Course programme:
ADMINISTRATIVE AND ACCOUNTING ACTIVITY FOR PUBLIC WORKS
Execution of public works
The project of public work - Decreto Legislativo 163/2006
Design and approval levels
Execution systems of public works
The Executor of the public work and the choice of the Executor
Procedural routine and acting people in civil works execution - Legge 1086/71
WORKS REGULATIONS
Contract of Public works: Italian and European provisions
The financial management
The execution of the agreement
The supervision of the work: acts and executions, administrative and accounting activity, public and criminal liability and prevention of accidents
Main documents for accounting of works, the inspection of works, the contentious procedure
MATERIALS
The materials for civil engineering works
The technique of bituminous and cement concretes
Quality control, tests in situ
Notes about the inspection and the experimentation on structures
MANAGEMENT OF THE YARD
Operational planning, equipments, earthmoving machines
Resources planning, operational management
Provisional structures, type and methods for design calculation
SAFETY OF THE YARD
Regulations for safety in yards, Decreto Legislativo 626/95 e 242/96
Decreto Legislativo 81/2008
Prevention and protection service, delegates for safety
Evaluation of risks and accidents in yards and rate of accident
Evaluation of risks and prevention and protection countermeasures
Working place and sources of hazard D.P.I. for protection of operators
First aid in yards
Evaluation of physical risks, chemical risks, noise and biological agents
Technical organization, management and safety measures in yards:
a) Transportation structures, earth moving and underground digging
b) Bridges, viaducts, tunnels and special foundations
c) Buildings, hydraulic and hydroelectric constructions
- Technical organization, management and safety measures for mechanical plants in yards.
Full programme
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Bibliography
- Valentinetti XVIII Edizione 2011, “La pratica amministrativa e contabile nella condotta di opere pubbliche”, Vannini Editrice.
- Ormea G.B., “Organizzazione dei cantieri”, Ed. Utet, Torino.
Teaching methods
Slides will be used to show the most important messages of the theory lectures.
Assessment methods and criteria
The examination is based on a written exam with three questions on course arguments.
Other information
Lecture attendance is highly recommended.