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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Construction Project Management by Columbia University

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About the Course

Construction Project Management introduces learners to Project Initiation and Planning. Columbia University professor, Ibrahim Odeh, along with industry experts join together to provide a comprehensive overview of the construction industry. There are 10 modules that allow learners to become knowledgeable of construction management within the dynamic construction industry. Professor Odeh teaches learners about the fundamentals of the Project Development Cycle while guest lecturers discuss Lean Project Delivery method and Lean Design Behaviors. Technological advances, such as Building Information Modeling (BIM), will be introduced with real world examples of the uses of BIM during the Lifecycle of the Project. The course concludes with Professor Odeh discussing the importance of project planning and scheduling and an opportunity to develop a Work Breakdown Structure. By the end of this course, you will be able to: -Learn about construction management, including an understanding of the construction industry, the role of a project manager, construction contract types, and project delivery methods -Explain the fundamental principles to establish Environment, Health and Safety in the construction industry -Detail the principles and application of sustainability development in construction industry -Summarize the work breakdown structure (WBS) and estimate the construction activity duration...

Top reviews

AS

Sep 2, 2020

A well compiled and structured course for beginners as well as seasoned professionals as it seamlessly takes the learner through the journey via modularity and concise conceptual learning paradigms.

EH

Jul 8, 2018

Very good introduction to outline the difference in project mgmt, programme mgmt and construction mgmt. Enough detail on various aspects for CM including type of contracts, technology and planning.

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By Arun K

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Apr 17, 2020

its good and informative and before MBA this is just a demo type, everybody should surely try this

By Miguel Á C L

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Jan 11, 2021

Curso muy interesante donde se ven muchos temas fundamentales de la construcción de forma amplia

By ERHAHON E

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Oct 21, 2016

This is so wonderful but i wish i would receive the printed copy of the certificate by post too.

By Travis H

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Sep 7, 2023

Really great content to learn. Must be self-driven. I would prefer a bit more live interaction.

By Deleted A

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Mar 22, 2022

Some details seemed to be too granular, while overall the coursework was good and informative.

By Moein A

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Jul 18, 2021

I found some of modules so obscure and unclear and this is the reason I low of from the grade

By Hayden L

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Nov 11, 2020

The course was listed as entry level and it is. I would like more exercises and less videos.

By Suresh C M

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May 28, 2020

This is use full course lot of new things know it will be very use full to my future project.

By Lyu W

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Feb 12, 2022

The course has a lot of knowledge points, but it is rather boring during the learning time.

By Mitchell S

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Apr 5, 2018

Great introduction course. Some sections dragged on a while, but overall great experience.

By Khaled A

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Feb 12, 2025

This course serves as a foundation for expanding my knowledge of construction management.

By Eric H

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Mar 7, 2024

I love the content in this subject could go more in depth with practice problems to work

By Necati S

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Feb 13, 2022

Especially i really liked the bim part, The BIM part can be more detailed and upto date.

By Joshua A

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Sep 6, 2021

excellent course on Construction Project Management........worth every bit of time.....

By ALIND J

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Sep 18, 2017

Topics appeared Slightly repetitive, but i am not sure, but worth doing, lot lot of info

By Hisham A

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Jun 9, 2020

I'm glad I took this course it gave me a great information about the general role of CM

By a1

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Jul 14, 2019

A very good course to have more knowledge of my career I am very grateful to Coursera.

By deena k

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Jul 17, 2020

Not as useful for people interested primarily in smaller scale residential building.

By Angel G

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Apr 21, 2017

Great course, I would just like to suggest more numerical examples on the Lean module

By Van E B

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Oct 13, 2025

Some of the instructors were hard to understand, otherwise a very good basic course

By Козлова О М

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Nov 1, 2024

Thank you for an interesting course. I learned a lot about construction management.

By Hiteshkumar G

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Jul 26, 2024

he learning objectives are clearly defined and align well with the course content.

By Nathan H

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Dec 14, 2020

Great course but could use some more examples and in-depth explanation of RSmeans.

By José P

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Aug 10, 2020

Excellent overview and summary of the essence of construction project management.