Politecnico di Milano - Master School F.lli Pesenti

Master in Project Management in Construction Works with BIM

Didactic Modules

Fundamentals of management engineering: 

The unit aims to bring the student closer to the fundamentals of management engineering. In particular, the focus will be on external accounting - balance sheet with related documents, elementary accounting operations, reading the balance sheet and indices - on internal accounting - management control and main techniques, short-term balance, and break-even analysis. Attention is also paid to the valuation of investments, DCF, and non-DCF valuation methods; to supply chain planning - outbound logistics, production, supplier evaluation and planning, and control cycle; finally on project management - organization by projects, reticular control techniques, planning, and re-planning.

NEBOSH International General Certificate course: 

The unit aims to provide technical skills of risk assessment, identification of preventive measures, planning, design of procedures to prevent or reduce risks during the execution of works, identification of critical phases, ability to coordinate activities to avoid dangerous interference, emergency management (fire - accident - earthquake - attacks - natural disasters in general). The unit provides all the information needed to take and successfully pass the exam to achieve the NEBOSH certificate, which is the British Standard for safety in and arrangement of construction sites.

An Introduction to Value Averaging: 

Every person / professional should plan her / his financial situation as a company does: the turnover corresponds to the salary of a person, the company costs correspond to the living costs of the person and her / his family, the fcf (free cash flow) of a company corresponds to the cash that a person manages to save every month. Just as a company must invest its fcf to grow, so also a person needs to know how to invest her / his savings in order to generate a financially solid and secure situation in the long term. A value averaging investment strategy is useful to achieve such a goal.

Project Management Certification PMI (CAPM® e PMP®): 

The unit aims to prepare students to obtain the prestigious certifications issued by PMI®, helping to understand the fundamental approaches, methods, and techniques of the PMBOK® Guide. The course is structured in modules and includes classroom days and exercises for the application of the techniques. The course is valid as compulsory training for eligibility in the CAPM® and PMP® exams.

IPMA® International Project Management Certification (Level D, Level C, Level B, Level A): 

The unit aims to train students according to the IPMA (International Project Management Association) skills model called ICB® (Individual Competence Baseline).

In addition to the technical and methodological skills of the PM, the ICB also covers those defined as "behavioral" and "contextual".

The IPMA model provides 15 behavioral skills that the PM must develop as well as those of a technical nature. Leadership results in orientation, openness, negotiation, reliability, conflict and crisis management are some of the behavioral skills that are treated within this teaching unit.

The unit provides also the discussion of elements defined as "contextual" that complete the skills of a PM (finance, legal, hsse, technology, business, permanent organization, etc.).

The course offers the opportunity to access the Level D IPMA certification which does not require working experience prerequisites, or to higher levels, if the participant meets the working experience prerequisites.

Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Project Leader: 

The Lean organizational model and the Six Sigma problem-solving methodology represent two important tools for all those companies that wish to improve their performance, thus introducing a continuous improvement program for their workforce. The Green Belt Project Leader training allows course participants to conduct improvement projects within companies and at the same time to develop their own project management skills. Lean Six Sigma projects improve business processes and offer the opportunity to acquire cross-functional skills essential for holding managerial roles. It is no coincidence that General Electric, one of the companies that have helped to develop the Six Sigma methodology in the first place, used this training path to make its managers grow and improve. The management and data analysis skills acquired through a Green Belt Project Leader course are the key to achieving high levels of competitiveness and, together with digitalization, provide the main founding elements of Industry 4.0.

Real estate valuation and valorization:

The unit is divided into two main parts.

The first one, dealing with real estate valuation, is made up of four modules organized into two parts:

• framework of the problem, from a technical, economic and managerial point of view;
• case studies, as widely documented and presented by representatives of well-known companies in the real estate sector.

The second part of the course deals with the tools and methods for real estate valorization. This part aims at presenting the process of real estate valorization, illustrating the methodologies and the technical, economic, and managerial means that might lead to the best practices and results.

The unit is sponsored by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).

The unit will be held by professors of the Politecnico di Milano, by some experts in the real estate sector, and will benefit from the contribution of leading representatives of some of the most important companies and/or organizations operating in the real estate sector (CBRE and Generali Real Estate, Beni Stabili Siiq, Generali Real Summer and Royal Value Sgr.)

How to become a certified project manager:

The new procurement code, the ANAC Guidelines No. 1, No. 2, and No. 3, and the DPCM scheme for the definition of the technical and organizational requirements for registration in the list of qualified contracting stations (art.38, paragraph 2 of Legislative Decree 50 of 2016) of February 2018, actually emphasizes the importance of project management activities both for ORs and for professionals involved in civil and infrastructural works and/or engineering and architectural services.

And that is why there is the possibility of being certified as project managers in accordance with Law 4/2013 and the UNI 11648:2016 Standard and is registered in the appropriate Accredia list.

But how can you become a certified project manager according to the law and the aforementioned standards? Admittedly, the process for potential candidates is often confusing; what are the steps to be taken in order to achieve this certification, what is the optimal path to follow, and which prospects can a project management certification offer?

This didactic module aims at providing all the necessary information for adequate participation in the exam for the so-called "Third-party certification" of project management in compliance with Law 4/2013 and UNI 11648:2016. This exam is to be carried out by a Body of Certification officially recognized and accredited by Accredia. Certified PMs will be registered in the appropriate Accredia register, as required by law.

This unit first introduces the students to the law and regulations. The teacher will explain with adequate documentation the reasons why it is convenient to become a certified project manager and to be included in the appropriate list of Accredia, both for the ORs, for professionals, for engineering companies, and companies in general. In fact, in all those contracts managed with the criteria of the most economically advantageous offer, both for construction works and for architectural/engineering services, the scores assigned to the organizational aspects in any bid tend to be higher if and when certified project manager figures are involved.

Finally, for the purpose of adequate alignment with a course about project management in the field of civil and infrastructural works, the teacher will discuss case studies in which the teacher himself has been a project manager or consultant for project management activities. These case studies are meant to give the students practical knowledge that might turn out to be very useful during the exam to become a certified project manager.

Introduction to contract management for FIDIC contracts (Online):

This course will describe in detail all aspects of the FIDIC Contracts which are relevant for contract management. It will be a “hands-on approach” in real cases with professionals of international experience. During this course, certain aspects of risk management will be illustrated.

The students will learn:

• Generalities for all FIDIC models of conditions of the contract.
• Focus on FIDIC model contracts: the Rainbow suite, 1999 & 2017 editions, contract conditions, choice of the model.
• Procurement rules, tender preparation, pre-qualification, post-qualification.
• The parties and the engineer, roles, and responsibilities.
• FIDIC clauses 1, 2, 3: definitions, the employer, the engineer.
• FIDIC clause 4: the contractor.
• FIDIC clause 5: Red Book vs. Yellow and Silver Book.
• FIDIC clause 6: staff and labor.
• FIDIC clause 7: plant material and workmanship.
• FIDIC clause 8: commencement, delays, and suspensions. The program.
• FIDIC clause 10: employer's taking over.
• FIDIC clause 11: defects liability.

BIM management for integrated processes:

Introduction to BIM (Building Information Modeling) and its applications for conscious integrated design. The potential of BIM, the state of the art, and previous experiences are illustrated. Among the topics, the Principles of Program Management, the value chain of Real Estate, and the role of ICT, Project Collaboration, and the Internet of Everything are illustrated. The new roles created by BIM, the procedures, the BIM Guides, the BIM Execution Plan. Executive leadership and change management. Panorama of the offer. Creation of RFI and RFP. The purchasing process. Building Information Exchange. Interoperability of data (OpenBIM, Building Smart, IFC). Data management and Cloud.

BIM and the architectural authoring:

Autodesk BIM modeling and interfaces with dedicated analysis software: Introduction to Revit and tools for integrated design; The potential of the software, the architectural modeling, the drafting of the graphic works, the management of the families, and the basic tools and the photorealistic restitution are illustrated. Indications are provided on how the models must be prepared so that there is the possibility of correctly exchanging graphic data and information with other specific applications.

BIM and the MEP authoring (building performance analysis):

Revit for integrated design: modeling with the use of tools for the design of Revit systems and Building Performance Analysis; energy and environmental design. The teaching unit illustrates both the areas related to MEP and the parts relating to energy modeling. The approaches will be linked both to the use of Autodesk software and the most popular ones at the international level, both suitable for carrying out static and dynamic analysis.

BIM for the evaluation of costs in construction and facility management: 

BIM-based design is inherent to the different dimensions of BIM. Specific focus is presented on the work's planning, on the configuration of the order information system. The Work Plan (BIM 4D), the budget estimate and management (BIM 5D), the facility and property management (BIM 6D), the monitoring and controlling of the projects, and the remote management of the construction site are also illustrated.