Sep 28, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024

CE 4190 - Project Development, Contracts, and Law


Provides students with the fundamentals of construction law and contracts. Topics covered include: types of construction contracts, contract changes, claim, liability, and dispute resolution. Aspects of construction administration including project funding, project cash flow, accounting systems, depreciation, and analysis of financial statements.

Requisites: CE 2160
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
  • Students will be able to explain labor law, claim, liability, and dispute resolution.
  • Students will be able to discuss project funding, cash flow, accounting systems, and transactions.
  • Students will be able to analyze financial statements.
  • Students will be able to explain the process of construction contracting and contract delivery systems.
  • Students will be able to explain how change orders are made.
  • Students will be able to describe the legal structure that binds construction project contracts.


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