The purpose of this course is to provide engineers and other construction management professionals new to the construction/infrastructure industry an overview of procurement and how it is conducted on major projects. Often engineering at university focuses on the technical aspects however many engineers will find the skills needed to excel at their jobs are project management based. This course covers one of the key project management skills used by engineers; procurement. It will provide you a context as to what procurement is and why it's important, and go through how procurement is conducted on a project. It will provide you the pre-requisite level of knowledge needed when you're put into a procurement role on a project. You'll learn how to draft a scope of works, prepare a tender package, run tenders, and select sub-contractors.

The course is broken down into three separate sections. Section 1 focuses on what procurement is and why it is a fundamental part of construction management. Section 2 is all about planning procurement. So how to develop a Work Breakdown Structure, identify what packages you need to procure, and develop a procurement schedule. Section 3 focuses on actually running a tender, so engaging sub-contractors, and suppliers to provide a quote and selecting the best potential sub-contractor.