This course expands the knowledge of a construction project manager to include an understanding of economics and the mathematics of money, an essential component of every construction project. Topics covered include the time value of money, the definition and calculation of the types of interest rates, and the importance of Cash Flow Diagrams.



Construction Finance
This course is part of Construction Management Specialization

Instructor: Ibrahim Odeh, Ph.D., MBA
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The basic economics of the essential components in every construction project
The definition and calculation of different types of interest rates
The importance of Cash Flow Diagrams
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There are 9 modules in this course
Professor Ibrahim Odeh provides an overview of the Construction Finance course, and introduces the guest speakers.
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1 video2 readings1 plugin
Professor Ibrahim Odeh discusses the Mathematics of Money beginning with a definition of the Time Value of Money. Calculating simple and compound interest rates are covered along with distinguishing between nominal and effective interest rates. Illustrated in this module is drawing a cash flow diagram.
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12 videos4 readings2 assignments1 discussion prompt
Professor Anthony Webster introduces real estate finance providing an overview of the real estate project lifecycle, a discussion on zoning code parameters, and examples of estimating the sales price of a property.
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12 videos4 readings2 assignments1 discussion prompt
Professor Anthony Webster provides an in-depth look at designing and building commercial real estate by looking at financial plans. The module ends with a deep dive into decision tree analysis.
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12 videos2 readings1 assignment1 discussion prompt
Professor Bob Dewing discusses project finance and provides an overview of Global Project Finance. The roles of stakeholders in project finance is reviewed in depth.
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10 videos1 reading1 assignment
Eduardo Gamez discusses risk in project financing outlining the different entities involved in a transaction for a project.
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3 videos1 reading1 assignment1 discussion prompt
Karl Reichert introduces public and private partnerships.
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8 videos1 reading1 assignment1 discussion prompt
Sam Spata provides an overview of Lean in Construction Financing and describes how to identify and mitigate risk using Lean Project Delivery Systems.
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4 videos1 reading1 assignment
Professor Ibrahim Odeh wraps-up the Construction Finance course and discuss the Construction Management specialization.
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1 video1 plugin
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Reviewed on Sep 5, 2018
Great course that helped understand financing throughout construction. I'm an attorney who recently joined a housing developer, and this course really assisted my understanding of the industry.
Reviewed on Jan 7, 2019
The course was both challenging and informative. I found most of what I learned in this course will be applied going forward. I took this course as a goal through my employer.
Reviewed on Jun 25, 2018
good speakers / professors, examples & class materials are interesting, up-to-date . You want to listen to learn. Best Module so far in the course.
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