- Leadership and management
- Sustainable construction
- Construction management
- Construction law
- Planning and scheduling
HS1725 Building Production and Leadership 7.5 credits
This course will be discontinued.
Decision to discontinue this course:
The course will be discontinued at the end of autumn semester of 2027, in accordance with the Faculty Board decision HS-2026-0910, 3.2.2.
Date of decision: 2026-05-21
The course was offered for the last time in autumn semester 2025. The last opportunity to do examination will be in the autumn semester 2027.
Information per course offering
Course offerings are missing for current or upcoming semesters.
Course syllabus as PDF
Please note: all information from the Course syllabus is available on this page in an accessible format.
Course syllabus HS1725 (Spring 2026–)Headings with content from the Course syllabus HS1725 (Spring 2026–) are denoted with an asterisk ( )
Content and learning outcomes
Course contents
Intended learning outcomes
After passing the course, the students should be able to:
- carry out quantity take-off and time, cost and resource planning of a construction project
- explain different management styles
- resolve basic legal disputes between client and contractor in the construction production phase and interpret contracts and laws with regard to the form of contract awarded
- link sustainability aspects to the construction production phase
- produce production plans for construction projects.
Literature and preparations
Specific prerequisites
Completed courses: AF1763, AF1757
Literature
You can find information about course literature either in the course memo for the course offering or in the course room in Canvas.
Examination and completion
Grading scale
A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
Examination
- PROB - Project, 3.0 credits, grading scale: P, F
- TENB - Examination, 4.5 credits, grading scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
Based on recommendation from KTH’s coordinator for disabilities, the examiner will decide how to adapt an examination for students with documented disability.
The examiner may apply another examination format when re-examining individual students.
If the course is discontinued, students may request to be examined during the following two academic years.
The course is examined through a written examination and a project assignment.
Examiner
Ethical approach
- All members of a group are responsible for the group's work.
- In any assessment, every student shall honestly disclose any help received and sources used.
- In an oral assessment, every student shall be able to present and answer questions about the entire assignment and solution.
Further information
Course room in Canvas
Registered students find further information about the implementation of the course in the course room in Canvas. A link to the course room can be found under the tab Studies in the Personal menu at the start of the course.
Offered by
Main field of study
The Built Environment, Technology
Education cycle
First cycle
Transitional regulations
The course was last offered in the autumn semester 2025 and is no longer being taught. Students who began the course no later than the autumn semester 2025, but have not yet completed it, will be given the opportunity to do examination no later than the autumn semester 2027.