What You’ll Learn
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Eduardo Gamez discusses risk in project financing outlining the different entities involved in a transaction for a project.
Karl Reichert introduces public and private partnerships.
Sam Spata provides an overview of Lean in Construction Financing and describes how to identify and mitigate risk using Lean Project Delivery Systems.
Professor Ibrahim Odeh wraps-up the Construction Finance course and discuss the Construction Management specialization.