Types and Stages of the Construction Management

2013 ◽  
Vol 405-408 ◽  
pp. 3376-3379
Author(s):  
Hai Xie ◽  
Zhi Jun Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Construction Management ◽  
Time Management ◽  
Construction Project ◽  
Management Decision ◽  
Construction Project Management ◽  
Best Value ◽  
Management Decision Making ◽  
And Control ◽  
Bidding Process

Construction management or construction project management (CPM) is the overall planning, coordination, and control of a project from beginning to completion. CPM is aimed at meeting a clients requirement in order to produce a functionally and financially viable project. CPM is project management that applies to the construction sector. The construction industry is composed of five sectors: residential, commercial, civil, industrial, and environmental. A construction manager holds the same responsibilities and completes the same processes in each sector. All that separates a construction manager in one sector from one in another is the knowledge of the construction site. This may include different types of equipment, materials, subcontractors, and possibly locations. A contractor is assigned to a construction project once the design has been completed by the architect or is still in progress. This is done by going through a bidding process with different contractors. The contractor is selected by using one of the three selection methods: low-bid selection, best-value selection, or qualifications-based selection. A construction manager should have the ability to handle public safety, time management, decision making, mathematics, and human resources.

History and Topics of the Project Management

2013 ◽  
Vol 405-408 ◽  
pp. 3372-3375
Author(s):  
Hai Xie
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Time Management ◽  
Management Decision ◽  
Best Value ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Management Decision Making ◽  
And Control ◽  
Coordination And Control ◽  
Bidding Process

Project management is the overall planning, coordination, and control of a project from beginning to completion. Project management is aimed at meeting a clients requirement in order to produce a functionally and financially viable project. Project management is project management that applies to the construction sector. The construction industry is composed of five sectors: residential, commercial, civil, industrial, and environmental. A construction manager holds the same responsibilities and completes the same processes in each sector. All that separates a construction manager in one sector from one in another is the knowledge of the construction site. This may include different types of equipment, materials, subcontractors, and possibly locations. A contractor is assigned to a construction project once the design has been completed by the architect or is still in progress. This is done by going through a bidding process with different contractors. The contractor is selected by using one of the three selection methods: low-bid selection, best-value selection, or qualifications-based selection. A construction manager should have the ability to handle public safety, time management, decision making, mathematics, and human resources.

scholarly journals Project Benefits of Digital Fabrication in Irregular-Shaped Buildings

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Namhyuk Ham ◽  
Sanghyo Lee
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Construction Project ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Digital Fabrication ◽  
Construction Project Management ◽  
Management Quality ◽  
Success Criteria ◽  
Degree Of Satisfaction ◽  
And Control

The main purpose of this study is to investigate the advantages of digital fabrication pertaining to construction project management, in particular, in terms of different project management factors, using case studies of irregular-shaped buildings in which digital fabrication has versatile applications. This study collected secondary data corresponding to 27 construction projects of irregular-shaped buildings that implemented digital fabrication. Success criteria were developed based on the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) to assess the benefits of implementing digital fabrication for management of the considered construction projects of irregular-shaped buildings. Content analysis was performed to investigate the degree of satisfaction for the success criteria of each project. With this approach, it is possible to see which success criterion appears more times as a positive factor and which ones appear as challenges or problems. Among the positive benefits of digital fabrication on construction project management, quality increase and control appeared in the highest number of projects (17 out of 27 projects) at the highest frequency (26 instances). However, among the negative benefits that were mentioned as challenging or causing difficulties of digital fabrication on construction project management, cost reduction and control appeared in the highest number of projects (14 out of 27 projects) at the highest frequency (21 instances). But it does not mean that the use of digital fabrication was overall negative.

scholarly journals A Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Model to Choose the Best Option for Sustainable Construction Management

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 2239 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seyit Ali Erdogan ◽  
Jonas Šaparauskas ◽  
Zenonas Turskis
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Project Management ◽  
Construction Management ◽  
Construction Project ◽  
Sustainable Construction ◽  
Construction Project Management ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Project Construction ◽  
Turkish Case ◽  
Decision Making Model

The article briefly discusses the content and terms of construction project management. It identifies the main problems of construction management and discusses ways to solve those using multi-criteria methods. Well-performed management is one of the critical factors which leads to the success of any significant sustainable project. Construction project management consists of setting goals and defining user requirements, project constraints, and resources needed. This paper aims to create a practically useful model. The paper presents a comprehensive set of criteria, which led to the creation of a decision-making model for construction management, which was applied to a Turkish case study. The Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) method and the Expert Choice computer program were used for calculations.

scholarly journals APPLICATIONS OF OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES IN CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT

2021 ◽  
pp. 468-474
Author(s):  
Gaurav Mishra ◽  
Lata Mishra
Keyword(s):  
Construction Management ◽  
Time Management ◽  
Construction Project ◽  
Optimization Methods ◽  
Optimization Techniques ◽  
Project Work ◽  
Construction Project Management ◽  
Optimal Result ◽  
Engineering Problems ◽  
Feasible Solutions

The time management for a construction project can better justify by using optimization methods. Nowadays many computerized software are used to explore, to design, to analyze, and to solve different engineering problems. Construction management is not only a concept to manage a project work under the guidelines of 5M aspects, while it is actually a whole of initialization and termination of the particular construction project work. This concept can better understand by incorporating optimization techniques to find feasible solutions of different situations arise during the execution of an activity. An activity may be a matter of complication if it is started without planning. The worse results of activity reflected at end of the work in the form of uneconomical achievement. Thus, to overcome these unforeseen situations, it may be suitable to solve them using optimization methods and get an optimal result. KEYWORDS – Optimization Techniques, Construction Project Management, Linear Programming Problem, Minimum Construction Cost.

The Assessment of Construction Project Management Maturity Level in the Silesian Region in Poland

2014 ◽  
Vol 1020 ◽  
pp. 796-802 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dorota Jelonek ◽  
Joanna Nowakowska-Grunt ◽  
Leszek Ziora
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Time Management ◽  
Process Management ◽  
Integrated Management ◽  
Construction Project ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Construction Project Management ◽  
Construction Companies ◽  
High Level

Every construction investment is a project requiring close coordination, the freedom of access to the information, the application of special activity techniques and most of all the high level of maturity of construction project management. Findings of research conducted in different areas of project management confirm that the assurance of high level of project management maturity conditions the achievement of project's success. The higher level of maturity means the greater degree of capability to manage a construction project. The aim of the article is verification of the following hypotheses: H1: Polish construction companies in a small extent use integrated management of construction project. H2: The highest maturity of construction project management appears in knowledge areas connected with cost management and time management H3: The lowest maturity of construction project management appears in the areas of knowledge connected with risk management and communication management. The study reported in this article was conducted during 2013 year in the construction sector. The survey method was applied in research process. The research embraced 23 construction companies. The respondents are managers of the highest and medium level of management in construction companies. The respondents indicated one out of five maturity levels for selected nine knowledge areas: Level 1: „Initial”, Level 2 “Evolving”, Level 3 “Perfecting, Level 4 “Accomplished” and Level 5 “Optimizing”. Based on the results of an analysis into the level of maturity of project management processes in Polish construction companies, the overall process management maturity indicator for all functions is 3.34. All three hypothesis were verified positively.

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