Construction
-The ability to build things is one of the most ancient of human skills.
“The type of methods for placing construction are diverse.”
Project
- An endeavor that is undertaken to produce the results that are expected from the requesting
party.
- May be design only, construction only, or a combination of design and construction.
3 components of a Project
1. Scope- represents the work accomplished the quantity and quality of the work.
2. Budget- refers to costs, measured in dollars (peso) and / or labor- hours of work.
3. Schedule- refers to the logical sequencing and timing of the work performed.
“A balance is necessary between scope, budget, and schedule”
“Not only should the scope, budget, and schedule be well defined, but each must be linked together since
one affects the other, both individually and collectively”
“The manager must be clever and innovative in the utilization of resources available.”
“It is the duty of a project manager to ensure that the project scope, budget, and schedule are linked
together”.
Construction Project Management handles the planning, coordination, and execution of a construction
project, whether it’s agricultural, residential, commercial, institutional, industrial, heavy civil, or
environmental.
Construction Project Management is a complex field, requiring knowledge in many different areas like
finance, mediation, law, business, and more.
Construction Project Managers shoulder responsibility of keeping the project moving according to plan.
3 Management Concepts
1. Systematic Management- is an approach to management that focuses on the management
process rather than on the final outcome.
2. Scientific Management- approach developed by Taylor is based on the concept of planning of
work to achieve efficiency, standardization, specialization and simplification.
3. Humanistic Management - is an approach to management theory based on the idea of human
needs and human values.
Summary:
Humanistic management focuses on the human aspects and well-being of employees, scientific
management emphasizes efficiency and productivity through systematic study of work processes.
Systematic management, on the other hand, takes a holistic approach, considering the organization as
complex system with interconnected parts.
Management Levels of Construction
Organizational considerations lead to a number of hierarchical that can be identified in construction.
4 levels of hierarchy
1. Organizational- concerned with legal and business structure of a firm, the various functional areas
of management, and the various functional areas of management and interaction between head
office and field managers performing these management functions.
2. Project- dominated by terms relating to the breakdown of the project for the purpose of time and
cost control.
3. Operation- the construction operation and process level is concerned with the technology and
details of how construction is performed.
4. Task- concerned with the identification and assignment of elemental portions of work to field units
and work crews.
Hierarchal Level
Study of construction as a discipline can be broadly structured into 2 general themes:
1. Construction Technology
2. Construction Management
Construction Technology relates to the methods or techniques used to place the physical materials
and elements of construction at the job site.
Construction Management addresses how the resources available to the manager can be best applied.
5 M’s to Structure of Organization
1. Man
2. Material
3. Machine
4. Methods
5. Money
