Construction Management
- What is construction management?
- What is a construction management degree?
- What can you do with a construction management degree?
- Are you more closely involved with all the various parties at work?
Construction management, what is it?
What is a construction management degree?
- construction methods,
- estimating
- scheduling,
What can you do with a construction management degree?
- You're going to work for a company that deals with the actual builds of the project. Like me working as a general contractor, you'll be actively managing the building process of the job. You'll be responsible for the build, but it's not only can be in the form of general contracting. You can be a subcontractor, you can do surveying, you can work as a scheduling consultant, but I would consider these people to be in the weeds of the project; you're supposed to know all the details of all the plans and specs to make sure that you're building the job.
- You can go with construction management. You're more of an advisor to the owner's project than the one building the project. From your job, represent that owner and facilitate conversations between all parties of a construction project, including the owner. Of course, that will include your designers. And you, as a construction manager or supposed to real all these people together and make sure the job is done on schedule and budget with the right anticipated amount of quality, and being in the midst of all these different parties, you can be seen as the middleman on the job.
Are you more closely involved with all the various parties at work?
So working as a construction manager is cool because you don't have to deal with all the day-to-day ridiculousness that the job offers. But you're still engaged enough to be a part of the construction process. Just not down to, so that can be kind of good for some people But to me, you're not expected to be as much in the field as someone that works for a contractor. If you are a concession manager and you're always in the area, there's probably something wrong with the job. So when you're working in construction management, you can make some pretty good connections. It's a pretty exciting job because you can manage everything on the job site and get paid some decent money from the school, just a bachelor's degree. So what makes a good construction manager? This is coming from me, who works for general contractors. So my opinion may be skewed, But I'll try to be as impartial as possible. So to me, the best construction managers are the ones that are firm, fair, and consistent Firm. Because you have to establish yourself as some form of authority. You want to be seen as a figure of respect when you're working as a construction manager amongst everybody else in the job; You don't want to be seen as just the third party guy. That's helping the owner. You want to be seen as an actual partner in the process. Fair is another big one as well. And it becomes pretty challenging. When the owner is the one that technically pays you your role, this construction manager is you're supposed to be fair to all parties. Not just the one that's paying you. The language is hard to see when that's the case, though. Sometimes, consistent consistency is vital.
The construction management firm seems to be going in one direction and completely changing its operations. The next day, all parties, the owner, designer, and contractor want to ensure that the construction project is almost thinking the same way. You want to be able to have some consistency so that people can know what to expect. And also, speaking on behalf of General Contractors would be awesome. Agers had the field expertise and the background in the state that you were working to me; there's nothing worse than anybody that makes decisions on behalf of the owner that genuinely can't sympathize and understand what the contractor is going through. Especially in Cagayan de Oro, where many developers from the Manila and Cebu are coming in. They don't know how some local cultures work. They don't understand that. There are only so many players in the market, So sometimes they can't come to grips with how things are here. And sometimes, as per the contract, we expect the project's construction manager to manage those expectations. And if they're poorly managed, it usually leads to a un which is terrible news for everyone. And also, when it comes to getting paid or managing changes, the consumer manager on site has that field knowledge. It takes less effort on the contractor's part to fight for every penny. If the construction manager can substantiate on their own and submit costs or any bids, we don't have to keep defending ourselves. Well, that's why again, considering the construction manager is paid by the owner. The owner doesn't want to spend more money. So it's sort of like a conflict of interest tip for the deal, and that's why a fair construction manager and a very consistent one work both ways. So, in general, I've seen that better construction managers have come from the side, and that leads me nicely to my next point: a good concession manager can call a contractor out on their boat. The owner loves all of that because, and I hate to admit, they're probably some pretty shady contractors out there, and that's perhaps why construction management even exists in the first place. If there's complete trust from the owner that the contract would do their job, they won't try to screw them out of any money. I wouldn't need an intermediary, but that's not our world. So that's the construction manager's job to ensure everything is everything. So the outstanding construction, managers can call out the contractor and ensure that the owner will not take advantage of tool points. Remember, you always want to be fair?
And lastly, I discuss this when we mention that being firm means you want to be empowered. I've seen construction managers on jobs where they're just kind of there where they're just a member of the party, but they're not contributing. You don't want to be that. At the end of the day, if you work for a construction management firm, you would wish the owner-contractor and architect to say, hey, really glad they were on the project. We need them, but that's harder to come by than you might think. So you want to be able to have an Owner. And to me, that comes down to the modern knowledge you have in the industry and is experienced enough to provide excellent values for the project. So, if you have any more questions, concession management, think I should expand them, or any ideas I presented here, please feel free to comment below, and I'll try my best to reply. And at the end of the day, if you are still confused about which way to go, General Contracting is always a great place to start. And if you are looking for someone to take your project from start to finish, JMG CONSTRUCTION & GENERAL MERCHANDISE is here. Here you can see the organization that is innovative because of the tools they use in communication that is building gaps among architects, contractors, and suppliers.
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