Construction Project Management: Main Factors Dictating It

Stages in Construction Project Management:

Now, you need to know what the other stages in construction project management are. Note that, the most important stages in construction project management are planning and designing.

Project Development:

It is very important for a project manager to understand how projects are developed. There are some processes to develop capital improvement plan (CIP). Capital improvement plan includes  the creation of CIP, identification of capital assets and needs, prioritizing project within CIP, financial planning to balance the overall expenditures and sources available for funding in the organization. So, it is important for a project manager to understand this stage.

Project Initiation:

During this phase, a project manager plans how the authorized project has to be implemented. To begin with, a project manager should work on project requirement and  decide what should be the ultimate deliverable to the customer. Deliverable could be well-furnished and designed houses, malls, roads, bridges and more. A project manager should understand the actual project requirement and process further based on this.
 

Project Planning (Environmental Clearance, Acquisition):

This is a very critical stage in construction project management. In this stage, a project manager decides the way in which the project has to be taken through planning and environment clearance activities. There are some steps to be followed for purchasing real estate, mainly for legally funded project. This is a very critical stage; if it is not performed well, it could be problematic in the later stages such as designing and constructing. It could prove more expensive and schedule could be a threat as well.

Design:

This is the backbone stage in the project. During this phase, as a project manager, you should anticipate the transformation of the project requirement into drawings and other specifications, which can be used in the later stages i.e., the construction stage. The key points in this stage are oversight of engineering and the final design, value engineering and more. Note that quality assurance and quality control is very important for this stage. 

Construction:

The execution begins here, as you have designed the project in the previous stage. Here, you need to begin working on the project and as a project manager you need to control price, schedule and scope of the work. In this stage you will be working with the contractors, third party vendors and other agencies to get the product delivery on time at the pre-determined price.

Commissioning:

As you know, advance planning in commissioning process can reduce the risk of prolonging the project. Generally, this phase consists of roles and responsibilities, commissioning plans, furnishing equipment, integrating testing, emergency preparedness and more. In simple way, this phase is a process of validation of equipment and systems with operation personnel, contractors and third party vendors.

Project Closing: 

Generally, a project manager should involve in the project-closing activities, such as overseeing the final settlement of project contracts, getting deliverable acceptance from the customer and most importantly release of the resources after project completion. It is important for the project manager to document all the pertinent information about the inputs from the project safely to be used later in similar projects.

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