Trends in Expectations about Duties and Responsibilities of Construction Managers

Arditi, David; Alavipour, S.M. Reza; null, null

doi:10.1061/(asce)co.1943-7862.0001661

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“…The findings show that there is neither a setup and competitive process to appoint the management team nor a set of criteria to monitor the management team performance. Having a formal management system for developing and updating KPIs can impact team performance and project efficiency (Mir and Pinnington, 2013;Arditi and Alavipour, 2019).…”

Section: Project Management Teammentioning

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Lessons Learned Framework for Efficient Delivery of Construction Projects in Saudi Arabia

AlMunifi¹,

Almutairi

2021

CEB

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The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has the largest construction market in the gulf region. Nevertheless, the sector faces issues related to inefficiency and ineffectiveness in project delivery. This research aims to explore the impact of current practices across projects lifecycles, and to utilize findings to develop an integrated strategic construction project management framework (ISCPMF) that may pave the way to efficient and effective project implementation. To achieve this objective, the authors have traced the implementation processes of nine projects for data collection. This was based on a deductive approach with preconceived themes. Within-case and cross-case analysis was conducted. The data was complemented by holding three separate focus-group discussions with a total of nineteen participants, and the initial findings were cross-checked with six experts. The deficiencies that surround the pre-construction phase and disconnected activities that are carried out in different timespans represent the first barrier to implement projects successfully. This is coupled with low capacities contractors and non-proactive construction teams that lack a management toolbox to alleviate accumulated issues and control project progress. The unavailability of infrastructure and utilities did not ease construction nor made inspection possible, which led to late occupancy of facilities, waste of resources and failure to deliver the desired benefits effectively. The adoption of ISCPMF will institutionalize and bridge project phases. This may play a vital role in implementing projects efficiently and effectively and building data to benefit future projects. Though the research is limited to higher education facilities, the findings may be generalized to public construction projects.

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Lessons Learned Framework for Efficient Delivery of Construction Projects in Saudi Arabia

AlMunifi¹,

Almutairi

2021

CEB

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“…Gluch [12] discussed the role of environmental professionals, Aulin and Capone [13] the role of health and safety coordinators, and Cameron et al [14] the role of the safety advisor to name a few. There are also studies, such as Hussin and Omran [15] and Arditi and Alavipour [16], which discuss construction management responsibilities wider, however, not from the perspective of the professionals rather from the legal and company perspective.…”

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The modern way of performing construction management responsibilities

Puolitaival

Kähkönen

2022

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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Digital technologies are becoming increasingly wide-spread both in our personal and in our professional lives. This change has been evident also in the construction industry, although the industry has been identified as one of the least digitalised industry sectors. This research investigates how various digital technologies have become and are becoming part of construction management responsibilities. Construction management responsibilities have been identified through a document analysis as eight responsibility groups including management of time, cost, quality, health and safety, environmental factors, resources, and contracts, and development of human resources and processes. Construction management related digital technologies on the other hand have been identified through a document analysis and a systematic literature review and categorised under communication and other enabling technologies, technologies combining hardware and software in intelligent systems, and data technologies. The way how the construction management responsibilities and the digital technologies interlink forms a description of the modern way of performing construction management responsibilities. Some of the technologies are in everyday use across construction management professionals, however, many are at their pilot stage offering a perspective not just to the present but to the near future for the whole discipline.

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“…In this study context, 'construction management graduates' are also called 'building graduates'. Construction management (CMt) is the discipline that entails managing a construction project or projects as effectively as possible (Arditi and Alavipour 2019). Construction Manager (CM) duties entail and are not limited to making the best use of available finances; efficient project scheduling; controlling the scope of work; avoiding delays, revisions and conflicts; improving project design and construction quality; and contracting and procurement flexibility (Arditi et al 2009).…”

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Assessing the innovative skills and competencies required of construction management graduates

Toyin,

Mewomo

2023

Organization, Technology and Management in Construction: An International Journal

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The construction industry has been experiencing high waves of revolutionised innovative technologies globally. These resulted from the highly innovative demands of the 4th industrial revolution (IR), which does not exclude the construction industry. These technologies do not rely on traditional design and build principles, and they require sophisticated skills and competencies. Currently, the construction industry is still struggling to find professionals with innovative competencies and the skills needed to manage the building lifecycle process. These have been a major concern in developing countries’ construction industry sector. Employers in the construction industry are now looking for construction management graduates (CMG) who are academically qualified and also possess considerable construction-related innovative skills and competencies in related technological software or tools. This study investigates the expected core skills and competence required by CMG. The methodology entails a well-structured systematic literature review, wherein 13 expected core competencies and 27 expected core skills were identified. Based on these, primary data were elicited through an online Google Forms survey distributed to professionals in the Nigerian construction industry. A total of 330 valid responses were obtained. Relative Important Index (RII) and principal component analysis (PCA) were carried out and presented. The result reveals the industry’s expectations and provides guidance to CMG seeking employment in the construction industry. Understanding the industry expectations and possessing the required core competencies will enable the CMG to remain relevant in the dynamic built environments. This study contributes to building information modelling (BIM) knowledge and the current innovative competencies and skills required in the built environment.

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Trends in Expectations about Duties and Responsibilities of Construction Managers

Cited by 7 publications

References 16 publications

Lessons Learned Framework for Efficient Delivery of Construction Projects in Saudi Arabia

Lessons Learned Framework for Efficient Delivery of Construction Projects in Saudi Arabia

The modern way of performing construction management responsibilities

Assessing the innovative skills and competencies required of construction management graduates

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