Construction Management (1st Lecture)

CONSTRUCTION

MANAGEMENT

Muhammad Aljalali, Ph.D.

Al-Yarmouk Private University

Introduce Myself

Associate Professor in Al-Yarmouk University, faculty of Civil Engineering, 2016-

Associate Professor in Damascus University, faculty of Civil Engineering, 2013-2016Courses:

Engineering Economics and Business Management

Engineering Projects Management

Legal and Economic Issues for Construction (Post grad.)

Basics of Scientific Research (post grad.)

Minister of Communications and Technology, 2014-2016.

Deputy Minister of Communications and Technology, 2008-2014.

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Muhammad Aljalali Ph.D.1. History and Basic Concepts

Introduce Myself

Advisor for many Public Authorities.

Practical Experience:

Feasibility Studies

Contract Documents Preparing

Laws Development

Training in Engineering Contracts, FIDIC Contracts,

Construction Management, and Economic Analysis of

Engineering Projects.

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Course Textbook4


Construction

Management, Fourth

Edition 2011.

Daniel W.Halpin and

Bolivar A. Senior.

Course Contents

Basic Concepts

Preparing the Bid Package

Construction Contracts and Legal Structure

Project Planning and Scheduling

Project Cash Flow and Funding

Construction Labor and Personal management

Safety and Quality in Construction

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1HISTORY AND BASIC

CONCEPTS

Muhammad Aljalali, Ph.D.

Bridges and History


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John A. Roebling

Bridge.

Started

construction 1859,

and completed in

December 1866.

Span 1,057 foot.

100 feet above the

water’s surface.

Bridges Today


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Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco.

Bridges Today


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Bridges Today


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Opened on June 2nd 1937.

Historical Perspective


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The Egyptian Pyramids

Date of construction 2560 BC.



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Parthenon of Greece

Date of construction 447 BC.



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Borsa theatre.

Date of construction

2nd Century.



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Great Church of Hagia

Sophia in Constantinople.

Date of Construction 6th

Century.



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Panama Canal.

Date of Completion August 15 1914

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Channel Tunnel

Began in 1988 and

completed in 1994



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Skyscraper



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Lattakia-Ariha Motorway

Completed in 2011

Nature of Construction Industry


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The Products

The Stakeholders

Government role

Laws and Regulations

Contractual Relationships

The Products


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Building Projects

Residential Buildings

Commercial Buildings

Civil Engineering Projects

Infrastructure Projects (Heavy Engineering)

Industrial Projects

The Products


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The Products


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Manufacturing

ProcessDistribute for SaleInventoryDesign and Fabricate

Construction

ProcessConstructionFinal Design

Preliminary

Design

Item (Product)

Ready for Sale

Unit Purchased

(full payment is made)

Commitment to

Purchase Facility (Unit)

Facility Complete and

Ready to Occupancy

Payment is spread across Design and Construction Phases

The Participants


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Employers (Owners, Client, Purchasers)

Engineers (Architects, Designers, Supervisors, Consultants, Project Managers, Superintendence …)

Contractors

Sub-Contractors

Suppliers

Manufacturers

Local and Central Authorities

Government

Government Roles


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Laws and Regulations

Design Codes

Standards and Specifications

Development

Construction Laws and Regulations


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Building Regulations

Construction Contracts

Other Laws:

Labor laws (Safety, wages, …)

Land Use Laws and Regulations

Professional Services Laws and Regulations

Contractual Relationships


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Procurement Strategies

Contract Laws

Contract Documents

Construction Project


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Uniqueness

Volume

Site

Participants

Time

Budget

Complexity and Diversity

Construction Project Development


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1. Need identification by Client (Owner, Employer).

2. Initial feasibility and cost projections.

3. Decision to proceed with conceptual design.

4. Development of conceptual design and scope of

work.

5. Development of final design documents.

6. Request for proposals (Tenders)

Construction Project Development


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7. Selecting contractor and notice to proceed.

8. Construction of the project.

9. Testing and project operation start-up.

10.Operation and maintenance.

11.Disposal of facility.

Construction Discipline


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1. Construction Technology

2. Construction Management

Construction Technology


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Relates to the methods or techniques used to place

the physical materials and elements at the job site.

The word technology can be broken into two

subwords – technical from techno and logic.

Logic addresses the concept of sequence or

procedure.

Construction Management


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Construction management addresses how the resources available to the manager can be best applied.

Four M’s of construction: Manpower, Machines, Materials, and Money.

Construction Management have technical and qualitative aspects.

Construction manager must have Operational, Human, and Conceptual skills.

Construction Management


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The job of Construction Manager is to efficiently

and economically apply the required resources to

realize a constructed facility of acceptable quality

within the time frame and budgeted cost specified.

“on time and within budget”

“a quality facility on time and within budget”

Construction manager requires a variety of skills. He

must have a high level of competency in a broad

range of qualitative and quantitative subjects.

Management Levels of Construction


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Organizational.

Project.

Operation (or Process).

Task.



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• Company Structure and Business Focus

• Head office and field functions

• Portfolio of Projects

• Gross project attributes: total cost, duration,

profit, cash flow, percent complete

• Project definition, contract, drawings,

specifications

• Product definition and breakdown into project

activities

• Cost, time, and resource control focus

• Attainment of physical segment of project

equated to time and cost control

• Current cost, time, resource use status focus



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• Construction method focus

• Means of achieving construction

• Complete itemized resource list

• Synthesis of work processes

• Basic technological sequence focus

• Logical collection of work tasks

• Individual and mixed trade actions

• Recognizable portion of construction operation

• Fundamental field actions and work unit focus

• Intrinsic knowledge and skill at crew member

level

• Basic of work assignment to labor