Construction management

Construction management has the function of the overall management and organization of a construction project.

Overview

The goal is to plan a construction project and unwind so that the agreed dates and costs are adhered to and the quality of the structure ensures optimal use, taking fully into account the aesthetic, energy and ecological requirements of the owner and the legislature.

Construction management differs significantly from Building Consultants. The Building Consultants represents the interests of the client or the client only as part of his assignment. One of the main tasks of construction management is to ensure the smooth realization of a construction project, in close collaboration with the architects, specialist planners and entrepreneurs. The core of a superior construction management is project management, which is used for realizing the qualities, costs and deadlines by a customer.

The overarching plot area of construction management is the construction project management, it can cover the entire life cycle of a construction project, ie of the project idea, the planning, the actual execution of construction, management ( facility management) and decommissioning.

Requirements

Required are an in-depth knowledge about all aspects of the project and realization of construction and a wide experience in project management. This requires a sound basic education and many years of practice, preferably in advance of the planning and execution of sophisticated construction and real estate projects. In addition to expertise but also personal skills such as leadership, motivation, talent and a sense of the strengths and weaknesses of individual team members is of great importance.

Tasks

Construction management is the mediator between the client and the contractors. On the one hand there is the builder, at best represented by its consultant, on the other hand, there are, for example, a general planning team and of course the entrepreneurs who run the planned construction projects in the works contract. Construction management includes the management of all activities during the planning and realization of a construction project. In contrast to industrial production, it goes in building mostly to the production of a unique piece. There are no established manufacturing processes, on which you can fall back time after time. Construction management must ensure that a construction project is handled as efficiently as possible.

Under Construction management can be something else understand, namely the anticipation of future needs. Provided construction management is from the beginning with this, it can not only contribute ideas that have a positive impact on the construction, but also those that lead to a larger room for maneuver, individual wishes and needs of the client itself should at a later date reveal. Here, a good teamwork is needed, during which each team member is limited to its core competence. The architect is and remains responsible for the design and layout of the building. For the technical implementation it needs the planners and the Organizational provide construction management, who can inspire and lead the team, which places orders and monitors their performance.

Various forms of contract

Various types of contract have significant influence on the tasks and responsibilities of construction management field. Basically, the management and the execution of a construction project following execution types or forms of contract are responsible for planning, possible:

Individual contracts Each planner, a separate agreement is concluded. The services and the fees are based on the fee scales ( HOAI, SIA, etc.) of the architects, civil engineers and engineers of building services, building physics, statics, etc.. Everyone planner liable individually against the builder under the applicable laws, concerning the contract and the corresponding fee schedule.

General planner contract The building owner hired a general planner, who is responsible for all planning services. There is only a contractual relationship, which all planners involved are required. Instead of individual liability takes the global liability of all planners, making the situation of the client improves significantly, not only in the event of a conflict.

Construction project organization

So now everyone knows the construction parties where his place is and beyond what tune to play it and what clock it will follow, it needs an appropriate construction project organization. This build up and keep going, is vornehmliche duty construction management. In ambiguous situations on the side of the client, the construction management must work to ensure that the building owner organized zweckmaßig. In organizing the planning team, it is important that the construction management, the roles of individual planners properly assessed and provides a role- oriented participation.

Quality in construction

The build quality is dependent on many factors and can be influenced in many ways. Also quality management systems are used here, such as the internationally accepted quality management standard DIN EN ISO 9000/9001 or various special systems such as the certificate planner in the construction of the TÜV Rhineland or quality of the construction of the DEKRA. This damage can be avoided - and those that are yet to happen, can often be corrected during construction. It is therefore of utmost importance that the construction management views the quality management as an integral part of his order. The following activities are on offer:

• Building a well-functioning project organization and create a project manual, which provides information on all quality assurance measures that are needed to ensure a trouble- free and puncture project workflow. Setting a mutual information policy and a well-functioning meeting being facilitated cooperation.
• Detailed determination market- compatible costs due to contractor and supplier facilities, and a thorough risk assessment. For contingencies, it is advisable to use a reasonable sum.
• Precise definition of the objectives and tasks and the skills and responsibilities of the contracting parties. A good contract also considered that the conditions can change. The contract is concluded only after detailed contract review, but then immediately. The credit quality of the counterparty is clarified in advance for each contract is part of a complete plan documentation.
• Careful adjustment of the Baubeschriebs, the detailed studies of the provisional execution plans of supporting structures, installation concepts and schedules, followed by a specific tender procedure. At work assignment are the fairness of the offer and the qualities of the affected business in the foreground and not good relations or the prospect of an offsetting transaction.
• Control of the final design plans. The cost, the dates and the execution quality are constantly monitored. In case of defects is acted quickly. The corrective action takes place - whenever possible - before handing over the work to the client. At the completion of each work is a clear acceptance report is created. The contractor or supplier delivers without delay a complete documentation of the audit plans and the final settlement. This is also called the warranty expiration dates.

Study

Construction management can be studied in Germany at the following colleges and universities:

• At the HAWK University of Applied Sciences and Arts Hildesheim / Holzminden / Göttingen Faculty of Management, Social Work, Building
• Hochschule Rhein Main
• Karlsruhe University of Technology and Economics
• University of Applied Sciences Berlin, Department 2, Department of: ConREM
• College of Applied Management Neumarkt Upper Palatinate
• University of Wuppertal D in the Department of Civil Engineering with an attached research institute Institute of Construction Management (IQ - building, founded by university professor Claus Jürgen Diederichs 1992)
• Professional School of the University of Lüneburg: part-time masters Construction Law and Construction Management