CONSTRUCTION MANAGER SKILLS - 3,4

3.Efficiently organize the working time of the construction project team.
Working time management of the construction project team always concerns of setting priorities for the whole team, as well as for each member individually. When construction project unfolds it's not rare when appear situations tied with the shortage of time. For example, the customer makes changes to the project, but materials are already ordered according to the previous specifications or a drastic change in the weather and the need to take measures to preserve the work already done. Usually every
project team member have certain responsibilities, but when such emergency situation arises (and sometimes it seems that some projects consist only of them) it is necessary that construction project manager has to intervene in order to redistribute responsibilities or help subordinates determine the importance of tasks. In such issues for instance very helpful will be Stephen Covey's time matrix (so named as quadrant) the tool perfectly adjusted for solving problems related to time management in construction projects as well as time shortage in every other part of life.

4.To ensure effective communication between all participants in the construction project: the client, the designer, the contractor, the supplier.
Before 2017, communication between the designer and the client was implemented by the Chief Project Engineer, whom in fact was design company representative, but from 2017, has been created so-called institute of a technical owner, which has to represent client's side and has to be in charge of solving of all issues related to the creation of initial permits and project documentation for a construction project. Theoretically, after bidding the functions of the technical owner will be limited to control over the work and the creation of the accompanying documentation, although the national standard (GOST R 57363-2016) "Project Management in Construction" allows in the legal way the combination of project management and technical owner functions. And most likely, the organizational forms of construction management will be built in this way, since it takes into account international practice and the current Russian specifics.

Therefore, the manager from the part of technical owner or general contractor should adjust the interaction and the exchange of information between all participants in the construction process from the moment of initiation until the handover. Well-established communication between client or designer and general contractor strongly needed, for the fastest possible solutions of all suddenly emerging issues. The best form of communication is still a meeting of all interested parties, but with the development of computerization and cell phones, more and more meetings are held in selector and online form. This is somewhat impersonal relationship, but due to the saving of time on transport, it gives the opportunity to communicate more often, discuss more issues and dig them deeper .


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