BATAAN PENINSULA STATE UNIVERSITY

MAIN CAMPUS
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE

ARSC 503
ASSIGNMENT No. 1

BUENAVENTURA, CEZAR JR. R

 BATAAN PENINSULA STATE UNIVERSITY
MAIN CAMPUS
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE

ARSC 503
ASSIGNMENT No. 1

GERALDEZ, ROVIE P.
1) What Is A Construction Manager?

The Construction Project Manager is assigned to the project sponsor to ensure that all relevant
goals are met. The role is the most important throughout the whole building process as the
Construction Project Manager has the ultimate responsibility for all aspects of the build.
Typically, they will work closely with Architects and engineers on a project

* Roles and Responsibilities

The role of the project manager encompasses many activities including:

Planning and Defining Scope

Activity Planning and Sequencing

Resource Planning

Developing Schedules

Time Estimating

Cost Estimating

Developing a Budget

Documentation

Creating Charts and Schedules

Risk Analysis

Managing Risks and Issues

Monitoring and Reporting Progress

Team Leadership

Strategic Influencing

Business Partnering

Working with Vendors

Scalability, Interoperability and Portability Analysis

Controlling Quality
Benefits Realization

2)

A)7 Most Common Challenges in Construction Project Management

 Posted on May 31, 2018 by Rachel Novotny

Project management is an increasingly important part of construction. Project managers are

intermediaries between stakeholders and construction workers. They’re responsible for ensuring
that everyone has what they need to complete the tasks necessary to deliver a construction
project. It is a big task for anyone to take on and comes with challenges. In this article, I identify
several common challenges in construction project management.

But First, What Is Project Management?

A project manager manages a project. They use techniques, skills, and knowledge they’ve picked
up over the years or learned. Using this knowledge-base and more they initiate, plan, execute,
monitor, and complete projects based on requirements. Project management is a newer field, but
since its introduction, it’s become an important part of construction. However well trained a
project manager, there are some unavoidable challenges in construction project management.

Undefined Goals

One of the biggest challenges in construction project management is undefined goals. Sometimes
stakeholders don’t know what exactly they want, other times they can’t agree. However, when
the goals aren’t clear to a project manager it’s difficult to manage the project. Project managers
can help prevent this by asking direct questions and continuing to communicate questions
throughout the project. A lack of defined goals is one of the big challenges in construction
project management, but they too can be managed.

Changing Scope

Another one of the biggest challenges in construction project management is changing scope.
Also known as scope creep, it can arise from a lack of defined goals. It can be a huge reason why
projects end up delayed or over budget. A good project manager can communicate concerns to
scope changes to the stakeholders. Thereby informing them of all the changes to schedule and
budget it will cause.

No Accountability
Another issue that creates challenges in construction project management is a lack of
accountability. The project manager is responsible for laying out the goals of the project and
assigning them. It’s the responsibility of the project manager to ensure that all goals are assigned
to the right person or team. Even then, a project manager must ensure all parties are held
accountable for their tasks.

Lack of Risk Management

Risk management is important in construction as the risks are greater, and far more expensive
than ever. One of the challenges in construction project management is managing risk, since the
project manager is responsible for identifying potential problems and finding ways to mitigate it.
They need to gather input and plan ways to prevent the project from veering off course. Without
this, the project will most certainly go over budget or delayed.

Poor Communication

A lack of communication or poor communication can be the death of a project. Project managers
need to have updates on project status and feedback, since project managers are responsible for
updating their teams as to the requirements of the stakeholders and upper management. The
project manager has to foster open communication or risk falling to the communication
challenges in construction project management.

Unrealistic Expectations

Sometimes stakeholders have unrealistic expectations. Whether it’s from impossible deadlines or
a lack of resources. Unrealistic expectations create challenges in construction project
management because they can hurt morale and productivity. With impossible deadlines looming
or a lack of resources, teams sometimes become less productive. In some cases they won’t make
the deadline regardless of their high productivity. As the project manager, it’s important to
advocate for workers and against unrealistic expectations and set realistic ones.