Construction

Project Management

Philip Mok, PMP, VMA, CF APMP

Principal

PMOK Consulting LLC

Overview

Construction History &

Modern Industry

Role of Project Manager Types of Projects

& Delivery Methods

Tools & Techniques Trends & Future of Industry Q&A

01. 02. 03.

06. 05. 04.

Construction History

01.

constructio

com- "together" + struere "to pile up"

Pyramids of Giza, Egypt Il Coliseo in Rome, Italy The Great Wall of China

Taj Mahal, India The Parthenon, Greece

Modern Industry

01.

From: To:

• Materials found in nature

i.e. wood, stone, mud

• Tools fashioned from

wood, stone, bone, later

bronze, copper, to iron

• Vernacular architecture:

traditional designs and

methods passed down

through generations

• Master builders and

guilds, techniques kept as

secrets within the trade

• Manufactured brick, steel,

& glass

• Mass-manufactured tools,

power tools, heavy

equipment/machinery

• Formal education for

different disciplines ex.

ironworkers, electricians,

carpenters, masons

• Separation of knowledge:

architect, engineer,

contractor

• “World’s largest industry”

• 10% of global GDP (6-9% in developed

countries)

• Employs ~7% of the global workforce

(>273 million people, or about 4% of

the global population)

• Global industry output >$10 TRILLION

per YEAR!

The Construction Industry Today

New York City

• Generates around $60 Billion in capital

expenditure per year

• Employs around 264,000 people

• 2020 was projected peak for

construction spending ($65.9 Billion)

prior to coronavirus epidemic

Role of Project Manager

02.

The Role of a

Construction

Project

Manager

Responsible for the overall success of the

project.

Overseeing the project team/organization

Ensures that project conforms to scope,

cost, schedule, quality, safety,

environmental, and other requirements.

Keeps relevant stakeholders informed of

project progress and developments (ex.

client/owner, architects, engineers,

subcontractors, public, interest groups)

Motivates project team to complete the

project.

Must be skilled in communication and

conflict resolution.

Types of Projects

03.

Building Infrastructure Industrial

Sectors

Building

Residential Commercial

Houses Apartments High-rise Office Shopping Retail

Infrastructure

Roadway/

Highway

Bridges Tunnels

Rail/

Transit

Airports

Water/

Sewer

Industrial

Electric

Desalination Plants

Power Plants

Geothermal

Manufacturing

Delivery Methods

03.

Design-Bid-Build (DBB)

Traditional/Most Common

Owner develops contract documents with an

architect or an engineer consisting of a set of

blueprints and detailed specifications. Bids are

solicited from contractors based on these

documents; a contract is then awarded to the lowest

responsive and responsible bidder.

DBB with Construction

Management (DBB with CM, CM as

Agent)

With partially completed contract documents, Owner

hires a construction manager to act as an Agent. As

substantial portions of the documents are

completed, the construction manager will solicit bids

from suitable subcontractors. This allows

construction to proceed more quickly and allows the

owner to share some of the risk inherent in the

project with the construction manager.

Design-Build (DB) or Design-

Construct

Owner develops a conceptual plan for a project, then

solicits bids from DB joint ventures (JVs) of

architects and/or engineer and builders for the

design and construction of the project.

Design-Build-Operate-Maintain

(DBOM)

DBOM takes DB one step further by including the

operations and maintenance of the completed

project in the same original contract.

Build–Operate–Transfer (BOT) or Build–

Own–Operate–Transfer (BOOT)

Form of project financing, wherein private entity receives

a concession from the private or public sector to finance,

design, construct, own, and operate a facility stated in the

concession contract, enabling project proponent to

recover their investment, operating and maintenance

expenses in the project. Other similar models include

BOOT (build–own–operate–transfer), BOO (build–own–

operate), BLT (build–lease–transfer), DBFO (design–build–

finance–operate), DBOT (design–build–operate–transfer),

DCMF (design–construct–manage–finance).

Integrated Project Delivery (IPD)

• Conceptualization (expanded programming)

• Criteria design (expanded schematic design)

• Detailed design (expanded design development)

• Implementation documents (construction

documents)

• Agency review

• Buyout

• Construction

• Closeout

Combines ideas from integrated practice and lean to

solve low productivity and waste, time overruns,

quality issues, and conflicts during construction.

Public-private partnership (PPP, 3P,

or P3)

A public–private partnership is a cooperative

arrangement between one or more public entities

(typically the owner) and another (typically private

sector) entity to design, build, finance, and at times

operate and maintain, the project for a specified

period of time on behalf of the owner.

04.

Tools & Techniques

Project Management

Information System (PMIS)

Cost estimating software

CPM scheduling software

Information

Function

Analysis Creativity Evaluation Development Presentation

Value Engineering

Risk Assessment

05.

Trends & Future of Industry

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

Out of the Trailer, Into the Home

Non-Traditional Delivery Methods

UAVs & Other Robotics

Modular/

Prefab

Mobile Apps for the Jobsite

3D/4D/5D/6D

06.

Q&A

PMOK Consulting LLC

• Project/Program Management

• Cost Estimating

• CPM Scheduling

• Value Engineering

• Risk Analysis

• Specifications

• Design Thinking/Sprint Workshop

Facilitation