Examines how to manage multiple aspects of a mechanical construction project management including, but not limited to, planning, scheduling, budgeting, and quality control and quality assurance. Discusses the principles of lean management. Also explores best practices, organizational principles, and group dynamics.
Goals, Topics, and Objectives
- The role of the construction project manager
- Job administration
- The construction project job from beginning to end
- Office and field responsibilities
- Labor relations
- Purchasing materials
- Job permitting
- Job time management
- Define what a construction project manager is and what his/hers responsibilities are.
- emonstrate what project administration is.
- Demonstrate how to manage one project or multiple projects.*
- Demonstrate various functional stages of a project assignment.*
- Demonstrate project manager functions in the office, work site and lab settings.*
- Demonstrate good verbal and written communication skills including project documentation.*
- Apply the learned principles to running a successful project from the beginning to the end using lean management principles.*
- Demonstrate the importance time management in project management.*
- Demonstrate effective use of Microsoft programs as tools for project management.*
Complete mechanical construction project management of related projects from beginning (turnover of the project to the team or project leader) to the closing of the job/project; all areas related to the successful running of a job/project
Assessment and Requirements
Labs, quizzes, tests, assignments.
The student must have good computer skills, familiarization with Microsoft programs, e-mailing, simple math, writing skills, and organizational skills.
To be determined by instructor.