The project management team is led by a
project manager, who is an agent of the client and acts on his behalf. He is
either appointed by the client or is positioned at site by the construction
management consultant (of the client). He co-ordinate and communicates with all
the agencies engaged in project work. In particular, he is accountable for
planning, mobilizing, motivation, directing, coordinating and controlling all
the activities at the project site which are necessary for achieving the
project objectives of time, cost and quality. Loosely, the site incharge
of a major contractor is also referred as contractor’s Project Manager or
General Manager or Construction Manager.
The achievement of these project
objectives is closely linked with the skill, effectiveness and efficiency of
the project management team, and how it is organized for conducting its
operations. This team consists of the functional heads or the body of managers
in a project. To quote example, trunkey contractor’s Project Management team
comprising of heads of staff and line departments of a Typical Housing Units
Building Construction Project, is show in Exhibit.
The size of the project management team
depends upon the nature and scope of the project work. In the medium and
large-size projects, it may include specialists to manage construction
planning, architecture and engineering, tendering and contract administration,
value analysis and quality assurance, materials and equipment handling, and
finance and personnel administration.
Depending upon the size and nature of the
project, the managers in the project team are entrusted with the responsibility
to accomplish project tasks. A large complex project may have manager incharge
of each specialized task, whereas in smaller and less complex projects, only
few managers can look into all the tasks. The various ways in which the duties
of a manager can be combined with those of the project manager in small
project are:
a) Project manager / construction
superintendent /planning and controlling manager, can be a single individual.
b) Project manager / resources procurement
manager / construction superintendent, all can be centralized in one person.
c) Project manager / planning and controlling
manager / contract manager, can be the same person.
