construction management
Project site coordination
Construction management is the professional oversight of a building project from planning through completion.
A construction manager coordinates schedules, budgets, contractors, and regulatory compliance, serving as the central point of control for complex builds.
The term also names the academic discipline and career field: She studied construction management at State.
Unlike general contracting, construction management typically represents the owner's interests rather than performing the actual building work.
Hired construction professional
- ownerHolder of title
- architectBuilding design professional
- engineerTechnical design professional
- subcontractorsThird parties doing delegated work
suppliers · consultants · investors · municipality · client · general contractor · vendors · financiers
Detailed technical drawing
- schedulingAssigning times to events
- budgetingAllocating funds systematically
- timelineOrdered display of events
- feasibilityPotential for success
scope · milestones · cost estimation · resource allocation · value engineering · risk assessment · procurement · logistics
Freedom from harm
- regulationsEnforced rules and standards
- permittingGiving consent or authorization
- OSHAFederal workplace safety regulator
- building codesLaws governing structure safety
inspections · quality control · audits · certifications · insurance · bonding · liability · documentation
Chief administrative official
- foremanWorker who directs others
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- inspectionFormal assessment of condition
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
team leadership · subcontractors · productivity · reporting · punch list · walkthrough · progress tracking · task delegation
Act of unearthing
- foundationUnderlying support structure
- scaffoldingTemporary exterior work platform
- craneLifter or wader
- gradingAssigning marks to work
surveying · demolition · shoring · dewatering · utilities · concrete · formwork · earthmoving
contractor
Hired construction professional
subcontractors · suppliers · consultants · investors · municipality · client · general contractor · vendors · financiers · community
blueprint
Detailed technical drawing
- schedulingAssigning times to events
- budgetingAllocating funds systematically
- timelineOrdered display of events
feasibility · scope · milestones · cost estimation · resource allocation · value engineering · risk assessment · procurement · logistics · documentation
safety
Freedom from harm
- regulationsEnforced rules and standards
- permittingGiving consent or authorization
- OSHAFederal workplace safety regulator
building codes · inspections · quality control · audits · certifications · insurance · bonding · liability · documentation · change orders
superintendent
Chief administrative official
- foremanWorker who directs others
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- inspectionFormal assessment of condition
coordination · team leadership · subcontractors · productivity · reporting · punch list · walkthrough · progress tracking · task delegation · turnover
excavation
Act of unearthing
- foundationUnderlying support structure
- scaffoldingTemporary exterior work platform
- craneLifter or wader
grading · surveying · demolition · shoring · dewatering · utilities · concrete · formwork · earthmoving · equipment rental
- engineering servicescivil engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, environmental engineering, consulting
- real estatehouse, home, apartment, property, sale
- constructionbuilding site, hammer, building, beam, beams
- engineeringengineers, civil engineering, engineering, electrical engineering, blueprint
- civil engineeringbridges, highways, tunnels, foundations, dams
- contractsbinding contracts, contract length, lease, clause, contract terms
construction managementmanual labor
Work done bodily
skilled trades · building trades · field work · carpentry · masonry
construction managementdemolition
Deliberate structural destruction
deconstruction · wrecking · teardown · dismantling · razing
construction managementmismanagement
Incompetent handling of responsibilities
construction, management, construct, manage, constructed, constructing, constructs, constructor, constructive