CET 05213: Basic

Construction Management
Instructor: Mr. Daudi Makelemo (MSc. CEM; BSc. CE)
Email: makelemodj@gmail.com
Mobile: +255 718 117 711
+255 758 177 211
Office: Deputy Head od Department Civil Engineering
OVERVIEW
• Structure of Delivery
• 1 lecture a week (Fridays 095540 HRS – 1210 HRS)
• Resources
• The World Wide Web (WWW)
• Books (References provided)
• Magazines and Journals
• Notes
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• Ground Rules
• Don’t ask for an extension without good reason
• Don’t copy previous works
• When confused ask instructor
• Academic honesty
• Phones should be off or on silent
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• Course Content and Assessment Plan
• Teaching Schedule
Introduction
• Construction: is the process that sets up a portable plant, bring material to the
site, and on completion of the work moves the plant away, leaving its output
standing
• Output: all immobile structures (airports, buildings, dams, roads and tunnels,
power plants, municipal treatment plants, pipelines, etc)
• Construction Industry: a sector of the economy where various resources are
transformed into constructed infrastructures (it include: buildings and civil
engineering works)
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• Project: A temporary effort undertaken to create a unique product or
service
• Any undertaking with a defined STARTING and ENDING point and
defined OBJECTIVES by which completion is identified. In practice, most
projects depend on limited RESOURCES by which the objectives of the
project are accomplished.
Project Characteristics:
• Projects are unique.
• Projects are temporary in nature and have a definite beginning and ending
date.
• Projects are completed when the project goals are achieved or it’s
determined the project is no longer viable.
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Types of Construction Projects:
I. Residential
• Examples (single-family homes, apartments, condominiums, town
houses)
• Largely financed by private investment
• Large number of contractors and subcontractors
• High rate of business failure if demand falls
• Low capital and labor intensive
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II. Commercial Building
• Examples (Mosques, churches, government buildings, hospitals,
shopping malls, small retail stores, warehouses…etc)
• Labor and materials intensive
• Private economy finances these structures, with some exceptions
• Design coordinated by architects, who work with engineering
specialists (structural, mechanical, electrical)
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III. Industrial
• Examples: automobile plants, petroleum refineries, petrochemical
plants, steel mills, nuclear plants …etc)
• Dominated by very large engineering and construction firms
• The most technical projects of the construction projects
• Few design firms and constructors are qualified to undertake them
• Privately funded
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IV. Heavy Engineering and infrastructure
• Examples (airports, bridges, dams, tunnels, highways, water treatment and
distribution, urban rapid transit systems …etc)
• Activities in this category are primarily the domain of civil engineers, but other
engineering disciplines have roles
• Equipment intensive and characterized by fleets of large earth movers, heavy
trucks, etc)
• Working with massive quantities of basic materials (earth, rock, concrete, steel,
pipe)
• Many of those projects are publicly funded
• Projects tend to be long in duration
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Project Management
The art of directing and coordinating human and material resources
throughout the life of a project by using modern management
techniques to achieve predetermined objectives of scope, quality, time,
and cost, and participants satisfaction
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Construction Management: the act of managing the construction
process
The construction manager manages the basic resources of construction:
• Workers and subcontractors
• Equipment and construction plant
• Materials
• Money (income, expenditure, and cash flows)
• Time
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Construction Management involves managing the whole construction
project team members in building projects.
Lack of qualified and appropriate professionals in construction projects
results to:
• Overdesigning
• Inappropriate or inadequate specification
• Uneconomical construction
• Poor workmanship
• Collapse of buildings
• Delay of construction projects
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Parties involved in a construction project
1. Client
2. Consultants
1. Architect
2. Engineer
3. Quantity Surveyor
3. Builder/Contractor
4. Project Manager
5. Surveyor
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1. Client
• One responsible of providing the project idea and funds to finance the
project
• A client can be an individual or a group of people of the government
• In terms of client, construction projects are either Public or Private
Projects.
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2. Surveyor
• This is the custodian of land information
• Determines the site topography, location, features on and beneath the
land upon which any development is built
• Establishes boundaries and benchmarks on the land
• Without a surveyor no proper, adequate, effective and accurate
planning, design and execution of construction projects can be carried
out
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3. Architect
• Consult with clients to determine their requirements
• Formulate the client requirement in an understandable form, bearing in
mind any statutory conditions that may apply.
• Prepare drawings and specifications.
• Resolve complex design issues with innovative and practical solutions
• Modify existing plans and elevations to fit client’s needs.
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4. Engineer
• Assist in the overall design of the project within the scope
• Develop construction plans
• Overseeing the engineering process; taking routine tests, support
construction workers...
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5. Quantity Surveyor
• Estimates the quantities required in construction
• Prepares the BOQ
• Check tenders
• Cost manager of construction project
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6. Builder/Contractor
• Is the one that does the physical construction
• Manages the construction process on site
• Coordinate their work with other parties involved in the project
• Comply with regulations given by the designers
• They operate under a contract arrangement with the owner
Construction contractors
• General contractors: engage in a wide range of construction activities and
execute most major construction projects
• Specialty contractors: limit their activities to one or more construction
specialties
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7. Project Manager
• Is a representative of the client
• Submits periodic reports to the client
• Watches and inspects the works
• Ensures project quality by ensuring that the work conforms with the
design
• These are sometimes called Supervising officers or project
coordinators
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Stages of Building Project

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