Construction Management (1st Lecture)

CONSTRUCTION
MANAGEMENT
Muhammad Aljalali, Ph.D.
Al-Yarmouk Private University

Introduce Myself
 Associate Professor in Al-Yarmouk University, faculty of Civil
Engineering, 2016-
 Associate Professor in Damascus University, faculty of Civil
Engineering, 2013-2016
Courses:
 Engineering Economics and Business Management
 Engineering Projects Management
 Legal and Economic Issues for Construction (Post grad.)
 Basics of Scientific Research (post grad.)
 Minister of Communications and Technology, 2014-2016.
 Deputy Minister of Communications and Technology, 2008-
2014.
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Muhammad Aljalali Ph.D.1. History and Basic Concepts

Introduce Myself
 Advisor for many Public Authorities.
 Practical Experience:
 Feasibility Studies
 Contract Documents Preparing
 Laws Development
 Training in Engineering Contracts, FIDIC Contracts,
Construction Management, and Economic Analysis of
Engineering Projects.
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Course Textbook
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 Construction
Management, Fourth
Edition 2011.
 Daniel W.Halpin and
Bolivar A. Senior.

Course Contents
 Basic Concepts
 Preparing the Bid Package
 Construction Contracts and Legal Structure
 Project Planning and Scheduling
 Project Cash Flow and Funding
 Construction Labor and Personal management
 Safety and Quality in Construction
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HISTORY AND BASIC
CONCEPTS
Muhammad Aljalali, Ph.D.

Bridges and History
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 John A. Roebling
Bridge.
 Started
construction 1859,
and completed in
December 1866.
 Span 1,057 foot.
 100 feet above the
water’s surface.

Bridges Today
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Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco.

Bridges Today
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Bridges Today
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Opened on June 2nd 1937.

Historical Perspective
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The Egyptian Pyramids
Date of construction 2560 BC.

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Parthenon of Greece
Date of construction 447 BC.

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Borsa theatre.
Date of construction
2nd Century.

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Great Church of Hagia
Sophia in Constantinople.
Date of Construction 6th
Century.

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Panama Canal.
Date of
Completion
August 15 1914
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Channel Tunnel
Began in 1988 and
completed in 1994

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Skyscraper

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Lattakia-Ariha Motorway
Completed in 2011

Nature of Construction Industry
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 The Products
 The Stakeholders
 Government role
 Laws and Regulations
 Contractual Relationships

The Products
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 Building Projects
 Residential Buildings
 Commercial Buildings
 Civil Engineering Projects
 Infrastructure Projects (Heavy Engineering)
 Industrial Projects

The Products
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The Products
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Manufacturing
Process
Distribute for SaleInventoryDesign and Fabricate
Construction
Process
ConstructionFinal Design
Preliminary
Design
Item (Product)
Ready for Sale
Unit Purchased
(full payment is made)
Commitment to
Purchase Facility (Unit)
Facility Complete and
Ready to Occupancy
Payment is spread across Design and Construction Phases

The Participants
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 Employers (Owners, Client, Purchasers)
 Engineers (Architects, Designers, Supervisors,
Consultants, Project Managers, Superintendence …)
 Contractors
 Sub-Contractors
 Suppliers
 Manufacturers
 Local and Central Authorities
 Government

Government Roles
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 Laws and Regulations
 Design Codes
 Standards and Specifications
 Development

Construction Laws and Regulations
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 Building Regulations
 Construction Contracts
 Other Laws:
 Labor laws (Safety, wages, …)
 Land Use Laws and Regulations
 Professional Services Laws and Regulations

Contractual Relationships
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 Procurement Strategies
 Contract Laws
 Contract Documents

Construction Project
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 Uniqueness
 Volume
 Site
 Participants
 Time
 Budget
 Complexity and Diversity

Construction Project Development
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1. Need identification by Client (Owner, Employer).
2. Initial feasibility and cost projections.
3. Decision to proceed with conceptual design.
4. Development of conceptual design and scope of
work.
5. Development of final design documents.
6. Request for proposals (Tenders)

Construction Project Development
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7. Selecting contractor and notice to proceed.
8. Construction of the project.
9. Testing and project operation start-up.
10.Operation and maintenance.
11.Disposal of facility.

Construction Discipline
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1. Construction Technology
2. Construction Management

Construction Technology
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 Relates to the methods or techniques used to place
the physical materials and elements at the job site.
 The word technology can be broken into two
subwords – technical from techno and logic.
 Logic addresses the concept of sequence or
procedure.

Construction Management
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 Construction management addresses how the
resources available to the manager can be best
applied.
 Four M’s of construction: Manpower, Machines,
Materials, and Money.
 Construction Management have technical and
qualitative aspects.
 Construction manager must have Operational,
Human, and Conceptual skills.

Construction Management
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 The job of Construction Manager is to efficiently
and economically apply the required resources to
realize a constructed facility of acceptable quality
within the time frame and budgeted cost specified.
 “on time and within budget”
 “a quality facility on time and within budget”
 Construction manager requires a variety of skills. He
must have a high level of competency in a broad
range of qualitative and quantitative subjects.

Management Levels of Construction
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 Organizational.
 Project.
 Operation (or Process).
 Task.

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• Company Structure and Business Focus
• Head office and field functions
• Portfolio of Projects
• Gross project attributes: total cost, duration,
profit, cash flow, percent complete
• Project definition, contract, drawings,
specifications
• Product definition and breakdown into project
activities
• Cost, time, and resource control focus
• Attainment of physical segment of project
equated to time and cost control
• Current cost, time, resource use status focus

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• Construction method focus
• Means of achieving construction
• Complete itemized resource list
• Synthesis of work processes
• Basic technological sequence focus
• Logical collection of work tasks
• Individual and mixed trade actions
• Recognizable portion of construction operation
• Fundamental field actions and work unit focus
• Intrinsic knowledge and skill at crew member
level
• Basic of work assignment to labor

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