Page 10 - Urban Construction Project Management

Contents

Acknowledgments xv 2 Risk Assessment and
Introduction xvii Problem Solving 21

1 Project Organization 1 Risk Management 21
Risk Assessment 22
Home Office and Project-Specific Personnel Tools of Risk Management 24
Assigned to the Project 1 Categories of Risk 25
Preconstruction Organization 1 Risks Encountered During the
Cost of Preconstruction Services 5 Project Life Cycle 25
Health, Safety, and Environmental Risks 28
Bid and Award Phase 5
Construction Defects as Potential Risks 28
Construction Phase Organization 6
Why CM/GCs Fail 30
Determining the Cost of Personnel Assigned to the
CM/GC Company’s Wellness 30
Project—General Conditions 9
Summary 32
Project Close-out Phase 9
Duties and Responsibilities of the CM/GC’s 3 Testing and
Personnel Assigned to the Project 11
Project Executive (PE) 11 Quality Control 35
Project Manager (PM) 11
What Is Testing? 35
Account Executive (AE) 12
Testing Groups 35
Estimator 12
Mixtures 36
Scheduler 13
Connections 36
Accountant 14
Assemblies 36
General Superintendent (GS) 14
Material 37
Superintendent 14
Load Capacity 37
Assistant Superintendent (AS) 15
Pressures 37
Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing, Sprinkler
Flow 37
(MEPS) Engineer 15
Systems 37
Project Engineer 15
Performance 37
Labor Foreman 15
Timekeeper 16 Mock-Ups and Wind Model Tests 38
Plan Clerk 16 Field Fabrication of Structural Components
Site Safety Manager 16 (Mixture and Components) 38
Project Stakeholders 16 Testing Procedure Organizations 40
Role of the Owner’s Project Tests 40
Representative 17 Quality Control 40
Summary 18 Summary 58

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