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Project Organization 3
5. Insurance
6. Bid and award strategy
7. Filing and permits
8. Project phasing
9. Planning for temporary and permanent utility services
10. Identifying the personnel and organizations associated with the project (stakeholders)
and their respective issues
11. Planning for project administration and control procedures
12. Developing the project manual and policies
13. Risk identification and management
14. Quality control program
15. Safety program
16. Procurement and sourcing direction
17. Value engineering

Staff will usually be assigned for a specific period of time to be involved with their
particular areas of expertise. The resources assigned during this phase of the project
will usually operate out of the home office, since the project site is often not available
at this time. The people assigned to perform preconstruction services for a project usu-
ally are the same personnel who will be involved with the construction phase of the
project. Therefore, it is wise for upper management to carefully consider the assignment
of staff, not only short term but long term as well because construction projects will
often last two to three years, including the preconstruction, construction, and project
close-out phases. A sample organization chart for the preconstruction phase of a proj-
ect is illustrated in Exhibit 1-3.

Exhibit 1-4 contains a list of preconstruction services.

Exhibit 1-3
Project Organizational
manager chart–
preconstruction
phase.

Project Construction Office Purchasing
engineer superintendent manager agent

Site safety
Estimator Scheduler
manager