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Project Organization 7

GM/GC CM/GC Exhibit 1-6
project team corporate organization
Matrix manage-
ment reporting
Project Executive
executive management relationship.
Project Administration Operations Accounting Estimating
manager department department department department

Project
Estimator Superintendent
accountant

Project reporting
Administrative reporting

This can lead to challenging situations for all personnel involved. The employee has
two managers, and there is often a conflict as to which one they will serve first, who
will perform their annual appraisal, and who determines their annual raise, bonus and
consideration for a promotion. Often employees who are assigned to an off-site con-
struction project for a period of time find themselves “out of site and out of mind.”
Employees who find themselves in this situation are smart to spend some time each
week back at the home office to remind their superiors of their presence. A sample
organization chart for construction services for a project is detailed in Exhibit 1-7.

Exhibit 1-8 contains a list of construction phase services.

Exhibit 1-7
Project
manager Organization
chart—construc-
tion phase.
Office assistant

Site safety Construction
Project engineer Estimator Office manager
manager superintendent

Assistant Site Safety
Field engineer
superintendent manager

Electrical Concrete Mechanical
superintendent superintendent superintendent