Project Management and Control

204 Pages·1994·16.296 MB·English

by  David W. J. Day (auth.)

PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL
The Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, Westminster, London
Macmillan Building and Surveying Series
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Project Management and Control
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Contents
Frontispiece: The Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre ii
Preface xiii
Acknowledgements xv
1 The Projed Manager 1
1.1 Definition of project management 1
1.2 Historical background
1.3 The building industry today 2
1 .4 Design and management 2
1.5 Who should manage? 3
1.6 Education and training 4
1.7 The Project Manager at work 5
1.8 Personal relationships 8
1.9 Scope of service 9
1.10 Management proposals 9
2 The Client 11
2.1 Client knowledge of the building industry 11
2.2 Informed clients 11
2.3 Widening the client field 12
2.4 Experienced clients 13
2.5 Introduction of project management 14
2.6 Why a Project Manager? 14
2.7 In-house management 15
2.8 Management guides 16
2.9 Consultant project management services 17
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2.10 Client's organisation 17
2.11 Client's objectives 19
2.12 Client's priorities 20
2.13 Building user/project team relationship 21
2.14 Funding agencies 22
2.15 Collateral warranties 24
2.16 Client involvement 25
2.17 Project implementation plan 26
2.18 Management structures 27
2.19 Client involvement in team selection 28
2.20 Public relations 30
2.21 Political influences 31
3 The Brief 32
3.1 Introduction 32
3.2 Development of the Brief 32
3.3 Scope of the Brief 33
3.4 Format of the Brief 34
3.5 Preparing the Brief 34
3.6 Guidelines to the content of the Brief 36
3.7 Author of the Brief 36
4 The Project Team 39
4.1 Definition of the project team 39
4.2 The Project Manager's team 39
4.3 Support-team budget 40
4.4 Setting-up operation 41
4.5 Deputy Project Manager 42
4.6 Support-team duties 42
4.7 Support-team composition 43
4.8 Design-team appointments 45
4.9 Competitive bids 46
4.10 Selection criteria 47
4.11 Lead discipline 49
4.12 Selecting design-team members SO
Contents ix
4.13 Team-selection dilemmas 50
4.14 Client involvement 51
4.15 Terms of engagement 54
4.16 Location of the project team 55
4.17 Effect of a non-standard contract arrangement 55
4.18 Design co-ordination 57
5 The Design Stage 58
5.1 Traditional design start 58
5.2 PM involvement in design 58
5.3 Design-team introduction 59
5.4 Briefing the team 60
5.5 Design-stage planning 61
5.6 The plan of work 62
5.7 Feasibility studies 63
5.8 Adapting the plan of work 64
5.9 Design-team management 64
5.1 0 The design process 65
5.11 Specialist advisers 67
5.12 Services co-ordination 68
5.13 The design information required 69
5.14 Supplementary design-team activities 70
5.15 Type and form of contract 71
5.16 The PM's contract role 72
5.17 Cost checking 73
5.18 Reporting to the client 74
5.19 Evaluation and acceptance of the tender 74
6 The Construction Stage 75
6.1 PM's role in construction stage 75
6.2 Passive monitoring 75
6.3 Monitoring trends 77
6.4 Construction stage problems 78
6.5 A multiplicity of PMs 80
6.6 Pro-active involvement 80