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Effective Pre-Construction Processes
During the pre-construction phase, it is the project manager's responsibility to plan and execute preliminary activities. As you look at any construction segment, every specialty or general contractor performs better when they accomplish these beginning activities immediately after the project award.
A important pre-construction task is the review of contract documents by the project manager and superintendent. To understand the contract is to protect the budget. Also, the mobilization plan must be developed by both these managers. The PM is responsible for creating a construction schedule, a schedule of values, project files and job logs. He must facilitate setting up the project in the company's project management system (Paper Based, Expedition, ProLog, Constructware, etc.)
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Posted by Matt Stevens at April 28, 2008 3:03 AM
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