ARKOS
Specifier/Regulator
- Jun 18, 2003
- 2
I´ve been working in large projects here in my country, Costa Rica, and recently I´d figure out that there is a big difference between Project Management and Construction Management.
If I got it right, the Project Manager works with the design team, and is suppose to clearly understand the project requirements, in order to set the specification level and scope, pointing to a porpouse.
He must demand on the design team to improve and develope concepts to the limit, so he can match both, a cost and a quality.
The Construction Manager should be pushing and coordinating with the General Contractor, looking for the the better strategy, logistics, so a schedule can be set. The schedule will provide to major programs: The in-site-information schedule, that might me coordinated with the PM; and the purchase schedule. With this set of schedules, the CM can go and look for the Ownership´s sign-offs, in order to allow the GC to proceed.
I will like to have some comments to this concepts.
Thank a lot.
Victor Garcia
ZURCHER ARQUITECTOS
San Jose - COSTA RICA
VGarcia@ZurcherArquitectos.com
If I got it right, the Project Manager works with the design team, and is suppose to clearly understand the project requirements, in order to set the specification level and scope, pointing to a porpouse.
He must demand on the design team to improve and develope concepts to the limit, so he can match both, a cost and a quality.
The Construction Manager should be pushing and coordinating with the General Contractor, looking for the the better strategy, logistics, so a schedule can be set. The schedule will provide to major programs: The in-site-information schedule, that might me coordinated with the PM; and the purchase schedule. With this set of schedules, the CM can go and look for the Ownership´s sign-offs, in order to allow the GC to proceed.
I will like to have some comments to this concepts.
Thank a lot.
Victor Garcia
ZURCHER ARQUITECTOS
San Jose - COSTA RICA
VGarcia@ZurcherArquitectos.com