Overview
Construction History &
Modern Industry
Role of Project Manager Types of Projects
& Delivery Methods
Tools & Techniques Trends & Future of Industry Q&A
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Pyramids of Giza, Egypt Il Coliseo in Rome, Italy The Great Wall of China
Taj Mahal, India The Parthenon, Greece
From: To:
• Materials found in nature
i.e. wood, stone, mud
• Tools fashioned from
wood, stone, bone, later
bronze, copper, to iron
• Vernacular architecture:
traditional designs and
methods passed down
through generations
• Master builders and
guilds, techniques kept as
secrets within the trade
• Manufactured brick, steel,
& glass
• Mass-manufactured tools,
power tools, heavy
equipment/machinery
• Formal education for
different disciplines ex.
ironworkers, electricians,
carpenters, masons
• Separation of knowledge:
architect, engineer,
contractor
• “World’s largest industry”
• 10% of global GDP (6-9% in developed
countries)
• Employs ~7% of the global workforce
(>273 million people, or about 4% of
the global population)
• Global industry output >$10 TRILLION
per YEAR!
The Construction Industry Today
New York City
• Generates around $60 Billion in capital
expenditure per year
• Employs around 264,000 people
• 2020 was projected peak for
construction spending ($65.9 Billion)
prior to coronavirus epidemic
The Role of a
Construction
Project
Manager
Responsible for the overall success of the
project.
Overseeing the project team/organization
Ensures that project conforms to scope,
cost, schedule, quality, safety,
environmental, and other requirements.
Keeps relevant stakeholders informed of
project progress and developments (ex.
client/owner, architects, engineers,
subcontractors, public, interest groups)
Motivates project team to complete the
project.
Must be skilled in communication and
conflict resolution.
Design-Bid-Build (DBB)
Traditional/Most Common
Owner develops contract documents with an
architect or an engineer consisting of a set of
blueprints and detailed specifications. Bids are
solicited from contractors based on these
documents; a contract is then awarded to the lowest
responsive and responsible bidder.
DBB with Construction
Management (DBB with CM, CM as
Agent)
With partially completed contract documents, Owner
hires a construction manager to act as an Agent. As
substantial portions of the documents are
completed, the construction manager will solicit bids
from suitable subcontractors. This allows
construction to proceed more quickly and allows the
owner to share some of the risk inherent in the
project with the construction manager.
Design-Build (DB) or Design-
Construct
Owner develops a conceptual plan for a project, then
solicits bids from DB joint ventures (JVs) of
architects and/or engineer and builders for the
design and construction of the project.
Design-Build-Operate-Maintain
(DBOM)
DBOM takes DB one step further by including the
operations and maintenance of the completed
project in the same original contract.
Build–Operate–Transfer (BOT) or Build–
Own–Operate–Transfer (BOOT)
Form of project financing, wherein private entity receives
a concession from the private or public sector to finance,
design, construct, own, and operate a facility stated in the
concession contract, enabling project proponent to
recover their investment, operating and maintenance
expenses in the project. Other similar models include
BOOT (build–own–operate–transfer), BOO (build–own–
operate), BLT (build–lease–transfer), DBFO (design–build–
finance–operate), DBOT (design–build–operate–transfer),
DCMF (design–construct–manage–finance).
Integrated Project Delivery (IPD)
• Conceptualization (expanded programming)
• Criteria design (expanded schematic design)
• Detailed design (expanded design development)
• Implementation documents (construction
documents)
• Agency review
• Buyout
• Construction
• Closeout
Combines ideas from integrated practice and lean to
solve low productivity and waste, time overruns,
quality issues, and conflicts during construction.
Public-private partnership (PPP, 3P,
or P3)
A public–private partnership is a cooperative
arrangement between one or more public entities
(typically the owner) and another (typically private
sector) entity to design, build, finance, and at times
operate and maintain, the project for a specified
period of time on behalf of the owner.