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Aau Cotm Lecture PDF
Aau Cotm Lecture PDF
GETANEH GEZAHEGNE
March 2014
Contents
Introduction
1. Construction Industry
3. Fundamentals of Management
Materials Machines
Transportation Infrastructure
The Construction Energy supply
Industry
B. Nature of product
Large, heavy, durable, expensive, heterogeneous, and
immobile.
D. The Workforce
The industry is, by its very nature, an overwhelmingly
domestic and labor-intensive industry despite the
advancement in modern technologies.
Construction is a team output and requires motivated and
skilled workers.
Sequential process
Fulfillment
Conceptual plan or
of useful life
preliminary design
Completion of
construction
AAU, AAiT, Construction Management, Lecture Notes, March 2014, Getaneh G. 17
1. Construction Industry
1.7. Stakeholders of Construction sector
Stakeholders of Construction sector:
Construction Industry involves many people, organization, agencies,
ministries, designers, contractors, project managers, equipment
suppliers, material suppliers, testing Laboratories, etc.
Architect
Subs Owner
Contractor Suppliers
Engineer Vendors
Public
Planning
Performance
Resourc
es •Attain goals
•Human
Controlling •Products
•Financial Organizing
•Services
•Raw Materials
•Efficiency
•Technological
•Effectiveness
•Information
Leading
Inputs Outputs
Planning
Planning Organizing
Organizing
Management
Management
Functions
Functions
Controlling
Controlling Leading
Leading
Top managers
Middle managers
First-line managers
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Lower Level and plans through
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Interpersonal Skills
Management Skills
Communication , conflict resolution, leading
Technical Skills
Knowledge and ability to accomplish the specialized activities of the
work group
Top Level Middle Level Lower Level
AAU, AAiT, Construction Management, Lecture Notes, March 2014, Getaneh G. 63
3. Fundamentals of Management
3.5. Construction Management
The management of construction is an enterprise that
involves many people with diverse interests, talents and
backgrounds. The owner, design professional and
contractor comprise the primary triad of parties,
However, others such as subcontractors, material
suppliers, bankers, insurance and bonding companies,
attorneys and public agency officials, are vital elements
of the project team whose interrelated roles must be
coordinated to assure a successful project.
Near or Operating
Environment Economic
Technological
Factors
Factors Partners
Customers
Clients ORGANIZATION
Suppliers Political
Social Competitors Factors
Factors
GM (Head Quarter)
(A.A)
Head Quarter
Material
Human
Production Finance Marketing &
Resource
Procurement
Marketing HR
Project A Production Finance Materials
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Manager Grp Grp Grp