CHAPTER II

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Construction Project Management
Definition of Project:
 A project is defined as a temporary endeavor
undertaken to create a new product or service to
achieve specified objectives within the assigned
resources.
 A project is a mission.

Example:
1. Constructing a building or facility.
2. Developing a new product or service.
3. Designing a new transportation system
4. Research and development projects
 Nature I Characteristics of project
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1) Specific objectives
2) Life Span
3) Constraints
4) Unique
5) Team Work
6) Flexibility
7) Resource Integration
8) Planning and Control
9) Contracting and subcontracting
10) Beneficiaries
 Principles of Project Management
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(1) The Success Principle

(2) The commitment Principle
(3) The Tetrad (Trade-off Principle)
(4) Communication channel or Unity command
Principle
(5) The cultural environment or suitability principle
(6) The process principle
(7) The life cycle principle
 Functions of construction project
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management
1) Planning and scheduling
2) Organizing
3) Staffing
4) Directing
5) Controlling
6) Coordinating
7) Communicating