Career Guide: Construction Management
Date Posted: November 1, 2022
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From Rethinking The Future: A client invests in their project/s, but what if coordination problems with architects, engineers, consultants, and others occur? Who will help to fill the void that is coordination? A construction manager will be the bridge, and a Construction Management career is a correct path to follow. From the making of the pyramids of Giza till today, the five M’s: Men(or women), Materials, Methos, Machines, and Money, are the resources of construction, and to optimize these resources, we require Construction Management. The course centerpiece is to provide the highest quality with a minimum amount, incorporating efficient supervision of projects’ cost, scheduling, excellence, safety, scope, and function. The way Construction Management is steadily increasing, it is believed by the U.S Bureau of Labor Statistics that there will be an 11% increase in Construction Management jobs by 2026.
We might not know, but Construction Management has had a relationship with us since 2500 B.C, with one of the most expensive constructions in the world—The ancient Egyptian pyramids. The pyramids of Giza required 1,00,000 laborers, 2.5 million blocks weighing 2.5 tons each, and 20 years of completion; and had management. An ancient organogram (chart delegating and defining roles for everyone) was used under the pressure of the king to complete it before he died. Similar examples are the Great Wall of China, the Aqueducts of Italy, and the Acropolis in Greece.
Construction Management started to be known in the modern world through a simple observation by a mechanical engineer named Frederick Taylor in the early 1900s. He observed a gap between the factory owners and workers, leading to a loss of communication and productivity. Thus, the four fundamental principles of Scientific Management were introduced by him.
At the same time, another mechanical engineer named Henry Gantt introduced The Gantt Chart, which helped the teams to track the schedule and progress of work through a visual tool. Both inventions acted as a great approach and are even used to date.