[...]... projects in which case project specific objectives may be set 1.10 Project Management Project Management became an ‘in vogue’ term in the mid 1990s, primarily to emphasize the need for management to be efficient to ensure successful completion of a project However, the term covers many possible arrangements Companies were set up to provide management services A promoter could, for instance, use a management. .. construction of a project under either of the arrangements termed Construction Management or Management Contracting described in Section 2.5 Alternatively where a promoter requires management of both design and construction of a project, one of the procedures described in Section 2.6 can be adopted 7 The Government Department of the Environment, Transport & the Regions 10 Civil Engineering Project Management. .. Engineering Geologist 1 The development of construction procedures 1.1 The nature of civil engineering work Virtually all civil engineering structures are unique They have to be designed for some specific purpose at some specific location before they can be constructed and put to use Consequently the completion of any civil engineering project involves five stages of activity which comprise the following: 1 Defining... always provided independent project management services to a promoter for the design and construction of a project This book deals with many of the arrangements for project management that are possible, commenting on their benefits and weaknesses, and detailing the practical measures which should be adopted to ensure the successful conclusion of a project However, the term Project Manager’ has such... share capital and raising £2000 million from bank loans 9 Grubb S.R.T ‘The private finance initiative – public private partnerships’ Civil Engineering, August 1998, pp 133–140 14 Civil Engineering Project Management significant A more significant factor in reducing project cost is the efficiency with which promoters, designers and contractors carry out their roles 1.15 Ancillary contractual practices... proceeds because it is not possible to foresee such conditions in every detail beforehand As a result the successful management of a civil engineering project depends upon use of an appropriate contract for construction; the judgements of the civil engineer in charge and his team of engineering advisers; the need to arrange for supervision of the work of construction as it proceeds, and on the competence... ensure successful management and completion of a project The authors draw upon their experience in managing many projects both in the UK and overseas Thus the book is intended to be a practical guide for project engineers, and a source of information for student civil engineers joining the profession The author Alan Twort is a former consultant to Binnie & Partners responsible for many projects including... 253 256 Index 257 Preface Most civil engineering construction projects are completed to time and budget but few get publicity for it More often building projects are reported as exceeding time or budget because a building has to cater for the diverse needs of the many users of the building which can be difficult to forecast or may change as construction proceeds In civil engineering the principal hazards... the cost of which type of extra work required The risks involved must also be identified and allocated to one or the other party 2 Civil Engineering Project Management 1.2 The most widely used contracts for construction One of the most frequently encountered risks in civil engineering construction is that the ground conditions met during construction will not be as expected, because trial boreholes and... design and construct a project or series of projects Prime Contracting A form of design and build contract under which the prime contractor has an association with a number of subsidiary firms whom he uses to supply specialist goods or services Thus, instead of a designer specifying nominated subcontractors to be used by the contractor, these are 16 Civil Engineering Project Management chosen by the . class="bi x0 y0 w0 h0" alt="" Civil Engineering Project Management This page intentionally left blank Civil Engineering Project Management Fourth Edition Alan. cost-estimate of a project 36 3.5 Estimating the cost of a project at design stage 37 3.6 Project cost control 39 4 Contract conditions used for civil engineering