Manual of Construction Project Management for Owners and Clients

Jüri Sutt, Professor of Construction Economics and Management at the Tallinn University of Technology has 50 years of experience in construction management as a practicing responsible for building during Estonia's transition to a free market economy and led working groups on construction market regulations. He has also provided consultancy services for clients' projects and contract management and has gained expertise in contract disputes over the last 15 years.

This construction client's manual is written in the form of a list of activities. It supports owners in the role of client by helping them make choices during the project development process. This increases control over cost, quality and duration at each stage.Activities within each main stage of the project development (preparation stage; procurement; design; preparation for construction; construction itself; handover; implementation) are divided into phases, each requiring separate decision-making. The phase begins with a list of direct previous decisions and continues with a list of executors, the goal of the present phase and a list of activities to be performed. And each phase ends with a list of expected results and a list of activities that these results release for action in the next phase.The sequence of these seven stages can be altered to help building owners manage risk by choosing and combining the timing of these stages. The tasks involved in project preparation, described in the first chapter are for example, often left by the owner for the designers to solve - or sometimes even the contractors. The decisions relating to the choice of procurement schemes, described in the second chapter, can be made either at the preparation stage of project development, as part of the prioritisation of aims, or at the time of choosing the designer, or at the stage of choosing construction contractors.Manual of Construction Project Management - for owners & clients is for prospective owners who either operate as clients themselves, or who use the services of professional construction management companies. The aim is to help both owners and their construction partners understand what to expect from each other.The manual describes activities at the level of detail required to choose the management task or method to make the decision. It is not bound to regulations of any specific country and a detailed glossary makes it an indispensable worldwide reference.

Preface viiAbout the Author ixIntroduction xiGlossary xixChapter 1: Preparation stage 11.1 Project statement 21.2 Appointment of a project manager and integration of project management in the process management of the owner's company 51.3 Needs and profitability analysis 61.4 Preparation of the financial scheme and loan contracts 161.5 Preparation for land purchase and corresponding contracts 201.6 Feasibility studies and corresponding investigations 241.7 Detailed area planning 311.8 Scheme design 35Chapter 2: Procurement stage 412.1 Choice of procurement path 422.2 Methods for choosing the contractor 552.3 Process of tendering 58Chapter 3: Design stage 613.1 Preparation phase 623.2 The choice of designer 653.3 Contracting between client and designer (consultant) 683.4 Management of design 72Chapter 4: Construction preparation stage 774.1 Building permit application 784.2 Construction procurement programme preparation (preliminary conditions of contract) 784.3 Choice of contractor 814.4 Construction contracting 85Chapter 5: Construction stage 915.1 Construction management 925.2 Owner's supervision and quality management 945.3 Cost control 995.4 Management of changes and additional works 1025.5 Management of the client's direct contracts 105Chapter 6: Take-over stage 1076.1 Revisions of general construction work 1086.2 Revisions of engineering systems 1096.3 Building take-over 1106.4 The building's taking for use 1126.5 Project completion 1146.6 Warranty period 116Appendices 119Appendix 1 119List of the construction client's principal decisions 119Appendix 2 120List of document folders that should be completed during project development 120Bibliography 123Index 125