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10 key responsibilities of a construction project manager

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What are the responsibilities of a project manager in construction? The dispute manager. Manage risks. Not all construction project managers know what they do all the time. The construction project manager is the key figure of the construction project team. Hire, fire and supervise.

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Residential projects: 5 mistakes project managers don’t know they are making

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Many project managers in repetitive residential projects tell us that they have to spend up to 50% of their time each week on planning. Their programme is stuck on MS Project and to update it they have to go through countless WhatsApp notifications, emails, or phone calls. They use the wrong tools.

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5 reasons project managers don’t want to digitalise. And why they are wrong.

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Are you using MS Project, Excel, or WhatsApp to stay on top of your programme? Many project managers, like you, choose to rely on these tools to manage their project schedules. Good as they are, none of these tools is made for running construction projects with a lot of repetition. That’s not true.

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The 10 Questions You Should Ask When Considering Project Management Software?Part 5 of 5

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Editor’s Note: This is the final installment in a five-part series on Construction Project Management — how innovative technologies and software are helping project managers streamline processes to build faster, smarter projects. Making the decision to seek out software boils down to commitment.

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5 questions all Project Managers should ask themselves before they start a project

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Many project managers who work on projects with a lot of repetition tell us that they have to spend up to 50% of their time each week on admin-heavy tasks related to planning. Their programme is stuck on MS Project and to update it they have to go through countless WhatsApp notifications, emails, or phone calls.

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Digital Dryshack #92: 6 Tips: P6 Scheduling for D.O.D., 2016

Cassell Construction Estimating

One significant takeaway that reinforced what we were already noticing is that new government personnel are changing NAVFAC’s & USACE’s scheduling specs for recent projects. For years we had been able to count on a rigorous but largely boilerplate scheduling spec for both branches of the service. Not so anymore.

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Why planning is the heartbeat of your repetitive project

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As a project manager, you should always think of the schedule as the heartbeat of your project. One of your top responsibilities is to keep your project’s rhythm at a regular pace. If you make your schedule estimation in months, however, the delays you will have to face will also be in months.

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