Construction Management

and Consultants

engr robinson abella salenga ii, ce

project manager – water sources and facilities
28 november 2017, PICE NatCon
MOA Arena, pasay city
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 civil engineer
materials engineer 1 (dpwh)
pmi member
cosh safety officer Previous Work Experience
leed green associates 2001 –Lab Tech - Contractor
2003- QS/PE Contractor
2005- QS Designer
06 prominent companies worked with
speaker’s profile

2007- QS – OFW Designer

2010 – QS/ PC Contractor

16 years of professional experience

2011 – PM Consultant
2015 – PM Developer

26 projects handled being consultant

 2016 – Facilities Project Owner Side
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©rsalenga2017
 Consultancy has a wide variety of roles to performed in
the entire project life cycle especially during the
construction stage.

Note that every construction project is

- unique
- demands the full attention, professionalism and
introduction

energy of its project team,

- depends upon an experienced leader to make it
happen.
 There is no specific definition
of project consultant.

Most definitions describe consultant

management consultants by (Latin: consultare
their roles and responsibility "to deliberate")
and services that they provide
the consultant

using tools and skills they have

in delivering a task assigned by
the client or the owner of the
project
 A consultant is a professional
who provides expert advice in a
particular area

A consultant is usually an
the consultant

expert or an experienced
professional in a specific field
and has a wide knowledge of the
subject matter.
 can be…

Internal consultant
External consultant
Individual
Firm
the consultant

Service based
Output driven
the consultant
as per FIDIC
the consultant
as per FIDIC
 Pros:
•Access to broad networks of
resources and expertise.
the benefit of using consultant
•Consultants add skills and
capabilities that you may not
have in your team.
•Improve diversity and reduce
internal bias through an external
perspective (e.g. project
reviews).
•Facilitate decision making
processes and mitigate internal
•Build capabilities (skills transfer)
within your internal team
(mentoring).
•Isolate internal management from
sensitive internal decisions.
•Support internal staff during
operational peaks (load balancing).
•Focus your organization on its core
competencies, use consultants to
deliver projects.
 Cons:
•It may take some time for the consultant to understand your
business.
the benefit of using consultant

•Knowledge leaves with the consultant if skills transfer is not

managed.
•The consultant has limited stake in the outcome of the
recommendations.
•Using external resources can potentially undermine the self-
esteem of existing staff.
•Costs can be expensive on the short-term.
•The consultant may not have the skills you are looking for -
choose carefully.
the consultants’ experience

The knowledge areas required by the consultants were based in

practice, however, the overall scope set forth during selection
may likely be out of context from its required expertise which
may result to non-productive and successful projects
 Consultancy is more effective and more efficient when they are
involved in Total Project Life Cycle from Conception to Closeout.

Critical issues, such as qualifications and requirements, must be

clearly define at early stage to avoid any further issues as the
project progresses.
lastly
 because of the continuous change and rapid
improvement of the construction industry
itself. projects are becoming much more
complex and difficult.

those situation also brings some effect to the

consultants
such that?
the mind set
 thank you
email: rsalengaii@yahoo.com / robinson.salenga@mayniladwater.com.ph