ROLES & RESPONSIBILITES OF PROJECT

MANAGER IN CONSTRUCTION
The roles and responsibility of project manager in construction is to make sure that the
customer is satisfied and the work scope, project is completed in a quality manner,
using budget and on time. The construction project manager has primary responsibility
for providing leadership in planning, organizing and controlling the work effort to
accomplish the construction project objectives

In other words, the construction project manager provides the leadership to project
team to accomplish the construction project objective. The project manager
coordinates the activities of various team members to ensure that they perform the right
tasks at the proper time, as a cohesive group.
Roles of a Project Manager in Construction
The different roles of project manager are as follows:
1. Planning  7. Self management
2. Organizing functions
3. Controlling  8. Motivational and
personal functions
4. Leading
 9. Customer
5. Communicating
awareness functions
6.Cognitive  10.Organizational
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MANAGER IN THE
CONSTRUCTION
1. Planning of
Construction Project
First, the construction
project manager clearly defines
the project objectives and
reaches agreement with the
customer on this objective. The
manager then communicate this
objective to the project team in
such a manner as to create a
vision of what will constitute
successful accomplishment of
the objective
The construction project manager spearheads
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development of a plan to achieve the project
objectives. By involving the project team in
developing this plan, the project manager
ensures more comprehensive plan than he or she
could develop alone
 Furthermore, such participation gains the
commitment of the team to achieve the plan.
The project manager reviews the plan with the
customer to gain endorsement and then sets up
the project management information system-
either manual or computerized-for comparing
actual progress to plan progress.
 It’s important that this system be explained to
the project team so that the team can use it
properly to manage the project.
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MANAGER IN THE
CONSTRUCTION
2. Organizing the
Construction Project
Organizing in construction
projects involves securing the
appropriate resources to perform
the work. First, the project must
decide which tasks should be
done in-house and which tasks
should be done by subcontractors
or consultants
 For tasks that will be carried out in-house, the
project manager gains a commitment from the
specific people who will work on the project. For
tasks that will be performed by subcontractors,
the project manager clearly defines the work
scope and deliverables and negotiates a contract
with each subcontractor.
 The construction project manager also assigns
responsibility and delegates’ authority to specific
individuals or subcontractors for the various
tasks, with the understanding that they will be
accountable for the accomplishment of their
tasks within the assigned budget and schedule
 For large construction projects involving many
individuals, the project manager may designate
leaders for specific group of tasks. Finally, and
most important, the task of organizing involves
creating an environment in which the individuals
are highly motivated to work together as a
project team.
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MANAGER IN THE
CONSTRUCTION
3.Controlling the
Construction Project
To control the construction
project, the project manager
implements a management
information system designed to
track actual progress and
compare it with planned
progress. Such a system helps
the manager distinguish between
busy-ness and accomplishments
 Project team members monitor the progress
of their assigned tasks and regularly provide data
on progress, schedule and cost. These data are
supplemented by regular project review
meetings. If actual progress falls behind planned
progress or unexpected events occur the project
manager takes immediate action. He or she
obtains input and advice from team members
regarding appropriate corrective actions and how
to replan those parts of the project
 It’s important that problems and even
potential problems, be identified early and action
taken. The construction project manager cannot
take a “let’s wait and see how things works out”
approach- things never works out on their own.
He or she must intervene and be proactive,
resolving problems before they become worse.
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MANAGER IN THE
CONSTRUCTION
4. Leading the
Construction Project
Project manager fosters
development of a common
mission and vision to the team
members. He should clearly
define roles, responsibilities and
performance expectations for all
his team members. He uses
leadership style appropriately to
situation or stage of team
development.
 He should be able to foster collaboration
among team members. He should
provide clear direction and priorities to
his team members. He should be
efficient enough to remove obstacles
that hamper team progress, readiness or
effectiveness.
 The construction project manager
should promote team participation in
problem solving and decision making as
appropriate. He should pass credit on to
team, and promotes their positive
visibility to upper management. He
should appreciate, promote and
leverage the diversity within the team.
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MANAGER IN THE
CONSTRUCTION
5. Communication by  He should be able to able to influence without
Project Manager relying on coercive power or threats. He should
be able to convey ideas and information clearly
The Project Manager should be and concisely, both in writing and orally to all the
able to communicate effectively team members.
with all levels inside and outside
of the organizations. He should
be able to negotiate fairly and
effectively with the
customers/subcontractors. He
should be able to bring conflicts
into the open and manages it
collaboratively and productively
with the help of other team
members.
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MANAGER IN THE
CONSTRUCTION
 He should then consider a broad range of issues
6. Cognitive or factors while solving these problems. For this
he collects the appropriate quantity of data for

Functions of the situation and discusses it with all the team

Construction
Project Manager
The project manager should
identify the problem and
gathers information
systematically and seeks input
from several sources.
members before making a decision. He then
draws accurate conclusions from quantitative
data and makes decisions in an unbiased,
objective manner using an appropriate process.
For this process of decision making he
understands the concept of risk versus return and
makes decision accordingly.
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MANAGER IN THE
CONSTRUCTION
 Being the head of the construction project he
7. Self Management should manage implementations effectively and
should recognize as someone “who gets things
Functions done.” He should continuously seek feedbacks
from the team members and modify his behavior
The project manager should be accordingly. He should take keen interest in
learning and self development opportunities.
able to maintain focus and
control when faced with
ambiguity and uncertainty and
should be able to show
consistency among principles,
values and behavior. He should
be resilient and tenacious in the
face of pressure, opposition,
constraints, or adversity.
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MANAGER IN THE
He should continuously offer opportunities for
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personal and professional growth to his team
members. He should arrange for training program
8. Motivational and and continuously seeks support to his team
personal member when needed. He should pass credit on
to the individuals and promote their positive
development visibility to upper management. He should give
fucntions timely, specific and constructive feedback to all
his team members.
Project manager should consider
individual skills, values and interest of
all his team members when assigning
or delegating tasks to them. He should
allow team members an appropriate
amount of freedom to do the job. He
should accurately assess individual
strength and development needs of
his team members to complete the
work effectively
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MANAGER IN THE
CONSTRUCTION
9. Customer  Project manager should be able to anticipate
customer’s needs effectively and proactively
Awareness strives to satisfy them. He should be able to
accurately translate the customer’s verbalized
Functions wants into what they actually needs. He should
be able to understand customers and their
business and actively build and maintain strong
customer relationships.
He should understand
customer’s issues, concerns
and queries and try to resolve
them effectively. He should
actively strive to exceed
customer expectations.
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MANAGER IN THE
Project manager should involve the right people
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at the right time for a particular job.
Understands, accepts and properly uses power
10. Organizational and influence in relationships. He should build
and leverage formal and informal networks to get
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Project manager
 He should know the mission, structure and
functions of the organizations and others. He
should understand profitability and general
. management philosophy. He balances interests
and needs of team/project with those of the
broader organization.