Career Research Report on Project Management in Construction

This report covers the career development of project management in construction, including general trends impacting the field, required skills and experience, and more. It discusses the importance of soft skills and emotional intelligence, as well as the need for industry knowledge, financial management, and technological affinity. The report includes an interview with a construction project manager and a job advertisement.

Career Research Report
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Table of Contents
Introduction.....................................................................................................................................3
Analysis and Application.................................................................................................................3
General trends that has an impact upon Construction project management (secondary
research)......................................................................................................................................3
General trends that has impact upon the Project management in construction (Primary
research)......................................................................................................................................4
The skills, knowledge and experience required..........................................................................5
Evaluation........................................................................................................................................6
References.......................................................................................................................................7
Appendices......................................................................................................................................8
Appendix 1: Interview................................................................................................................8
Appendix 2: Job advertisement...................................................................................................8
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Introduction
Career development basically depicts the procedure of evaluation and examination of the
interests and skills of a person in order to make an effective decision regarding the choices of
choosing a career. In this career research report, I am showing the information which is basically
required to ensure an effective enhancement and development in career. The following report
focus on the career development of project management in construction, it involves the the
organizing and directing of the whole project life cycle that is from generating the idea to the
completion of project. I am choosing this field for the purpose of my career development
because I believe that pursuing a profession in the field of project management in construction
can help me to enhance my overall personality development and my potential. I am eagerly
interested in this job of project manager to develop my skills in area of work related to
construction(Dikmen and et. al., 2018). In this report, the major topics that are covered is the
general trends which can have an impact on the project management in construction and the
skills and experience that are required to become an effective project manger in the field of
construction project management.
Analysis and Application
General trends that has an impact upon Construction project management (secondary research)
General trends has a great influence on the construction project management and these
trends depicts the practices used by the project managers in order to improve the overall
performance of the activities. The different important trends that are emerging in the profession
of construction project management are:-
Connection between projects and strategy: - Project management in construction is
considered as an effective tool that is used to achieve the desired goals and objectives. In the
recent years the impact of construction project management has been realized in an organization.
The project mangers who are willing to put down their skills to conduct the use of various
strategies in the firms(Hamzaoui and et. al., 2019). It is important for them to understand the
relationship between program and project before start administrating the work.
Globalisation: - In this decade, the construction project management has facilitate its job
style of the conduction of work. It has redefined the ways to operate the work and enhance the
interaction and collaboration among various countries in this profession of management. It helps
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the project mangers to make an effective plan and develop the functionality of a company. It also
enables to make a better roadmap that guide the project executives and the workers through the
process of construction.
An emphasis on Soft skills:- Project managers are required to acknowledge a certain
level of soft skills in order to be more effective in their roles. The core of the work related to
construction project management requires an understanding of the people and the way to manage
them all to get the best result from them. It helps the project manger or project executive to
conduct an effective communication and establish a good relationship with the people that work
under him.
The impact of emotional intelligence:- A research has reflects that the emotional
intelligence is one of the potent expression of performance irrespective of the field of job. A lot
of emotional activity in a team can be a reason of not fully understanding the emotion of team
members(Martinez., Gheisari. and Alarcón., 2020). A project executive of a construction project
management should be able to deal with the different personalities and to make sure the success
of a project. This can be done only by deeply understanding the emotion of the workers on the
site of construction and the project executives.
Hybrid approaches in project implementation:- This agile approach is used in the suitable
projects like building a dam that would not be an appropriate project for this approach. The
project managers are fully responsible for the success and failure of the projects. This approach
combines the benefits of the active method with the traditional world to get the suitable solutions
for specific projects.
Change management:- It is important for the project executives and managers of
construction project management to implement new methods and ways to change the overall
process of conducting the activities. It helps to get the work done in an effective and efficient
manner by going through the latest techniques.
General trends that has impact upon the Project management in construction (Primary research)
The primary research is the method used by various researchers to gather the data directly
without depending upon the data that are already collected from some other researcher. In this
decade, the meaningful data are considered as more valuable and it can be only obtained by
conducting a primary research. This can be obtained from various methods such as interviews,
online surveys, observations etc. From the course of primary research it has been analysed that
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the general trends that affect the most in the profession of project management in construction is
the emphasis of soft skills and the impact of emotional intelligence. These emerging trends
enables the project executives or the mangers to make an effective connection with the workers
that works under him. This enables to get the work done in an effective and efficient
way(Mengistu and Mahesh., 2019).
The skills, knowledge and experience required
There are various personal skills that are required for the profession of project manager
related to work and activities of construction. These skills, knowledge and experience helps an
individual to do the work in a more better and effective way. The key skills required are given
below: -
Micromanagement avoidance: - The construction project mangers avoid to get caught
into the project minimal details and rather than focus on the results that are get done by the
workers or employees. The construction project manager is considered to be best if he/she fully
trust their workers that they have the required skills to complete the project in the given time
frame.
Negotiation skills: - A construction project manager should have a negotiation skills in
order to negotiate with the stakeholders on the allocation of budgets and other vital resources.
They must have an skill to say no to the unworkable clients and to not agree with the suggestions
that they thought are having an negative impact on the project.
Communication skills:- A construction project manager must have a good
communication skills in order to make an effective connection with the workers and to clearly
covey the thoughts and orders to the workers. This moreover helps them to not getting indulge in
the problems and ensures to conduct the work smoothly and effectively.
Flexible Planning:- An effective construction project manager always have the skill to
adapt the changes and make a good plan in order to maximize the profit and minimize the cost.
A good manager had a knowledge that the planning never ends in the pre construction phase and
they must always improvise the plan in order to get the better results(Musa and et. al., 2018).
Risk management:- A good construction project manager always gain a knowledge that
the risks are involved when the things will not go according to the desired plan. They must have
a wisdom to discover the risks and make a plan according to the same risk in order to tackle
them before the project begins.
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Area of knowledge and experience
Industry Knowledge:- The top construction project mangers must have the wisdom of
managing a projects as well as to be aware of the strategies and methodologies in order to get to
reach their goals. This knowledge should have in the construction project managers because the
construction sector is dynamic and it involves a lot of construction techniques and new materials
developed each day(Ojha and et. al., 2020).
Financial management:- A construction project manager must have a knowledge to
manage the finances. A project of construction cannot start without making a proper plan of the
budget. They have to make a plan to manage the finances and to be able to track the progress of
projects and its costs as well as conduct research to get some other opportunities for financing.
Technological Affinity:- The construction industry is still considered as one of the least
digitized sector and it is gradually grabbing the latest trends of technology. The construction
project manager must have an affinity for the new technologies that may help to improvise the
success rates, collaboration and efficiency.
Evaluation
From the above report, it has been evaluated that the profession of project management in
field of construction is a much suitable path of career for me that I am very passionate about. I
believe that I am ample of skills and potential to abide by the emerging and vital trends that are
needed in this type of profession. In the above report the skills, knowledge and expertise that is
required for the profession of construction project manager are explained(Sedayu and et. al.,
2020). Moreover I also think that the I have all the relevant skills for being qualified for the
profession of project manager.
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References
Dikmen and et. al., 2018. Effects of risk attitude and controllability assumption on risk ratings:
Observational study on international construction project risk assessment. Journal of
management in engineering, 34(6), p.04018037.
Hamzaoui and et. al., 2019. Risk management in construction projects by coupling the SMACC
agent with the MADS MOSAR method–application to the dam project in Mascara,
Algeria. International Journal of Construction Management, pp.1-15.
Martinez, J.G., Gheisari, M. and Alarcón, L.F., 2020. UAV integration in current construction
safety planning and monitoring processes: Case study of a high-rise building
construction project in Chile. Journal of Management in Engineering, 36(3),
p.05020005.
Mengistu, D.G. and Mahesh, G., 2019. Dimensions for improvement of construction
management practice in Ethiopian construction industry. Journal of Engineering,
Design and Technology.
Musa and et. al., 2018. Critical Success Factors for Construction Project Management in
Nigeria. Advanced Science Letters, 24(5), pp.3809-3813.
Ojha and et. al., 2020, January. A case study on project performance of railway underpass
construction project in Jaipur, India. In AIP conference proceedings (Vol. 2204, No. 1,
p. 020005). AIP Publishing LLC.
Sedayu and et. al., 2020. Improving the performance of construction project using green building
principles. Asian Journal of Civil Engineering, 21(8), pp.1443-1452.
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Appendices
Appendix 1: Interview
Company Norfolk Country Council
Job Title Construction Project Manager
Way of contacting E-mail
Questions asked and summary of their answers As per your opinion, mention as least two
important trends significant for the profession
of a construction project manager?
The respondent has answered that the
emphasis of soft skills and the impact of
emotional intelligence are the two major trends
for the position of construction project
manager.
Appendix 2: Job advertisement
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