Are you doing the construction project management for your self build?
Construction project management can be carried out by a number of parties depending on your chosen build route. As you've arrived at this section you may have chosen to take it on yourself, in which case, let's have a look at the elements of a self build project and the techniques you can use to control it.

Effective construction project management coordinates all of the project’s resources, necessary to complete the build, within the project’s parameters.
The first step in the formation of a project is having an objective. Objective - Easy – Complete the house of your dreams!
What will be used to make it happen?...
Resources - The resources available to complete the build will include the following: - People
- Design team.
- Other consultants.
- Main contractor.
- Builders.
- Tradesmen.
- Materials
- Equipment
- Information
- Plans and specification.Programme of work.
- Contracts.
- Money
Finally - What are the project’s constraints?....
Project Parameters - as follows: - Design – Completing the build to plans and specification.
- Cost - Completing within budget.
- Time - Completing within the designated time frame.
- Quality - Ensuring a satisfactory quality of workmanship.
- Legal - Complying with legal requirements.
- Other Requirements.
To control your resources within the project parameters and ultimately complete your build, you should follow this simple project management process:
PLAN – IMPLEMENT – MONITOR – CONTROL – COMPLETE - REVIEW
Click on each of the above for more detail.
To assist with the process and the overall management of your self build there are a few useful methods available: |