Course Details
Course Outline
10 days course
Introduction and Overview
- Introductions, house-keeping and course objectives
- Project Management definitions
- Characteristics of construction projects and project management
- Introduction to the COP 8 Stages of Project Management
- Comparison between CIOB COP and RIBA Plan of Work; BIM Plan of Work; BS6079-1-2010; ISO 215000-2012; PRINCE2; PMI BOK and APM BOK
- Key decisions, processes, objectives, deliverables and resources
- Introduction of the case study
The Inception Stage: the methodologies contained in the COP for this first project stage
- Stage checklists, processes, outcomes and client objectives
- The internal team
- The project manager
- Project needs
- Project mandate
- Environmental mandate
- BIM mandate
The Feasibility and Strategy Stages
- Stage checklists, processes, outcomes and client objectives
- Outline project brief
- Feasibility studies
- Procurement route
- Sustainable development including life-cycle costing
- Site selection and acquisition
- Project brief
- Design brief
- Funding and investment appraisal
- Development planning and control
- Stakeholder identification
- Business case and approval to proceed
- BIM brief
The Strategy Stage
- Stage checklists, processes, outcomes and client objectives
- Project governance and selecting the project team
- Risk management
- Project planning
- Cost planning and control
- Change management
- Design management process
The Pre-Construction Stage
- Environmental management
- Stakeholder management and communication
- Quality management
- Commissioning strategy
- Procurement strategy
- Employer’s requirements document
- Project execution plan
- BIM strategy
- The Project handbook
Pre-Construction
- Stage checklists, processes and outcomes
- Managing the development of the design
- Value Management and value engineering
- Procuring the supply chain including managing tenders
- Contract award and contractual arrangements
Pre-Construction Continued
- Collaborative working
- Pre-start meeting
- Establishing the site
- Control, monitoring and reporting systems
- The contractor’s schedule
- Updating the risk management plan
- Payments
- Managing change and variation control
- Dispute resolution
- BIM Strategy for this stage
Construction
- Stage checklists, processes and outcomes
- Project team duties and responsibilities
- Performance monitoring and reporting
- Public liaison
- Quality management, inspection and snagging
Testing and Commissioning
- Stage checklists, processes and outcomes
- Procuring commissioning services
- The testing and commissioning process and programming
- Main tasks
- Commissioning documentation: O&M manuals; As-Built drawings; H&S file; Building Owner’s and Occupier’s Handbooks
Completion, Hand-Over and Operation
- Stage checklists, processes and outcomes
- Planning and scheduling handover
- Practical completion and handover procedures
- Client operational commissioning
- Client occupation and soft landings
Post-Completion Review
- Stage checklists, processes and outcomes
- Post occupancy evaluation
- Project audit and performance studies
- Project feedback and close out report
