Construction Project Management – 24 Hr
Who is this course for?
- ✔ If you are a Project Manager and want to strengthen your knowledge in management, whether as a consultant or in a contracting company.
- ✔ The first course in Egypt that explains these practical areas in such depth.
- ✔ If you are a Site Engineer aiming to become a Construction Manager or Project Manager, the knowledge here will be very valuable.
- ✔ If you are a contractor or a small business owner and want to understand project management to grow your business and communicate better with clients.
- ✔ If you are a Technical Office Engineer, this course is essential because it represents the natural development of your career and the language of meetings you must master.
- ✔ If you want to enter the planning field, whether experienced or a fresh graduate, this is a strong starting point.
- ✔ If you want to learn the best practices for projects from initiation to preliminary handover and develop yourself.
- ✔ If you want to fully understand and speak the language of project management, you will gain hands-on application and best practices here.
Course Content
Pre-Tender Phase
- Quick overview of feasibility studies from the owner’s perspective and consultant selection.
Design Phase
- Gathering requirements, design stages, and coordination between disciplines with licensing authorities.
- Communication looping and correspondence samples from real projects.
Tender Phase
- Preparing contract documents, understanding their importance, and pricing.
- Administrative contracts (Law 182) – types of tenders and methods of bidding.
- Technical evaluation criteria and how to submit a financially successful bid.
- Types of contracts by pricing method.
- International contracts (FIDIC – Red Book): key clauses, rights and obligations, variations, and price adjustments.
Reviewing Documents & Pricing
- Studying contract documents and details affecting pricing.
- Factors influencing material and labor costs.
- Identifying risks using RBS (Risk Breakdown Structure).
- Understanding bid priorities and unbalanced bids.
Construction Phase
- Site possession: importance and roles of all parties.
- Project planning: Equipment list, Organization Chart.
- Project meetings, especially Kick-Off Meeting – roles, preparation, and real examples.
- Essential plans: Mobilization, Logistics, Quality, Safety.
- Method Statements, ITPs, Baseline Schedule, Contractual Duration.
- Preparing schedules with resources, narrative reports, sequencing activities.
- Daily project manager routines, technical office follow-ups, logs (IR, MIR, DOS, MS, DCN).
- Lessons learned from real projects, corrective and preventive actions.
- Submittals: material approvals, quality grades, fraud detection, inspections, and specifications.
- Team building and communication strategies.
- Quality Control & Quality Assurance.
Cost Control
- Methods and forms for cost control, material and warehouse management.
- Handling design changes (DCN).
- Project control forms and reporting.
- Payment certificates: types, deductions, advance payment guarantees, variation orders, escalation formulas, subcontractor payments, and dispute avoidance.
- Shop drawings and acceptance criteria.
Claims & Handover
- Time and cost claims with real project examples.
- Handover processes: Snag List, Clearance List, Punch List, TOC (Taking Over Certificate).
- Overview of key management certifications: PRMG, PMP, PM2.
