Construction Project Design Management

Description

Construction project design management is a professional training course designed to equip construction professionals the knowledge and practical skills for planning, coordinating, reviewing, controlling, and managing the design process throughout the construction project life cycle. The training course emphasizes design coordination, constructability, design quality, cost and schedule control, change management, and effective collaboration among project stakeholders. The training course introduces the concept and basic principles for construction project design services management and demonstrates its application and technique for the construction projects. The construction project design management offers the opportunities to adequately identify the design processes, define the inputs, outputs and products, final deliverables while assuring the quality of the design service, reliability and performance of the construction projects. The training course includes techniques used in construction project design management such as creativity, innovation, design procurement, design-to-cost, life-cycle costing and software’s for construction project design management. The design process is the basis for an optimal construction process and an end-product according to the requirements of the client and the stakeholders. In this professional training course, practical applications, case studies and project-based scenarios are included. Topics covered include the following:

• Concept in design management
• Design management process
• Planning and organizing design
• Design services procurement
• Design quality assurance and control
• Design risk management
• Life cycle costing

Outcomes

Upon the completion of this training course, participants will be able to:

• Understand the design process and its place in the overall construction process
• Describe what the design processes products are and what constitutes value in them
• Identify the various actors involved and their roles and responsibilities
• Understand different implementation models for construction projects and the implications for the design
• Understand the complexity of construction projects and the need for interdisciplinarity and interface management
• Understand management of the construction design process
• Understand the importance of professional management of the design process and framework factors such as cost, time and quality

Target audience

The target audience for this training course includes construction project managers, civil engineers, architects, quantity surveyors, contract administrators, planning engineers, project control engineers, consultants, contractors, developers, procurement professionals, and client representatives.