This course provides course participants with the fundamental knowledge of critical work functions of project management. It introduces the concepts and methods to plan and execute building and construction projects, evaluate and improve project performance, enabling participants to identify project requirements based on project size, scope and timeline, as well as prepare project planning and executive documents in compliance with key relevant regulatory requirements.
This course covers the Project Management Body of Knowledge required in the BE sector, including project management standards and core functions and project lifecycle, stakeholder and communication management, managing consultancy services and consultants’ contributions, time and productivity management, quality management, contract management, cost and resource management, project risk management, Environment, Health and Safety management and Workplace Safety and Health management, value engineering and value management and project sustainability implementation.
This course introduces productivity enhancement applications such as Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DfMA) and digital project management platform integrated with BIM throughout the project life cycle. Other trends such as Design for Maintainability will also be covered. Participants will learn through case studies on managing DfMA projects by adopting the advanced project management initiatives.
This course will deepen participants’ competencies in procurement planning and management, enabling them to plan and manage various procurement strategies, from sourcing to purchasing of construction goods and services, to meet project expectations. Collaborative procurement mechanisms such as Early Contractor Involvement (ECI), Collaborative Bidding and other private sector procurement initiatives to promote collaborative procurement will be covered.
This course enhances participants’ contract administration and management skills to draft contract specifications and terms to address business needs, execute contract in accordance to contract provisions and clients’ approval process, and interpret contractual matters with regards to the rights and obligations of contractual parties. It also covers global collaborative contract practices such as New Engineering Contract (NEC) 4, Alliance Contract and AIA Standard Document for Integrated Project Delivery. Participants will learn the collaborative contractual provisions in local context, for both public and private sector projects, with dispute resolution mechanism. Possible challenges for adopting collaborative contracting will also be discussed.
The project assignment requires participants to apply their learnings in the five courses to demonstrate their understanding on the planning, management and execution of building projects with collaborative and IPD approach.
