Construction project is a high-value, time-bound, special mission with predetermined performance objectives. The project mission is undertaken to achieve certain purpose such as constructing a building for own living, expanding facilities in a factory, developing real estate in property market or promoting a new product for marketing. Each project has a predetermined duration with a definite beginning and an identifiable end, Its starting point is the time when the idea or the need is conceived by the client, and its end marks the time when the mission is accomplished.
The development of a construction project depends upon many factors such as its purpose, nature, size, design-readiness, mode of execution and organisation. The development of a typical construction project, from initiation to its completion, can be broadly divided into four phases. These are initiation including organisation, planning and designing including procurement, execution and control, and close-up. Each phase of a project consists of one or more processes. Project completion is followed up by the product operation phase.
For any construction project, the project organisation is a temporary set up. Although some participants may separate out in one phase, the other move on the next one. The project manager (from the time of resuming the charge) becomes the key participant in all these phases and acts as a catalyst who motivates the participants for achieving the stage objectives and meeting the dead lines.
This unit highlights the various processes involved in different phases of developing and organizing the construction projects, It covers a brief detailing of different project phases along with the aspects pertaining to project organisation.
Objectives
After studying this unit, you should be able to
- understand the project life cycle,
- describe the salient features of a fast track approach,
- discuss the processes considered during the initiation phase and what does project planning, designing and procurement involve,
- explain the processes involved in project execution phase,
- describe that what does project close-up imply, and
- appreciate the need of effective project organisation.
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