Pilo-Management 

Project management is “the art of directing and coordinating human and material resources throughout the life of a project by using modern management techniques to achieve predetermined objectives of scope, cost, time, quality, and participating objectives”. You can extend PMI’s definition to construction project management, where in a construction project manager uses the same model to achieve the same goal, only in a construction context

At its most fundamental level, construction project management handles the planning, coordination, and execution of a construction project, whether it’s agricultural, residential, commercial, institutional, industrial, heavy civil, or environmenta

Construction project management typically includes complicated tasks that can shift wildly, depending on the work at hand, and it requires strong skills in communication, deep knowledge of the building process, and the ability to problem-solve. Construction project management is a complex field, requiring knowledge in many different areas like finance, mediation, law, business, and more.

"Spend time on the job site observing the work being done and asking lots of questions. Get out in the field, get your boots muddy, and show respect to the trades who actually do the work of getting projects built.​

“Keep communication flowing. Bad news is just as important as good news

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"Commit yourself to ongoing education. The construction industry is in the midst of change — cost, project delivery systems, technology, demographics, and perhaps most important, sustainability (’green’) expectations, are all impacting how projects are designed, built, managed, and financed.

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"In construction management, the more we plan the luckier we get and the more successful our project becomes. 

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"Never stop studying or analyzing everything you see in a project. Never take anything for granted