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Project management is a process by which corporate objectives can be achieved successfully by correct planning, organising and managing of available resources. A project can be any event in the industry with a specific start date and a targeted end date to create a product or service to meet certain specifications and expectations and will bring added value to that same product or service.

Marcus Evans –Project Management will look at managing multiple ongoing interdependent projects at the same time or projects distributed over wide geographic limitations etc. which require more complex management techniques and specialized skills. Complex project management or ‘programme management’ involves larger scale projects than normal project management scenarios and require the project manager to have robust direction over resource allocation and more effective means of project monitoring and control.
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 What qualities are most important for a project manager to be effective? Over the past few years, the people at ESI International, world leaders in Project Management Training, have looked in to what makes an effective project manager.

With the unique opportunity to ask some of the most talented project leaders in the world on their Project Leadership courses ESI have managed to collect a running tally on their responses.

Below are the top 10 Qualities of a project manager in rank order according to frequency listed.

Inspires a Shared Vision

An effective project manager is often described as having a vision of where to go and the ability to articulate it. Visionaries thrive on change and being able to draw new boundaries. It was once said that a leader is someone who “lifts us up, gives us a reason for being and gives the vision and spirit to change.” Visionary leaders enable people to feel they have a real stake in the project. They empower people to experience the vision on their own. According to Bennis “They offer people opportunities to create their own vision, to explore what the vision will mean to their jobs and lives, and to envision their future as part of the vision for the organisation.” (Bennis, 1997)
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Construction professionals need to know how to balance the contingencies of risk with their specific contractual, financial, operational and organizational requirements.

Risk Management

Construction professionals need to know how to balance the contingencies of risk with their specific contractual, financial, operational and organizational requirements. In order to achieve this balance, proper risk identification and risk analysis is required. The risk management process entails identifying construction risks and exposures, and formulating an effective risk management strategy to mitigate the potential for loss.

Many construction professionals look at risks individually with a myopic lens and do not realize the potential impact that other associated risks may have on their business operations. Using a holistic risk management approach will enable a firm to identify all of the organization’s business risks. This will increase the probability of risk mitigation, with the ultimate goal of total risk elimination.
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While there are many things important to concrete construction, such as quality work and making a profit, safety must always be the No. 1 priority. For that reason, we are starting with safety to emphasize its importance as critical to a successful project.

Most accidents are preventable. Accidents are often due to carelessness and not thinking through what you are doing. You MUST plan for safety. The following list of things to watch out for on a concrete construction jobsite is not intended to be comprehensive. It does, however, serve to alert you to some of the more common safety in concrete construction:

* Fresh concrete can cause eye injuries and skin burns. When working with fresh concrete, wear protective clothing (a long-sleeved shirt, rubber boots, and rubber gloves) and eye protection to avoid getting fresh concrete on your skin or in your eyes. If you do get fresh concrete on your skin, wash it off with clean water. And remember that the tool clean-off bucket is not clean water.

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