Construction Project Monitoring & Control

About this course

Note: The course contents can be applicable to non-construction projectsProjects in general, and construction projects particularly, goes through different stages from their inception to their closeout. In the simplest terms, a typical project starts as a “concept” which develops with time going through different phases such as designing, bidding, procuring, executing, and closing. In the absence of applying a proper monitoring and control at each of these phases, one should not expect a successful project. WHY? Simply because construction projects are dynamic in nature. In construction, no project, almost, is executed as planned. For instance, changes are very likely to happen. Moreover, problems related to procurements, resource availability, productivity, financial acquisition, communications, quality, stakeholder engagements, etc. are common in construction project. Such factors can lead to delays in project completion and/or cost overruns.Thus, to avoid or minimize such pitfalls, it is of extreme importance to apply adequate periodical monitoring and control to your project. “Monitoring” is comparing the project’s actual performance against its planned performance (i.e. baseline), while “Control” is taking preventive and corrective actions to bring the possibly deviated project back on track.Accordingly, in this course, we will discuss and implement the common practices that are applied to project monitoring and control. The course is divided into five sections that are briefly described as follows:Section (1): The different project monitoring and control processes (e.g. validate scope, control scope, control schedule, control cost, monitor communications, etc.) will be discussed along with their integration. In addition, a review of project scheduling (critical path method and precedence diagram) will be disc