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Project Management

Usually program management is used on fairly large complicated projects. It is also used when the owner does not have the staff to supervise a construction project. Program managers are valuable when the owner has significant coordination issues. For example, consider a project that involves the partial demolition of an existing structure and continued use of a portion of the building during construction. If the owner does not have people on staff qualified to supervise the contractor and the architect, and provide overall coordination, the program manager is worth his or her weight in gold.

Project management is a similar delivery method, however, the scope and the authority are probably not as broad as program management (and usually cheaper).

Whether the arrangement is design-bid-build, design-build, construction management agency or construction management at risk, there are certain basic concepts that never change. For one, the contractor has control over the construction methods, techniques and schedule. Generally, the owner has responsibility for delivering the site and is responsible for the conditions which exist at the time of construction. The architect, regardless of which side of the table he or she occupies, has responsibility for design.

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