The Industry and Profession in Construction Management

University System of Maryland and University of Maryland, College Park via edX

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Free Online Course (Audit)
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English
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$249.00 Certificate Available
Duration & workload

4 weeks, 2-3 hours a week
Sessions

On-Demand
Level

Intermediate
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English, Arabic, German, Spanish, French, Hindi, Indonesian, Portuguese, Swahili, Telugu, Turkish, Chinese

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The industry and profession in construction management is big business. The construction industry will continue to play a key role in society.

Opportunities in construction management are endless. The course covers some of the following topics:

Characteristics that define the construction industry.
Four major sectors of construction management projects.
Current trends within the construction industry and role in society.
Skills to lead construction, specifically the Owner, Designer, and Construction Manager, and key stakeholders.

This course concentrates on the people who fill the roles of owner, designer, and construction manager, and must understand the following:

Responsibility and authority of the key construction management participants.
How is the construction industry changing?
Construction companies need leaders.
Continuous quality improvement.
The three forms of business organizations.
Characteristics of an effective construction management leader.
The art and science of organizing and leading a construction management project.
How the life of a facility goes through phases starting out as an idea combined with money and a project is born.
Understand planning, design, and construction tasks and how people are involved in the lifecycle of a building.
Analyze the need for the facility and whether it is economically feasible. This is life-cycle cost analysis.
Differentiate construction workers , their construction trade , and work experience.
What is the employment growth in the construction industry?
Differences in building construction projects and infrastructure projects.
How to use project management techniques in construction management.
Best practices in communication skills and field operations.
Construction methods and materials.
The role of civil engineering and other engineering disciplines.
Improving your construction experience and benefiting from real world lessons learned.

Architects design the project. Construction management professionals build the project at the construction site. All parties need to work in harmony to fulfill the functions that must be performed.

Syllabus

● Week 1: Construction industry.

● Week 2: Construction project participants.

● Week 3: Organizing and leading the construction project.

● Week 4: Project chronology and lifecycle.

Taught by

Neil Schulman

Reviews

4.8 rating, based on 69 Class Central reviews

4.6 rating at edX based on 32 ratings

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Mohammad Farhat @mfarhat

The Industry and Profession in Construction Management course provides an overview of the construction industry and a construction manager's roles and responsibilities. The course covers project delivery methods, construction documents, and constru…

The Industry and Profession in Construction Management course provides an overview of the construction industry and a construction manager's roles and responsibilities.
The course covers project delivery methods, construction documents, and construction safety, making it a valuable and practical resource for anyone interested in pursuing a career in construction management. Also, the course covers essential topics such as risk management, quality control, and project scheduling.
This course is ideal for students and professionals who want to better understand the construction industry and its management practices.
Upon completing this course, students and professionals will have a solid foundation in construction management.
Anonymous

Course provides a great over view of the industry and the roles a project manager may provide. The course outlines the roles and task to be completed during the entire life cycle of a project from idea to completion. One down side of the course is that it does not go into as much depth of the actual day to day of the project manager. The course is not to difficult to finish. I completed it in about three days. It would be a good course if you need PDU hours.
Anonymous

The course offers a solid foundation in construction management, balancing theoretical knowledge with practical applications. By incorporating more interactive and diverse learning methods, as well as expanding on certain topics, the course could further enhance its effectiveness and engagement for students
Anonymous

this course overviews the career and opportunities in construction management. the roles and responsibilities of construction managers. the project players and responsibilities of each player. How Construction management is a growing industry.
Anonymous

The course was short and interesting, with real-world examples. The instructor was moving at a great pace. if you are a beginner and would like to further your studies in construction management, this will be a good start for you.
Anonymous

this class is very useful and make me more close with construction.After this class, I know industry and profession in construction management courses makes me more interested and want to learn more courses about construction.
Anonymous

i like the course very much, it was so easy and benchmark learning as well, no doubt i will be going to get the certificate soon so i can continue in my learning cycle.
Anonymous

It was a great course; I learned the basic concepts about construction management. the videos and the notes were easy to follow and very helpful
Anonymous

AS A student i learned lot of things from this course the case study examples and other type examples are very use ful to me thanks
Anonymous

This course is very insightful it offers practical knowledge and skills essential for effective construction management.
Anonymous

In-Depth & Knowledgeable course. Highly recommend if you are looking to pursue a career in Construction Management.
ALFRED ENOW

This course provided an overview of the construction industry and the roles and responsibilities of the different players. It help to understand that construction is not just construction, but its goal is to make life better for the people. The cou…

This course provided an overview of the construction industry and the roles and responsibilities of the different players. It help to understand that construction is not just construction, but its goal is to make life better for the people. The course was great for someone like me with no prior knowledge to the construction industry, The course was refreshing and covered most of the basics of how things operate. The recaps after each video gave me a second chance to overview and watch the video. The notes that were provided made my understating easy.
The explanation made by the professor were clear, simple. I will look this as a starting point for me and I will do more research and go deep to gain more knowledge as I plan to pursuits this career. Thank you all for your effort to share knowledge and experience.
Patridge Bhunu Shava

The course is great, delivery is good. Explanations are clear simple and straightforward. The course material is however not sufficient. I would expect some references, literature and even some content on drawbacks of construction management. I wou…

The course is great, delivery is good. Explanations are clear simple and straightforward.
The course material is however not sufficient. I would expect some references, literature and even some content on drawbacks of construction management. I would expect issues of disputes and how the construction manager deals with these on a daily basis.
At the end of the lecture, I would have liked to see relevant literature for future and further references to stimulate further anxiety about the course.
Maybe some illustrations of the hierarchy of the construction sector depicting the trades, the professionals would also have enhanced clarity of the importance of a construction manager.

I liked the aspect of technology use in construction site supervisions and inspections. More could be said about this and how this technology is further used in dispute resolutions and general teaching of construction now and in future.
I would also liked to see some discussion forum where students and lecturers exchange views on aspects of the industry and profession in construction management.

One aspect pertaining the courses in general is the inability of some of us to also view the content of the paid course when not verified. This leaves a huge gap in our knowledge. It would be best if we could also access the content even though we should not lay claim to a certificate until and unless we pay. Just a thought.
Overall this course is a great introductory course to construction management. I would also recommend it to colleagues in future.
I really enjoyed the course thanks you very much.
Anonymous

This class is very useful for becoming a project manager. I am a civil engineering student studying construction management. Thanks to this class, namely the Industry And Profession in Construction Management. I can get know more about everything related to it, the supporting knowledge of construction management is all here. strarting from organization, schedulling, procurement, technical. and last I hope that next I can become a great project manager in the future.
Anonymous

The course is great for someone who has no prior knowledge to the construction industry. If you do, however, have prior experience, this first course is more of a refresher course as it covers most of the basics of how things operate. The recaps after each video allows you the opportunity to just listen and watch the video without the need to pause and take notes as everything is nicely summarized after the video on the next slide.
Mustafa A. Salman

the course was good and easy to understand, i believe recommending a topic related books would enrich the course and students knowledge.
Thank You
Anonymous

This is very good course I liked it soo much I learnt a lot of things from this course I enjoyed a lot while learning this course and I gain a lot of knowledge by seeing the videos and I test how much my knowledge by writing the tests
ChristineProctor

I have enjoyed the format of this training. The videos are followed up by text and the knowledge checks really help me know I'm on the right track. I can't wait to finish my certificate to help me move up in my job field and keep learning.
Anonymous

It is very useful for freshers who don't know about this course.I think so this course is used for gaining knowledge.In the course good lectures and notes, good professor's are there to help you for gaining knowledge.
Robert Creamer

Great course, I will definitely take another one. The material was easy to follow and it was laid out in a way that was easily understood. I plan to continue my construction management education through MDU.