Construction Supervision Skills

Introduction

This LAKESHORE ISL Construction Supervision Skills training will feature the importance and relevance of efficient and practical strategies necessary to achieve competency for professionals involved in Construction Supervision. Construction Supervision is the culmination of events in a project’s lifecycle which encompasses feasibility, preliminary design, advanced design, procurement and construction.

For the successful delivery of projects, supervision teams have to understand the managerial and supervision skills, in addition to their technical knowledge, that they need to have. Construction job sites have to be managed and supervised well and risk free to ensure the likelihood of project success. There is potentially high risk and impact if it is not managed and supervised effectively.

This training will feature:

• Practice in Construction Project Management Techniques
• Collaboration and coordination strategies
• Understand crucial issues affecting project and site performance
• Methods to meet deadlines and how to multitask at site
• Innovative construction site supervision techniques to achieve project success
• Managing complex and challenging changes, claims and disputes

Objectives

By the end of this LAKESHORE ISL training course, participants will be able to:

• Assess and control work methods, resources and systems to meet site work requirements
• Contribute to controlling work quality, progress and cost at Construction Site
• Develop productive working relationships, manage changes, claims and resolve disputes
• Learn cost control and progress payment administration
• Lead project meetings and manage the performance of teams and individuals

Training Methodology

This LAKESHORE ISL Civil & Construction Engineering training will utilise a variety of proven adult training techniques such as group discussions and team exercises to ensure maximum understanding, comprehension and retention of the information presented. This includes discussion of the goals of each participant to ensure their needs are fulfilled, as far as possible. Questions are encouraged throughout which provides opportunities for participants to discuss specific issues and, if possible, find appropriate solutions.

Organisational Impact

Organisation will be able to expand and enhance their capacity in Construction Supervision by:

• Elevated site supervision control and monitoring capability
• Improved high quality site supervision to ensure seamless coordination and collaboration by various construction parties
• Mitigating and navigating skillfully complex construction site scenarios, issues, problems and challenges
• Effective management of complex changes, claims and counter claims at construction site

Personal Impact

By attending this LAKESHORE ISL training course, delegates will be able to increase their skill sets and competencies in:

• Effective supervision of various construction site scenarios
• Communicating and dealing with challenging and difficult stakeholders
• Milestones management – Planning, scheduling and resourcing at various stage gates
• Applying change, claim, counter claims, conflict and dispute resolution tools and techniques
• Effective site progress reporting and ensuring successful compliance with different layers KPIs

Who Should Attend?

This LAKESHORE ISL Construction Supervision Skills training programme is designed for persons who desire to learn practical site management techniques that will assist them in completing work tasks, managing and matching key site stakeholders’ expectations, establishing and maintaining priorities and meeting deadlines for work and projects.

This LAKESHORE ISL training programme is suitable to a wide range of Construction Project Management professionals but will greatly benefit:

• New Construction Project Professionals
• Site Engineers
• Site Superintendents
• Construction Managers
• Cost Engineers

Seminar Outline

DAY 1

Organization, Health and Safety

• The Participants: Owner, Contractor and subcontractors
• Clear characteristics of roles and responsibilities
• Contractual Issues and exposures in construction projects
• Basic Safety Rules and Compliance, Jobsite Conditions and Hazards
• Construction Equipment Safety
• Health, Safety, Environment and Sustainability Compliance and Management

DAY 2

Navigating, Coordinating and Harmonizing with Key Site Players

• Employer, Consultants, Contractors, Subcontractors coordination
• Kick-off Meeting
• Owner and Contractor’s Meetings
• Temporary buildings, utilities, services and confined spaces
• Security and Hazard control
• Team phases, development and harmonization – managing and matching expectations

DAY 3

Planning, Scheduling and Resources Commitment at Site

• Master Schedule (Baseline): Bar chart, Network logic, Line-of-Balance
• Critical Scheduling instruments, tools and techniques
• Communicating and Updating Schedules
• Information Gathering and Feeding back
• Scheduling and Resourcing issues, challenges and way forward

DAY 4

Progress Control, Monitoring and Reporting

• Managing anticipated and unanticipated risk at site
• Factors Impacting Progress and Performance KPIs
• Tracking and evaluating Time, Cost and Quality
• Site Compliance and Corrective Action
• Project Cash flow and progress payment

DAY 5

Changes, Claims, Counter Claims and Dispute Resolution

• Causes of Change and how to effectively manage Changes
• Claims, Counter Claims and Disputes
• Negotiation Strategies to manage multiple Claims and Disputes
• Complex Changes, Claims and Disputes management
• Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Tools and Techniques (Mediation and Arbitration)