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Commercial Construction Management: A Quick Guide

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Construction project management covers a massive number of projects and there are all sorts of builds associated with it. Most people think of the housing market when they think of construction, especially single-occupancy homes, but that’s only a small fraction of the industry. Commercial construction management, for example, is huge.

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What Does a Building Inspection Cover? (Checklist Included)

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Construction projects must adhere to many codes and regulations. Before a construction project can be completed, it must pass a building inspection. Building inspections vary, but they’re part of the construction process for commercial, residential and industrial projects. We explain everything you need to know.

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Project management degrees: Do you need one and what you can do with it

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But you will benefit from a project management certification such as PMP® , CAPM® or PRINCE2® in order to get a job as a project manager. There are lots of online courses that make it easy to take a short certification program. Let’s say you currently work in a construction project management role.

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Project Management Job Titles: Understanding the Types of Roles in Project Management

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A Construction Project Manager is a specialist working in the construction field. Whether you love retail or catering, tech or medicine, there will be a project management job in that field. Project Controller If you want an entry level job in heavy industry like engineering, construction, then look for this job title.

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What can I do with a degree in project management?

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Trust me, if you are good at what you do, can demonstrate project management best practices and have the certifications to back you up, you’ll get a job. Let’s say you currently work in a construction project management role. Expect digital project management to earn more than retail, for example.

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Top 10 Project Management Methodologies – An Overview

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When to Use It: The Waterfall approach is great for manufacturing and construction projects , which are highly structured, and when it’s too expensive to pivot or change anything after the fact. The Project Management Institute (PMI) is a not-for-profit membership association, project management certification and standards organization.

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Exploring the differences: Projects vs operations examples

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More examples could be research, design, events, replacing manual work with digital or automation, construction or legal work on a case. Let’s say you work for a clothing retailer. In other words, the parts of the business that keep the lights on. This includes both the ‘front-line’ services and the ‘behind-the-scenes’ services.

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