Abstract
This paper discusses the findings of a study conducted under the direction and supervision of the ASCE Committee on Management Practices in Construction (MPIC) to investigate the expectations of the parties involved in the construction process including designers, general contractors, subcontractors, owners, construction managers (CMs), and educators, relative to construction managers’ duties and responsibilities. Statistical analysis was conducted to investigate if consensus exists among the parties and to highlight the agreements and disagreements between them. The findings were compared against the findings of an identical study also commissioned by MPIC 10 years before this study was performed. This study raises awareness among project participants about the fact that they should reconcile their differences and have a common understanding of CM duties over all phases of the construction project since general agreement over CM duties makes CM scope negotiations all the easier.
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Data generated or analyzed during the study are available from the corresponding author by request. Information about the Journal’s data-sharing policy can be found here: http://ascelibrary.org/doi/10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0001263.
Acknowledgments
We gratefully acknowledge the financial support of ASCE and CMAA, in particular the help of Katerina Lachinova, executive director of the ASCE Construction Institute, and Bruce d’Agostino, former president of CMAA. We are thankful for the guidance, patience, and encouragement provided by the Committee on Management Practices in Construction (MPIC) of the ASCE Construction Institute. At the time this research was conducted, the members of the Committee on MPIC included Dr. Jennifer Shane (chair), Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa; Sean Mulholland (vice chair), Penrose/St. Francis Health Services, Colorado Springs, Colorado; Cary M. Junior (secretary), Malise Associates, Inc., Detroit; David S. Adams, Gannett Fleming, Inc., Lincoln, California; David Arditi, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago; Debra Brisk, Plymouth, Minnesota; Thomas A. Broz, Stantec Consulting Services, Inc., Irvine, California; Gabriel Cajigas, Tenaris/Gabca: PMO Eng., Humble, Texas; Raymond R. Crawford, WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff, Inc., Herndon, Virginia; Melbourne Garber, Gideon GRC Consulting, Syosset, New York; Abdul Iscandari, WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff, Inc., Chicago; Matthew M. McDole, LS Gallegos & Associates, Centennial, Colorado; Terry W. Micheau, S.P.U.R., San Francisco; Sinem Mollaoglu, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan; Mehmet Egemen Ozbek, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado; Zachary Pucel, TranSystems, Schaumburg, Illinois; John E. Schaufelberger, University of Washington, Seattle; Asregedew Woldesenbet, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Omaha, Nebraska.
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Received: Mar 15, 2018
Accepted: Nov 19, 2018
Published online: Apr 17, 2019
Published in print: Jul 1, 2019
Discussion open until: Sep 17, 2019
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