Who's on Your CM Team?

Today's pipeline projects are complex, faced with challenging constraints, regulatory requirements, volatile costs, multiple jurisdictions and high expectations by all stakeholders. The project delivery methods vary, but Construction Management (CM) services add value and needed resources to the delivery of the end product. Owners often retain third-party construction management services for difficult projects such as the Aurora Prairie Waters Project which included an alluvial well field, an aquifer recharge and recovery basin, over 37 miles of 60" diameter steel pipe, three 50 million gallons per day raw water pump stations and a water purification facility. Other owners retain consultants used in a Construction Management Staff Augmentation role for their multiple project deliveries. As CM for both 3^rd Party and Staff Augmentation delivery methods, the authors provide insight to the following project specific challenges during construction: (1) Environmental Controls and Oversight (2) Owner Controlled Insurance Program (OCIP) (3) In-plant Fabrication Inspection (4) As-built information and use of hand held GPS survey measurements (5) Project Controls Administration (6) Multijurisdictional Installations and Permit Requirements (7) Coordination with the Designer and/or Program Manager (8) Public Involvement and Land Acquisition The key to successful project construction is in CM teamwork. Owner and consultant staff can be used to deliver the construction project, though each may have their own methods of performing work and their own tools which are used. This paper discusses how using CM which is specifically tailored to match the needs of the project can control costs for owners throughout the project. The authors begin defining some CM terms and then describing instances when an owner should consider bringing in consultant services. The value delivered to owners is shared from the authors' experience with pipeline construction providing owners, developers and engineers a framework for developing successful CM services while optimizing use of existing staff.