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Project Profitability: Roles of a project manager BY HOWARD BIRNBERG, ASSOCIATION FOR PROJECT MANAGERS Civil + Structural Engineer provides news and articles online to supplement content in this print issue. Visit csengineermag.com daily for the latest news and check out the following articles posted online with the January 2018 issue: A successful project manager must have excellent communication skills. Project decision-making requires leaders who can communicate information to others to allow for effective implementation. One commentator noted not long ago that as the technology to communicate has improved, our ability to communicate has become more ineffectual. Fundamental to a project manager’s success is an effective decision-making system. Lines of communication must be clear. A project manager’s authority must be commensurate with his/her responsibility. Needed information must be accessible and timely. Individuals must be clear about their role within an organization.
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Diversions: Gold rush BY ANDY SCIARABBA, P.E., T.G. MILLER, P.C., ENGINEERS AND SURVEYORS Time for a new year’s resolution. My resolution is to bring more value to my clients. To achieve this I need a goal. No, scratch that. I need a Gold — the Goal of Gold. Our clients want it. They expect it. They “value” it. They covet it. But they can’t always have it. And when they can’t have it, we are expected to pull back, lower the standards, and reduce expectations. We have to “value engineer” it. Value engineering always rears its ugly head at that pivotal moment when the “well has run dry,” the “cup is half empty,” and the client is ready to “sell the farm.” It seems to happen more and more these days and never at a good time. It invariably comes about when the design is about to wrap up, right before the project has to “hit the streets” and “get into the ground.” Sometimes it happens after the project is in the ground. Where did the term value engineering come from anyway? And who made it up?
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