Introductory Face to Face

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Introductory Face to Face brief notes

What are the aims of the module?

Provide an understanding of the professional and personal skills of a project manager.

Explain strategic processes used in formulating a project plan.

In order to achieve these aims:

Discuss the role of the Project Manager and his responsibilities

Debate the alternative strategies for development opportunities

Prepare a project from inception to completion

The Keys to to achieving these aims are:

Understanding of the planning application process and investigation required prior to purchasing the site

Explaining the procurement process

Selecting a project team

Minimising risk and maximising returns

People involved in urban development tend to see the development process as an

industrial process, that is to say, as a functional process in which the market meets

the demands of consumers by producing buildings for a variety of purposes. The

property developer is likened to an impresario ‘assembling and co-ordinating a variety

of skills and resources to provide accommodation for other commercial and industrial

activities’. This description reflects the general attitude of the development industry

itself.

A Project Managers Introduction to development strategy.

What purpose does the Project Manager serve?

2 important documents:

RICS Project Management Agreement and Conditions of Engagement (3rd Edition 1999)

CIOB Code of Practice for Project Manager for Construction and Development (2010)

Effective Project Management functions:

Organising the team and gathering the clients brief to the team, determining strategy, deciding priorities, taking decisions and instructing, negotiating and administrating consultant appointments and approving fees, setting targets, assessing and awarding performance

Issues to research:

Strategy approval

Construction legislation

Health and safety

Legal aspects; in contract, in tort and statutory duty

Highlights from session:

South of the M4 website

Planning permission

Problems

Identify several sites and draw conclusions: location, approval size,

Change of attitudes towards development, does this include commercial projects?

What are clients needs?

Breakeven calculations

Drawings; infrastructure, location plan, outline plan

What impacts on development

Papers 1 - 6 for Assignment 1

Who is the client

Case Law: Ryeland vs Fletcher

Project Manager dilemma; no clear demarcation, duty to act fairly and duty of care

Are there already tenants on site? nuisance, noise, considerate construction

Flood

Geology

Colateral warranty

Rights of way

Who is going to be using the hotel, market research

Standards for hotel chains

Key targets to meet

Research the planning portal