CONSTRUCTION

PROJECT LIFE CYCLE

Every individual involved in the process of planning, designing, financing, constructing
and operating physical facilities related to the project under consideration, gain
different viewpoints on project management for construction

The contribution of proficient knowledge can be very beneficial, mainly when it comes
to large and complicated projects, since experts in various specialties can offer
valuable services. On the other hand, it is very important and advantageous to
understand how the different parts of the process match together.

The poor coordination and communication between the specialists can result in
waste, excessive cost, and delays. It is chiefly the requirement of the owner to assure
that such flaws do not happen between them. And it owes all participants involved in
the project to regard the interests of owners, as at the end, it is the owners who
provide the resources and make the decisions.
Implementation of owner’s viewpoint will help the participants to focus on the completion of
the project by having proper attention in the process of project management for constructed
facilities. This would minimize the old concept of bringing decisions based on the historical
roles of specialists involved in the project.
Specialists mentioned are the planners, architects, engineering designers, constructors,
fabricators, material suppliers, financial analysts and others. It is true that each specialist
individually has a lot of contribution to the advances seen in the construction field.

But the understanding of the entire process of project management will make them respond
more effectively to the owner’s desires. Hence, they can contribute their proficiency through
opinions in improving the productivity and quality of their work

Enhancement of project management boosts the construction industry which in turn

facilitates the development of national and world economy. To have significant
improvements, know the construction industry, its working environment and the institutional
constraints affecting its activities and the nature of project management.
CONSTRUCTITON PROJECT LIFE CYCLE
The construction of a facility is a major capital investment. The owner can be an individual,
a private corporation or a public agency.

Most of the constructed facilities are custom made in consultation with the owners, with an
exception in the case of the residential units that may be sold as built by the real estate
developer. He is regarded as the sponsor of building projects, so far as government
agency may be the sponsor of a public project and turns it over to another government
unit upon its completion.

For project management, the terms “owner” and “sponsor” are one and the same because
both have the ultimate power to make all important decisions
PROJECT LIFE CYCLE OF THE CONSTRUCTION
LIFE CYCLE PHASES IN CONSTRUCTION PROJECT
 1. INITIATION PHASE OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECT
We have to create and evaluate the project in order to
determine if it is feasible and if it should be undertaken, at
the beginning of the project. Here the project objective or
When a solution is approved, a project is
need is identified; this can be a business problem or
initiated to implement the approved
opportunity.
solution. For this, a project manager is
appointed. At this stage, the major
A suitable response to the need is documented in a
deliverables and the participating work
business case with recommended solution options. A
feasibility study is conducted to examine whether each groups are identified. This is the time
option clearly identifies the project objective and a final when the project team begins to take
recommended solution is determined shape. Approval is then required by the
project manager to move onto the
detailed planning phase.
Many questions related to the issues of feasibility i.e. “can
we do the project?” and justification like “should we do the
project?” are mentioned and faced.
2. Planning Phase of Construction Project
The planning phase involves further development of the
project in detail to meet the project’s objective. The team
identifies all of the work to be done. The project’s tasks
and resource requirements are identified, along with the
strategy for producing them.

In a broader sense identification of each activity as well as

their resource allocation is also carried out. A project plan
outlining the activities, tasks, dependencies, and
timeframes is created.
The project manager is the one who coordinates the
preparation of a project budget by providing cost
estimates for the labor, equipment, and materials costs.
This is mainly carried out by project scheduling software
like MS project or PRIMAVERA. This scheduling charts
would help us to track the stages of our project as time
passes. This is also referred to as “scope management.”
The budget of the project already estimated is used to
monitor and control cost expenditures during project
implementation.

Finally, we require a document to show the quality plan,

providing quality targets, assurance, and control
measures, along with an acceptance plan, listing the
criteria to be met to gain customer acceptance. At this
point, the project would have been planned in detail and is
ready to be executed.
 3. Execution Phase of Construction Project
This is the implementation phase, where the project plan is put into motion and the work
of the project is performed practically on site. It is essential to maintain control and
communicate as needed during each implementation stages.

Progress should be continuously monitored and appropriate adjustments are made and
recorded as variances from the original plan. A project manager is the one who spends
most of the time in this step. Throughout the project implementation, people carry out the
tasks, and progress information is being reported through regular project team meetings

The project manager uses this information to preserve control over the direction of the
project by comparing the progress reports with the project plan to measure the
performance of the project activities. If any deviation is found from the already defined
plan corrective measures are made.
The first option of action should always be to bring the project back to the original plan. If
that cannot happen, the team should record variations from the original plan and record
and publish modifications to the plan. all through this step, project sponsors, and other
key stakeholders are kept informed about the project’s status as per the agreed rate and
format of communication. The plan should be updated and available on a regular basis.

Status reports should always highlight the probable end point in terms of cost, schedule,
and quality of deliverables. Each project deliverable produced should be reviewed for
quality and measured against the acceptance criteria.

When deliverables have been produced and the customer has agreed on the final
solution, the project is said to be ready for closure.
4. Performance and Monitoring Phase of
Construction Project

This stage is all related to the measurement of

progress and performance to make sure that items
are tracking with the project management
scheduling. This phase regularly happens at the
same time as the execution phase.
 5. Closure Phase of Construction Project
During the final closure, the importance is on providing the
final deliverables to the customer, that is:

o Handing over project documentation to the business

o Termination of supplier contracts

o Releasing project
resources

o Communicate the closure of the project to all stakeholders.

o Last and final is to conduct lessons-learned studies to examine what went well and
what didn’t.
This type of analysis would make the knowledge of experience to be transferred back
to the project organization, which will help future project teams