Organizational Structure for Time Management
During the stages of a construction project, activities may be undertaken in-house by the owner of the project or may be outsourced to the specialized agencies/ consultants/contractors, as follows:
a) Pre-construction — This may be carried out in-house and/or through a consultant(s).
b) Construction — This is carried out generally through one or more contractors. Eachcontractor may engage sub-contractors, although the main contractor remains responsible for the overall performance of the contract. The construction work may be supervised in-house or through a Project Management Consultant (PMC)
c) Commissioning and Handing Over — While the construction agency or agencies may hand over the project or the concerned component, owner may also be involved in commissioning and subsequent operation of the project. Appropriate organizational structure is required for meeting the objective of time management under the following units:
a) Organizational structure of owner for,
1) works to be carried out in-house, for example, planning and operation
2) coordination with and supervision of work of consultants, contractors/ construction agencies as per the agreements drawn up with them.
b) Organizational structure of consultants/ PMCs/contractors/construction agencies to fulfil their commitments as per the agreements entered into by them for,
1) works to be carried out in-house by these units.
2) works to be carried out by these units through sub-contractors, sub-consultants and supervision thereof.
The organizational structure for the time management process will vary from project to project. It may be necessary to clearly identify the persons or stakeholders who are delegated the functions of time management.
On large and medium projects, it may be necessary to have a separate individual or a unit for time management. In small sized projects, this role may be merged with some other functions.