Training Course on Construction Projects Supervision

Course Description

What does Construction Supervision mean?

Construction Supervision entails taking responsibility for on-site management, logistics, smooth operations, and safety in addition to other issues and duties in a highly risky and challenging environment. This Training Course on Construction Projects Supervision offered by Phoenix Center for Policy, Research and Training will help the participants to hone their skills to handle these responsibilities effectively and understand standards and best practices to keep their project sites safe. It will help them stand out with unique skills from their peers.

This Training Course on Construction Projects Supervision offered by Phoenix Center for Policy, Research and Training will involve rigorous and well-prepared training that will be poised to help those who will be taking the course to gain practical knowledge which can elevate their careers. It will feature the necessary and important practical strategies that are required to achieve professional competency in construction supervision. Supervision is part of the life cycle of any project, which includes preliminary designs, procurement, feasibility study, advanced design, and construction, and therefore, it is considered a very important part of the project.

What is Supervision in Civil Engineering?

The nature, importance, and level of supervision that is required in any construction site will majorly depend on the expected outcome by the client and management. It will consider the risk management level that is carried out by the main contractor on the site. Supervision should be specifically assigned to a certain individual or group of people to avoid vagueness as it can be risky. Important questions such as who will be supervising or which kind of supervision plan is in place are critical to the success of any project. Different workers require different types of supervision; it is, therefore, important to have a supervision plan in place to answer these questions.

Some typical functions of a supervisor that professionals will learn to execute include planning, allocating work, compliance, building teamwork, monitoring performance, making critical decisions, and ensuring everyone is involved. Everyone is important and critical in ensuring the successful completion of any construction project; learning these skills will help the participant to handle everyone properly and effectively.

Supervision’s main task is to understand both managerial and supervision skills in addition to technical knowledge that is compulsory for construction sites supervision. Any construction site must be well managed to ensure the environment is risk-free and increase the chances for the project to succeed. With poor supervision, the risk and impact of it failing is very high. This Training Course on Construction Projects Supervision offered by Phoenix Center for Policy, Research and Training will introduce the participants to the practical tools and techniques to control the construction process and cost during the project’s time. The course will highlight the following:

• Managing complex and challenging changes, disputes, and claims
• Collaboration and coordination strategies
• Methods to meet deadlines and how to multitask at the site
• Practice in construction project management techniques and methods

Course Objectives

Upon the successful completion of this Training Course on Construction Projects Supervision, participants will be able to:

• Learn and understand cost control
• Reduce construction costs by reducing costs arising from legal issues due to poor management and consequently increasing profits
• Assess and control work methods, systems, collaborations, and resources to meet site work detailed requirements
• Learn and understand progress payment administration
• Manage changes, evaluate claims, resolve disputes amicably, and develop a welcoming and productive working relationship
• Offer high-quality site supervision to ensure smooth running and coordination by different construction stakeholders
• Effectively manage the performance of every individual and team by leading team meetings
• Apply dispute resolution tools and techniques, improved counterclaim handling, and better changes application

Training Methodology

The course is designed to be highly interactive, challenging and stimulating. It will be an instructor led training and will be delivered using a blended learning approach comprising of presentations, discussions, guided sessions of practical exercise, case study review, web-based tutorials, group work, exploration of relevant issues collaborative strength training, performance measurement, and workshops of participants’ displays, all of which adhere to the highest standards of training. The training technique is built on learning by doing, with lecturers using a learner-centered approach to engage participants and provide tasks that allow them to apply what they’ve learned. Experiential knowledge is also given equal importance within the format of training. Our facilitators are seasoned industry professionals with years of expertise in their chosen fields. All facilitation and course materials will be offered in English.

Who Should Attend?

This Training Course on Construction Projects Supervision would be suitable for, but not limited to:

• Construction Managers who would wish to upscale their skills
• Site Engineers
• Cost Engineers who would wish to cut down the expenditures
• Site Superintendents

Course Content

Module 1: Control, Planning, Monitoring, and Scheduling

• Site compliance and corrective action
• Communication and updating the existing schedules
• Managing the foreseeable and anticipated risks
• Gathering information using the feedback plan
• Managing non-foreseeable and unanticipated risks
• Factors affecting progress and how to monitor the KPIs
• Scheduling and resourcing issues
• Dealing with challenges and the way forward

 Module 2: Health and Safety in the Organization

• Healthy compliance management
• Contractual issues and exposures in any new or existing construction site
• Ensuring safety of construction equipment
• Clear characteristic and types of roles and responsibilities
• Safety and sustainability compliance management
• Jobsite conditions to remove all hazards
• Environmental safety compliance
• Basic safety guidelines

Module 3: Dispute Resolution, Claims, Changes, and Developing Counterclaims

• The ADR (Alternative Dispute Resolution) methods and techniques
• How to handle claims
• Resolving disputes in an amicable way
• Dealing with complex changes
• Dispute management and handling
• Causes of rapid changes and how to manage this kind of changes
• Negotiation strategies to handle various challenges and disputes

Module 4: Handling the Key Site Players

• Team phases and how to handle them
• Leading an owner and contractor meeting
• Controlling various security hazards
• Managing and matching expectations
• How to deal with confined spaces, utilities, lack of services, and structures erected for temporary use
• Harmonization
• Master schedule
  • Line-of-balance
  • Network logic
  • Bar chart
• Developing a good development plan

Module 5: Technical Skills Requirement

• Skills checklist
  • Soil investigation handling and report writing
  • Construction elements synchronization
  • Reading design drawings
  • Introduction to reinforced concrete use and concrete
• Soil investigation development and soil mechanics challenges
• Project cash flow and progress payment
• Observing precaution during construction foundations
• Handling quality issues when it comes to concrete

Module 6: Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Tools for Construction Dispute Handling

• Arbitration
• Med-adjudication
• Conciliation
• Third-party opinion and mediation
• Neutral fact finding
• Consumers rights act
• Early neutral evaluation
• Outside court settlement

Module 7: Work Scheduling

• Quantitative scheduling
• PERT (Program Evaluation and Review Technique)
  • Expected time
  • Most likely time
  • Optimistic time
  • Pessimistic time
• Resources oriented scheduling
• Using Gantt charts
• Last planner system
• Critical path method

Module 8: Handling Workers

• Celebrating Wins
• Engaging The Workers Regularly
• Utilize Collaborative Systems
• Reducing Stress in Workplace
• Daily Tasks Assignment
• Setting Clear Expectation
  

Requirements

• Participants should be reasonably proficient in English.
• Applicants must live up to Phoenix Center for Policy, Research and Training admission criteria.

NOTE

1. Discounts: Organizations sponsoring Four Participants will have the 5th attend Free
2. What is catered for by the Course Fees: Fees cater for all requirements for the training – Learning materials, Lunches, Teas, Snacks and Certification. All participants will additionally cater for their travel and accommodation expenses, visa application, insurance, and other personal expenses.
3. Certificate Awarded: Participants are awarded Certificates of Participation at the end of the training.
4. The program content shown here is for guidance purposes only. Our continuous course improvement process may lead to changes in topics and course structure.
5. Approval of Course: Our Programs are NITA Participating organizations can therefore claim reimbursement on fees paid in accordance with NITARules.

Booking for Training

Simply send an email to the Training Officer on training@phoenixtrainingcenter.com and we will send you a registration form. We advise you to book early to avoid missing a seat to this training.

Or call us on +254720272325 / +254737566961

Payment Options

We provide 3 payment options, choose one for your convenience, and kindly make payments at least 5 days before the Training start date to reserve your seat:

1. Groups of 5 People and Above – Cheque Payments to: Phoenix Center for Policy, Research and Training Limited should be paid in advance, 5 days to the training.
2. Invoice: We can send a bill directly to you or your company.
3. Deposit directly into Bank Account (Account details provided upon request)

Cancellation Policy

1. Payment for all courses includes a registration fee, which is non-refundable, and equals 15% of the total sum of the course fee.
2. Participants may cancel attendance 14 days or more prior to the training commencement date.
3. No refunds will be made 14 days or less before the training commencement date. However, participants who are unable to attend may opt to attend a similar training course at a later date or send a substitute participant provided the participation criteria have been met.

Tailor Made Courses

This training course can also be customized for your institution upon request for a minimum of 5 participants. You can have it conducted at our Training Centre or at a convenient location.

For further inquiries, please contact us on Tel: +254720272325 / +254737566961 or Email training@phoenixtrainingcenter.com  

Accommodation

Accommodation is arranged upon request and at extra cost. For reservations contact the Training Officer on Email: training@phoenixtrainingcenter.com or on Tel: +254720272325 / +254737566961