Week 1: Day 3

Palace Of Sheikh Mohammad

In the early morning and on our way to the office, we took a detour to look at the palace of Sheikh Mohammad and the beautiful peacocks surrounding it. Everyone took photos and kept a memory of the moment.

Lecture 3 : Construction Management

Upon our to arrival to office, Mr. Yabroudi discussed with us the site visit of the previous day and answered some of our questions concerning details about the private villa. 

At 9:30 am, we moved to the lecture room and started our third lecture on construction management presented by DCC contracts director: Ian Harper in the presence of Mr. Yabroudi and the SU Chancellor. The lecture tackled the fundamental aspects of construction management: Time, cost, quality, safety and health as well as environmental concerns. Moreover, labor flow, material and shop drawings submittal schedules were also discussed.

After lunch break, lectures proceeded and we learned all about the Construction Management Team CMT at DCC. We read typical job descriptions of the project director, project manager, contract manager, planning engineer and QA/QC engineer and knew the exact tasks and responsibilities of each member of the team, and we learned that the secret behind the success of a Construction firm is teamwork and leadership skills inherent in every manager.