General introduction:

Process of Design Management in Construction Projects and phases of design management is a multipart and merged field. It doesn’t relate or belong to a single design discipline; it is a teamwork managed and controlled by a design manager. The roles and responsibilities of design manager to maintain essential structure of design process. This depends on the policy of design /consultancy office he works for, the size of the office, type of projects they design and type of their clients, experience of design team, the current market position.  Design management in general is a work process support and manage the design from inception to completion through the design manager who work with people and processes to come out with cost effective design that meet the client needs. His work includes planning, organizing, controlling, staffing, and directing design team and processes of all design.

Course goals and objectives:

Process of design management in construction projects is created for managing design procedures require regular follow-up efforts from design manager with his team. He is responsible about Motivating and encouraging internal and external design teams to ensure that structural drawings and designs are produced on time, to a high quality, he must be familiar with Method of design approach to any design along with Essential structure of design process and implications of management to the design problem. He/ the architect who work with clients can manage the design process and the design team. They must be aware of the basic techniques of planning, monitoring, and control process of the adopted design approach to meet the client requirements.

Course content:

During the course period, the instructor will explain, discuss, and analyze in detail with participants the principles of design management and process of managing phases of design of projects through architect and deign manager as per the listed topics:

1. Project Definition
2. Understanding the Elements of the Project Philosophy
3. Common Factors of Delay Caused by Consultant
4. The Principles of Design Management
5. Understanding the Design Process
6. Managing the Design Process
7. The Cyclical Model of the Design
8. Design and Design Constraints
9. Design as a Complex Process
10. Significant Changes in the Roles of the Architect and Other Designers
11. Roles of Architects
12. Design Terminologies
13. The Process of Building Design
14. The Process of Engineering Design
15. Stages, Roles, and Responsibilities
16. Alignment of Work Stages to Meet the Design Management Plan of Work
17. Project and Decision Stage
18. The Effect of Procurement Option
19. Essential architectural skills
20. Technical skills
21. Attention to details
22. Leadership skills
23. Problem solving skills
24. Introduction to Management
25. People and Organizations
26. Specialist Contractors Contribution in Agreement D & B
27. Organizational Structure of the Design Team
28. Creating the Project Culture
29. Defining the Tasks
30. The Concept and Schematic Design
31. Value Engineering
32. Buildability
33. Hazardous Operation
34. Life Cycle Cost of the Project
35. Planning, Monitoring, and Control
36. Successful Design Management (10 Steps)
37. The Implication of Project Management in Design Process
38. Design Guidelines
39. Writing Specifications
40. Risk by Risk Category
41. Method of Consultant Selection
42. Contractual Obligations of Consultant in Details
43. Design Guidance
44. Pre-Work and Effective Outline
45. Making the In-house Design Function

Who Should Attend:

Process of Design Management in Construction Projects are for Client representatives, project directors, project managers and their deputies, contracts managers, architects, quantity surveyors, value engineers, cost control engineers, project engineers, site manager, material engineers, site engineers, site inspectors, and other engineers of different disciplines in projects, engineers who works in private and government sector, the fresh graduate engineers. Engineers who work with developers, investors, project managers, consultants, contractors, bankers, lawyers, and accountants.