Construction Management

United States
October 5, 2006 7:40pm CST
What is the difference between construction managagement and general contracting
4 responses
@pharper (15)
• United States
16 Oct 06
Based on my professional experiance with several different type of contractors, I can say this: General Contracters can either be a company of contracters who do many types of contracting jobs, from electrical to plumbing, to painting, to drywall, you name it. Indivuduals who are licensed, can also this alone. Construction Management is usually a company, or department that handles the planning and purchase/deployment of materials for large projects. Then, General Contracters come in and actually do the work. Construction Management companies whose clients need BIG projects (like a skycraper) will be in charge of hiring the architechs, the interior designers, and all the different crews of General contractes needed for such a complex build.
@tradeepak (108)
• India
18 Oct 06
Which one is better? CM or stuctural engineering?
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• United States
19 Oct 06
can structural engineering be part of the cm process
@bluedropus (1073)
• Vietnam
16 Oct 06
Do U have the answer yet?
@erevoz (399)
• Indonesia
18 Oct 06
hmm construction management is to manage the construction to successfull n general contracting is which contract
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