工程管理专业英语教程.ppt

Unit 1 The Importance of Management in Civil Engineering Lesson 1 Emerging Role of Management in Civil Engineering 1. Why are managerial skills highly demanded in civil engineering? Because civil engineering firms have grown substantially in staff size, disciplines, and geographic areas served, so these conditions have created a demand for civil engineers with special skills in project management. 2. What are the main subjects one should learn in order to get MPM (Master’s in Project Management)? It includes subjects as: 1. Financial issues for engineers 2. Bargaining and negotiations 3. Human resources management 4. Project scheduling 5. Accounting issues for engineers 6. Engineering law 3. Why is it necessary to provide a local manager? What kind of qualities should he possess? When the projects are based in remote locations, particularly overseas, and when the client requires the design to be carried out locally, it becomes necessary to provide a project manager possessing not only well-honed engineering skills and good judgment, but other skills in contract management, such as those needed to negotiate changes in project scope and duration . Lesson 2 The Construction Industry What is construction? Why is the construction of projects so complicated? Construction is essentially a service industry, whose responsibility is to convert the plans and specifications prepared by an engineer or an architect into a finished project. The construction of projects involves thousands of details and complex interrelationships among owners, architects, engineers, general contractors, speciality contractors, manufacturers, material dealers, equipment distributors, governmental bodies and agencies, labor, and others What should designers and constructors do in order to cooperate with each other harmoniously? The designer must be in close contact with everything that is done during the construction work so that any changes in the site conditions, materials and work being done