An Intensive 5-day Training Course
Construction Supervision Skills
The Professional Way of Project Management

Course Introduction
The significance and applicability of effective and realistic techniques required to attain proficiency for professionals involved in construction plans will be covered in this Oxford Management Centre training course on reading construction plans and specifications. The final stage of a project's lifetime, which includes procurement, construction, advanced design, preliminary design, and feasibility, is construction planning.
The construction and execution of any building require a contract form, such as direct execution, and many steps must be completed after the construction paperwork were completed for projects to be delivered successfully. The application for a building permit is the first step in the construction process. After that, all plans and details are sent to the building department, where they are examined to make sure they comply with local building codes and zoning laws. Once this is done, a permit to begin construction is issued.
In addition to the necessary technical understanding, inspection teams also need to grasp the administrative and application skills. Ensuring the success of a project depends on the effective management and supervision of construction sites, while also minimizing risks. If it is not properly handled and controlled, there could be a significant risk and subsequent damage. This training course provides an introduction to useful techniques for managing project time and expenses. Furthermore, the rates of achievement and the amount of money spent at any point during the project can be used to forecast the project's eventual cost and duration.
This Construction Supervision Skills training course will feature:
- Gain experience with construction project management techniques
- Manage complex and challenging changes, claims, and disputes
- Recognize critical issues affecting project and site performance
- Meet deadlines and multitask at the site
- Apply innovative construction site supervision techniques to achieve project success
Objectives
By the end of this Construction Supervision Skills training course, participants will be able to:
- Help control work quality, progress, and cost at the construction site; cultivate positive working relationships
- Handle modifications, claims, and dispute resolution
- Assess and regulate work techniques, resources, and systems to satisfy site work needs
- A solid understanding of how building construction is carried out
- Gaining more expertise in the building construction process
- Recognizing issues with reading building drawings and knowing how to address them
- Acquiring knowledge of cost control and progress payment administration
- Conducting project meetings and overseeing team and individual performance
Training Methodology
This Construction Supervision Skills training course will utilise a variety of proven adult learning techniques to ensure maximum understanding, comprehension and retention of the information presented. The daily workshops will be highly interactive and participative. Videos and photos will be used for illustration.
Organisational Impact
Organisation will be able to expand and enhance their capacity in Construction Supervision by:
- Enhanced capacity for controlling and monitoring site supervision
- Better coordination and collaboration amongst construction parties
- Skillfully navigating and mitigating complex construction site scenarios, issues, problems, and challenges
- Effectively managing complex changes, claims, and counterclaims at the construction site
- Carefully choosing the project organization and honing management skills
- Saving waste money and time by mastering cost and time management
Personal Impact
By attending this training course, delegates will be able to increase their skill sets and competencies in:
- Skilful oversight of diverse building site situations
Managing milestones: organizing, arranging, and allocating resources at different stage gates - Communicating with and interacting with complex and demanding stakeholders
- Using tools and tactics for conflict and dispute resolution, including change, claims, counterclaims
- Successfully monitoring site progress and guaranteeing adherence to several tiers of key performance indicators
- Enhancing the technical proficiency of construction management
Who Should Attend?
This Construction Supervision Skills training course is designed for persons who desire to learn practical site management techniques that will assist them in completing work tasks, managing and matching key site stakeholders' expectations, establishing and maintaining priorities, and meeting deadlines for work and projects.
This training course is suitable for a wide range of Construction Project Management Professionals but will greatly benefit:
- Site Engineers
- Cost Engineers
- Site Superintendents
- Construction Managers
- Project Management Professionals
- New Construction Project Professionals
Course Outline
Day One
Introduction to Planning
- Kick-off meeting
- Master schedule (baseline): bar chart, network logic, line-of-balance
- Critical scheduling instruments, tools and techniques
- Communicating and updating schedules
- Information gathering and feeding back
- Scheduling and resourcing issues, challenges and way forward
Day Two
Assigning the Cost to the Plan
- Managing anticipated and unanticipated risk at site
- Factors impacting progress and performance KPIs
- Tracking and evaluating time, cost and quality
- Site compliance and corrective action
- Project cash flow and progress payment
Day Three
Process of Construction
- Types of buildings
- Building construction development
- Earthworks and soil investigation
- Understanding soil investigation and challenges of soil mechanics
- Precaution during construction foundations
- Workshop of soil reports
- Bearing capacity
Day Four
Specification of Concrete and Quality Control
- Component of concrete
- Storing concrete materials
- Mix of concrete
- Fresh tests of concrete
- Curing of concrete
- Types of foundations
- Types of piles
Day Five
Maintainance of Construction
- The language of concrete cracks
- Advanced method of repairing cracks
- Types of maintenance
- Negotiation strategies to manage multiple claims and Disputes
- Complex changes, claims and disputes management
Certificate
On successful completion of this training course, Oxford Management Centre Certificate with eligible Continuing Professional Education credits (CPE) from National Registry of CPE Sponsor and Professional Development Units (PDUs) / Contact Hours from Project Management Institute (PMI®), will be awarded to the delegates
Accreditation

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While, online training fees cover the course presentation and digital documentation and relevant materials.
The Oxford Management Centre Certificate of Completion with corresponding CPE credits shall be awarded to delegates who has successfully completed the training course.
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