This document discusses the roles and responsibilities of a project manager for constructing additional floors at a hospital. It notes that the scenario describes a project due to its unique goal, limited resources and time constraints. As a project, its critical success factors will depend on balancing time, cost and performance. The construction falls under institutional and infrastructure categories. Key roles for the project manager would be planning, setting benchmarks, managing pollution risks during construction, and ensuring specifications are met, such as providing 500 beds. Given options, a senior project engineer from the local engineering department would be the best choice as project manager due to their engineering and construction management qualifications, ability to plan and coordinate, and experience reducing pollution risks.

1. Laboratory Session 02
Need and Role of Project Management
1. Is the above scenario fit to the definintion ofa project? Explain
The Project defines as a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique results ,product or services. It is
not like a routine operation or job but a specific set of designed operations to fulfill a singular goal ,there
are certain limitations in every project like limited reources,time schedule or limited specifications etc.it is
very important to complete the project on time ,on budget and according to requirement highlighted by
the owner/client.therefore ,the given scenario is a project.
2. What can you anticipate about the most critical success factors ofthe project ?
The success of any project depends on three extended triple constraints.These triple constraints impose a
higher degree of accountability. They also highlight one of the primary functions of project management,
which is balancing the trade-off between time, cost and performance while satisfying the customer.
3. What category ofconstruction this project falls in?
There are different categories of construction some of them are given below:
 Commercial
 Industrial
 Infrastructure
 Recreational
 Institutional
Hospital building comes under the category of institutional and infrasturcture construction

2. 4. What can be the project management role on this project? Identify and explain
Role ofProject Management
 Planing and setting benchmarks
An integral aspect of the ongoing monitoring of a project is setting benchmarks to monitor progress, this
allows the project manager to identify whether or not the project is on target to finish on time and within
budget it the responsibility of project manager to produce a critical path and understanding time for each
phase and to ensure that the project will complete on time .it is highlighted that project needs to be started
in two months so in any project plannigand monitoring the project is important .
 PollutionRisk
Pollution risks due to construction are typically classified as air pollution, waste pollution, noise
pollution, and water pollution.since these 5 floors are going to be constructed within the hospital
premises so,it is the responsibility of the project manager to adopt certain precautions/measures to control
the construction noise and other pollution related to constuction.
 Specifications
The project should be constructed according to the specification /requirement given by client/owner in
according to given scenario these 5 floors should provide 500- bed capacity is one of the specification.
5. If you were the hospital management, what would your choice before selection ofconstruction
manager, from the three options,
 Senior project engineer ofthe local engineering department.
 Architectural firm
 Construction management firm
SENIOR PROJECT ENGINEER ARCHITECTURAL FIRM CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMNET
FIRM
PLUSES
 Project engineer often project
managers with qualification in
engineering as well as construction
management.
 Two main responsibilities of the
project engineer are inter-discipline
coordination and overall quality
control of the work.
 Ensure the project to be completed
according to project plan
PLUSES
 A firm to work with client to set
project parameters such as
budgets,objectives etc
 A frim that provide a design
services only ,but sometimes they
also provide constuction managers
PLUSES
 uses specialized, project
management techniques to oversee
the planning, design,and
construction of a project, from its
beginning to its end.
 Maximizingthe resource
efficiencythrough procurement
of labor,materialsand
equipment.
 Propercoordination,and
planningaswell asproper
communicationmechannismto
resolve the conflictonsite.

3. MINUSES
 Do not do design work
MINUSES
Having no skills to manage constuction
processes
MINUSES
They are involve in just constuction
phase only
Senior project engineer of local engineering department is appropriate for the hospital building because
proper planning and management are required and as it is highlighted above that project engineer bridge
the boundaries between engineering and project mangemment they have more qualifications than
construction managers. Since it is very important to reduce construction noise and other pollution during
construction ,a project engineer has more ideas to overcome such issues as compare to construction
management firm.Their past records are very important to review before making any decision.