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Today?s construction professionals face a highly competitive global engineering and construction environment that requires a fundamental understanding of management, technology, and finance, as well as business and legal principles. Talented managers know how to avoid costly delays, how to maximize existing budgets, and how to control a project?s scope, among other valuable skills. Construction managers plan, coordinate, budget, and supervise construction projects from development to completion. Construction manager will succeed in their job if they can adequately lead their workers to complete the job correctly. By possessing traits such as multitasking abilities, timeliness and good problem solving skills, the construction manager will be able to complete their daily job tasks quickly and efficiently. Construction industry faces many challenges, stemming from a variety of sources. These challenges can have an impact on project success. CMs must be keenly aware of the risks and implications of these challenges. Many of these challenges are a direct result of construction operations, while others are a result of indirect, peripheral activities. Construction issues include workforce considerations, safety, time constraints, and the changing nature of the work itself. Non-construction challenges that CMs face that are part of the business landscape include legal issues, government regulations, environmental concerns, and socio-political pressures. The construction manager will plan, direct and budget a construction project as well as handle any issues which arise during the job. He is the most critical resource in implementation phase of the project. He is supposed to discharge basic functions like organizing, staffing, directing, planning and controlling. A good performance of construction manager is necessary for the growth, development and success of Construction Company. So, this study helps to understand the role of construction manager and the challenges faced by him in the construction industry.
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