Title Characteristics of Construction Managers' Roles from the Perspective of Leader's Roles - Focused on Design Stages -
Authors Kim, Dong Hee ; Kim, Han Soo
Page pp.125-132
ISSN 1229-7534
Keywords Construction Manager ; Construction Managers' Roles on Design Stages ; Leader Roles of Construction Manager ; Key Characteristics
Abstract Since early 2000s, the importance of CM services has been increasingly recognized and the CM market is continuously growing. As a consequence, the number of CM companies has increased, which means keener market competition. In order to increase their competitiveness, it has been a major task for CM companies to employ and foster competent construction managers who can play a role of efficient project leaders. The objective of the paper is to analyze key characteristics of construction managers' roles during design stages from the perspective of leader's roles including strategic planner, team builder, gatekeeper, expert, champion.