Most Important Skills For A Project Manager At A Luxury Home Builder
For a high-end residential general contractor project manager, Michael cites "organization," "problem-solving," and "good knowledge of financials" as crucial skills, emphasizing the constant need to manage "a lot of paperwork" while simultaneously tracking budgets and navigating daily challenges with "a time component associated with that, with the project schedule." Reading construction drawings is also highlighted as a critical skill in this role.
Project Management, Financial Management, Problem-Solving, Organization, Construction Drawings
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Michael Trentacosti
Project Manager
High-End Residential General Contractor
University of Colorado, Boulder
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Environmental & Related Sciences
Architecture, Construction & Design, Real Estate
Operations and Project Management
Video Highlights
1. Excellent organizational skills are crucial for managing the large volume of paperwork and information involved in project management.
2. Strong problem-solving abilities are essential for addressing the daily challenges and issues that arise in construction projects.
3. A solid understanding of financials is necessary for effectively managing budgets, tracking costs, and ensuring projects stay on track and within budget. The ability to read and interpret construction drawings is also very important.
Transcript
What skills are most important for a job like yours?
Organization, problem-solving, and good knowledge of financials. I think those are probably the big three.
I say organization because you're dealing with a lot of paperwork. Being organized about where things are put, how you're tracking them, and how you're understanding information is crucial. There's so much information that you can easily get lost in it.
Problem-solving is essential because every day presents a different issue. You need to be on your toes and able to identify the problem and the path to a solution very quickly. There's a time component associated with that, with the project schedule.
And then financials, because you're constantly reviewing budget items. You're basically working towards a final number and trying to get everything to fit under it. This includes labor, materials, and subcontractor costs. You're constantly looking at numbers, tracking things to ensure you're on time and on budget.
The last thing is knowing how to read construction drawings. That's probably one of the biggest things as well.
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