Aside from seeing you, which is my principal reason for being here, and satisfying myself that I can transport inanimate things from Mars to Earth, and therefore animate things if I so desire, I have no purpose. The Chessmen of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context.
At the helm of this and every other hard hat project, from cementing a parking lot to constructing an apartment building, is a construction project manager (PM). The PM has the primary responsibility of planning a particular construction job and overseeing its progress along the way.
There are several specific tasks that construction managers perform: project management planning, cost management, quality management, contract administration and safety management. Here's a brief look at what each entails [source: Construction Management 1  ]: Project management planning.2  Cost management. 3  Quality management. 4  Contract administration. 5  Safety management. Lengthy contracts with the client are part of all construction projects, and it's the construction manager's job to ensure all of the contract provisions are being met and all parties are satisfied. 2  Safety management.