TRAINING NEEDS IN CONSTRUCTION PROJECT MANAGEMENT: A SURVEY OF 4 COUNTRIES OF THE EU

José Manuel Cardoso Teixeira,Pawel Olaf Nowak,Eugenio Pellicer Armiñana,Mieczysław Grabiec,Andrzej Minasowicz,Leonas Ustinovichius,Darius Migilinskas,Edmundas Kazimieras Zavadskas

doi:10.3846/13923730.2006.9636398

Abstract

Knowledge on construction project management is a key issue in today's construction industry across Europe. This applies to the whole range of project participants from inception to conclusion of construction undertakings thereby involving professionals focusing in distinct perspectives yet working for a common goal. Several countries in Europe, with special relevance to the UK, have developed substantial knowledge in this topic through academic courses, professional training and experience of practitioners. Other countries have not achieved this stage but the need to prepare professionals to work in the open European market is impelling efforts for convergence in this matter. This article reports a survey on professional training needs in four European countries presently partnering in a Leonardo da Vinci project on management of construction infrastructure projects. The survey was carried by a questionnaire administered to a set of organisations of the construction cluster of the four countries involved. Results were used for defining 6 areas of interest for CPD courses which are presently being developed in the scope of the project.

Highlights

The proposal to create in Poland the system of qualification certification of the managerial construction personnel and accreditation of the studies with the participation of employers has been prepared under the scheme of LdV Didactical project
Scientific and, academic circles are characterised and alarming phenomena that accompany practicing the issues of organisation and management in construction engineering are discussed: an increase of the number of employees with an economic education, phenomena related to finance, staff feminisation and fluctuations among other things
The analysis of professional needs in construction project management is a key factor for defining relevant training programmes either for undergraduate, graduate and continuous professional development

Summary

Introduction

The proposal to create in Poland the system of qualification certification of the managerial construction personnel and accreditation of the studies with the participation of employers has been prepared under the scheme of LdV Didactical project. Project partners: Dept of Construction Engineering and Management at Warsaw University of Technology (the Promoter, PL), Polish British Construction Partnership Ltd (PL), Construction Management Education Foundation (PL), European Construction Ventures Ltd (UK) and University of Minho (PT)) assumed that such a system could ensure the full clarity and recognition of the profession qualifications in construction to other systems used in the EU This was the reason to adopt as a content-related basis of this comparison the structure model of knowledge in the area of “management and engineering production in construction”, presented in the report [1]. A paper [6] reviews development, theoretical and practical experience of distance learning under two Master programmes in the Dept of Construction Economics and Property Management at the VGTU are presented.

Training needs for construction project management

Background

Results and discussion

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