Vision

Our project managers have a pulse on their project’s scope, schedule and budget – their health,

exposure and opportunities. They are intimately acquainted with DKN’s Pre-Construction and

Construction Administration phase requirements and can speak to the construction and the

administrative aspects of each job. Their strong relationships with the project team allows them to

execute on the scope within cost and duration and produce a property that meets the stakeholder

vision.

Expectations

Build Manage Project Team

Lead a cohesive project team(s)

Coordinate and facilitate efforts of project team

Shortlist qualified people in their disciplines [general contractor, design consultants]

Ensure quality and timeliness of contract execution

Review and ensure contract coordination documents are provided in a timely manner,

responded to as per contract terms, and in-line with owner preferences

Familiarity and compliance with contract terms

Reconcile differences and mitigate dispute, without compromising DKN or the project

Communication with all, but not limited to, the following stakeholders: general public,

general contractor, subcontractors, design consultants, city, government entities, brand,

bank

Escalate non-performance and non-compliance issues to the right people at the right time

Scope

Valuate scope and scope change

Negotiate contracts

Administer and participate in site visits to monitor and report on quality, accuracy and

progression of work

Organize owner-services necessary for construction

Intimately acquainted with the contract documents [drawings, scopes of work, etc.]

Develop and administer RFPs, RFQs, and contract documents

Ensure contract documents are well-coordinated and of quality – reduce foreseeable change

orders

Evaluate change orders against need, contract documents and market value

Familiarity with owner preferences and responsibility matrix

Produce and evaluate value-engineering opportunities

Manage Budget

Mindful of costs, able to understand “value” of scope to project stakeholders

Develop accurate and validated PM-related budgets

Ensure PM-related budgets are accurate and current

Validate invoices against contracts and budget

Provide accurate monthly cash flow projections with backup

Remain within project budget

Validate hard and soft cost draws and backup for accuracy

Manage Schedule

Develop and regularly maintain and distribute pre-construction schedule

Review and monitor schedules weekly [design, construction]

Correlate actualized work to GC-provided schedule

Review and report on schedule delays, risks and opportunities

Work with the design consultants [pre-construction] and the general contractor

[construction admin] to find creative and workable ways to crash the schedule

Research Development

Conduct lessons learned and implement findings

Attend PM conferences and expand network

Aware of industry and market trends, new technology and new players

Systems Processes

Effectively and efficiently utilize department software

Compliance to systems and processes, provide recommendations for improvements