Learn what it means to be a construction manager. Gain meaningful insights into the modern construction industry and how to thrive in a management role. Shifts in the modern construction industry have both increased the demand for trained and qualified construction managers and expanded the role itself. With a greater emphasis on integrated methods of project delivery, there's a real need for construction professionals who not only know their way around field methods, but also have a solid understanding of building science and design in their toolkit. Whether you're a construction industry veteran or a new construction manager trying to get your bearings, this course provides you with meaningful insights into this vital, evolving industry and your role in it. Instructor Jim Rogers offers industry knowledge. He discusses ADPM adoption and explains how integrated project delivery methods work, how technology is shaking up old processes, and how lean productivity methods are being used at construction sites. Throughout the course, you'll get industry knowledge from Jim, as well as other experienced construction professionals.

Discover how to work with concrete in modern construction. Explore the history and usage of concrete, the principles of concrete reinforcing, and how pre-stressed concrete works. Whether you're new to the construction industry or a seasoned veteran looking to expand your skillset, learning more about concrete—a material that's found in virtually every construction project—will increase your value as a construction professional. In this course, join Jim Rogers as he explains how to work with concrete in today's construction industry, and discusses the principles of concrete reinforcing and how pre-stressed concrete works. Jim provides some background on the history and usage of concrete, discusses ingredients and terminology, and helps you understand the chemistry of concrete. He also talks about using concrete as a building material, covering compression versus tension and sharing strategies for managing cracking.

Leverage the power of a digital construction workflow in the field. Learn how to use Fieldwire software to change the way you manage your construction drawings and processes. As the construction industry begins its transformation from mostly paper-based management processes to digital, Fieldwire has helped construction professionals spend more time on the job site and tackle everyday tasks more efficiently. Fieldwire construction management software makes it easy to view, edit, and share blueprints. It also enables lean construction management by optimizing communication between field and office construction professionals. In this course, join Jim Rogers as he shows how to use Fieldwire to change the way you manage your construction drawings and processes. Learn how to create and organize a new project; maintain a project by inserting plan revisions and comparing revised plan sheets; add and assign project tasks; use the Fieldwire app on Android and iOS devices; export files; and more.

Learn the basics of risk management for construction projects, including identifying, controlling, and managing risk. Risk is an inherent part of construction and an integral part of the construction manager's job. Over the course of a project, you may have to manage compliance and safety issues, schedule and cost overruns, contract disputes, and more. To be successful, you need to understand the biggest risk factors faced on a job site and how to mitigate them. In this course, OSHA Authorized Outreach Trainer Jim Rogers explains the basics of risk management for construction. Learn how risk changes with the complexity of the project and the type of delivery method being employed. Review your role and the scope of the risk management process, from analysis to control. Along the way, review how technology can help you manage the challenges involved in daily activities using risk analysis and risk mitigation tools.

Learn about common types of workplace injuries and measures that can be taken to prevent them, as well as proactive management of safety, quality, and productivity. Construction contractors are realizing that safety, productivity, and quality are inextricably linked and are moving to implement programs that go beyond regulatory compliance and take a more active stance towards protecting their employees in the field. In this course, instructor Jim Rogers discusses the most common types of workplace injuries, along with measures that can be taken to prevent them. Jim also covers safety and health management systems, highlighting the importance of safety as something that must be actively managed in conjunction with quality and productivity. Plus, he goes over the role the construction manager needs to play in this process. For more information, you can check out Jim's newsletter here.

Learn about modular construction, a collection of practices and techniques for constructing buildings offsite. Modular construction is a collection of practices and techniques for constructing buildings offsite. These factories can build walls, rooms, or entire multistory buildings using the same materials, codes, and standards as conventionally built construction. In this course, you can learn about the different types of modular construction, understand their limitations and advantages, and learn how to manage the modular construction process. Instructor Jim Rogers also explains how onsite and premanufactured processes combine and describes how to leverage modular components in a traditional construction project in order to leverage benefits such as increased sustainability.

Discover the steps needed to develop a proper construction plan and learn how to transform that plan into a schedule. Schedules are management tools that allow leaders to make informed decisions about activities on a construction site. Although the terms planning and scheduling are often used interchangeably, there is a difference, and a proper plan is essential for an accurate schedule. Planning activities involve the logic of how a project will be constructed—beginning with the construction documents that define the end product, and then identifying the steps required to reach this end result. Scheduling consists of integrating the plan with a calendar and assigning time and resources to each task. This course identifies the steps needed to develop a proper plan and shows you how that plan is transformed into a construction schedule. Instructor Jim Rogers shares examples of his own successes and failures in construction planning and scheduling, to lend real-world context to the concepts he covers. Plus, Jim goes over the future of planning and scheduling, as well as Lean principles with CPM.

Learn about the traditional design-bid-build method of project delivery, as well as other methods. Discover how these new approaches can impact you. Until recent years, the common design-bid-build method was the standard project delivery method for the majority of construction companies. But in the rapidly evolving construction industry, delivery methods have emerged that offer construction professionals new—and in some cases, improved—options. In this course, join Jim Rogers as he dives into both the traditional design-bid-build method of project delivery, as well as some other methods, and explains how these new methods can impact you—whether you're a project manager or a general contractor. Jim discusses project delivery methods such as design-build, construction manager at risk (CMAR), and integrated project delivery (IPD). In addition, he covers how these new methods alter the contractor selection process, changes in the assumption of risk, obligations during the design phase, and best practices.