Roles And Responsibilities Of Site Manager, Project Manager And The Agent | Civil Engineer | Site Engineer

 

ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE AGENT, SITE MANAGER AND PROJECT MANAGER

 

1.   Under contract law a contractor is required to maintain a full-time agent at the place of the works.

2. The agent is responsible to the contracts manager for quality, programme, profitability and safety and may sometimes be referred to as a site manager.

3. The agent must understand his company standing instructions (CSIS/procedures or their equivalents) to be able to make maximum use of resources available.

4.   Job reviews of site-based subordinate staff.

5.   Ensuring that the work is carried out in accordance with the contract documents and any subsequent architects or similar instructions.

6.   The agent is responsible for ensuring that his team meet at an early stage to establish the project quality plan. This should preferably have been drafted as part of the project assessment at the tender stage. This draft can then be developed for the working project.

7.   The title of a project manager is often given to an agent on a single multi-million-pound contract involving a wide variety of disciplines and specialists. Responsibilities are as those for an agent, but because of the complexity of the work, more time needs to be spent on administration, information coordination and overall organisation and control.

8. So far as is possible, most detailed responsibility should be delegated to create conditions whereby detailed day-to-day problems may be dealt with by others, Giving the agent or project manager freedom to liaise with other parties such as the client, statutory authorities, resident engineer and other members of the design and construction team.

 

SUB-AGENT

1.  A Sub-Agent Is Responsible To His Agent Or Project Manager For All Work, Including That By Subcontractors, In A Specific Area Or Subsection Of The Construction Work. Responsibilities Include:

2.  Ensuring That The Requirements Of Quality Plans, Inspection And Test Plans And Specifications Are Met

3.   Control Of Quality, Methods, Safety, Progress And Workmanship To Achieve The Specified Requirements

4. Requisition, Control And Distribution Of Plant, Materials And Consumable Stores

5.   Completion Of Paperwork In Accordance With Csis/Procedures

6.   Checking Of Drawings

7.   Maintenance Of Site Diary

8.   Supervision, Training And Development Of Junior Staff

9.   Job Review Of Subordinate Staff.

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