Construction Management: A Tool for a Sustainable Peace and Conflict Resolution in the Building Industry

This paper focused attention on how the content and nature of study of Construction Management would be used to create harmonious environment in a Construction Site, free of the usual rancor and acrimony of human nature. It examined the operations of these Professionals, Supervisors and Crafts Men with a view to realizing the Goals of Construction Management, which is both Social and Technical. The analysis of the future for Construction Management showed that the integration demanded of the industry is at both emotional and operational levels. The ability to coordinate several major activities at once, while analyzing and resolving specific problems, is essential for Construction Management, as is an understanding of Engineering, Architectural, and other Construction Management Drawings. The Environment and Man that lives in it act systematically with Man as the one in control of the system. He can therefore choose to maintain a balance to this set of interconnected things or parts, to achieve unity, or live with confusion. It therefore becomes imperative that these diverse disciplines and multitude of People must be managed and harmonized in order to optimize the resources available for the benefit of society, in realizing the building project, within the constraints of Function, Time and Cost. That is the basic premise of Construction Economics, Management of Man, Material and Money