What You'll Do As An Entry Level Construction Management Engineer | Construction Engineering Tasks

Every wonder what you'll actually be doing as a construction management engineer? Well look no further because here's a video of the top 5 things you will likely do as a new engineer. Add me on instagram: @kikoga

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1. Reading the Contract Construction Drawings and Specifications
A a construction project engineer, you will need to know what information is within the project drawings and specifications. The specifications are essentially the written standards and procedures that you will need to comply with on the construction project. The construction drawings work with the specifications and are supposed to give us as the contractor most of the information we need to build the project. If you are unsure how to read drawings or blueprints, that is okay, I was there too. You'll likely get the hang of it after one job. The drawings and specifications are essentially your bible to the project and what you are held to to build as the contractor.

2. Field Quality Control
This to me is one of the most important tasks as a construction project engineer. This will usually mean being outside on the jobsite checking dimensions, elevations, layout, etc. Which means that in order to do proper QC, you need to know your drawings and specs to ensure compliance. Being outside doing QC also shows you how things actually get built and the sequence it takes to get there. Being there to help your subtrades throughout the entire process helps build trust and catch mistakes before you get too far along in the process and make the fix that much harder. Being able to see issues in the field and solve problems is a big part of being a construction engineer.

3. Submittals and RFIs
A submittal is a document that is submitted to the designer/consultant that shows the contractors understanding of the drawings and specifications. This could be product data, samples, shop drawings, etc. As the general contractor you will review the subtrade's submittals to ensure conformance, then send it off the design team for their comment. A lot of times I look for constructability issues in the shop drawing process as well, which is why the field background through the QC process is so important to have when you are reviewing paperwork. RFIs or Request for Information are issued when there is something missing or conflicting in the contract drawings and specifications. A lot of times I like to call the design team or have a face to face conversation about RFIs before I send them in so they aren't seeing the problem for the first time on paper.

4. Estimating and Quantity Tracking
Though I don't advise trying to start your career in construction in estimating, sometimes you may be put there. You'll likely be put there to do quantity takeoffs like counting the amount of towel bars on the project, or what the cubic yardage of concrete is. When you get into the field and execute the project, you will need to verify estimated quantities in the field and track to make sure you are still on budget.

5. Technology
As entry level engineers, we will likely be called upon to handle the newer technological aspects of the project. That could be using new equipment, modeling, and managing the digital documents for the project. Having the background of knowledge of how things actually get built will help you in this process because there is a lot of useless construction technology out there, so you need to make sure you know if it will truly help your project out or not.

0:00 Intro
0:32 Construction Drawings and Specifications
4:21 Field Quality Control
6:47 Submittals and RFIs
9:03 Estimating and Quantity Tracking
11:13 Technology

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