Construction management: A comparison of management services, time, cost and supervision performance factors on public school projects in Michigan

[Extract from Introduction] ...The purpose of this study is to examine the services of Construction Management as applied to public school projects in Michigan and to determine if the Construction Management building delivery approach has reduced time and cost of school construction while improving the quality of supervision and owner participation in construction decisions. The study will focus on budget control, owner perceptions, and schedule control. Specifically, the study will be designed to answer the following questions: 1. Were the period of time required for educational planning, architectural planning, and actual building construction greater or less on Construction Management projects than on conventional projects? 2. Were the preliminary architectural plans submitted to value engineering and the alternates presented to the Owner? 3. Were detailed cost estimates prepared on schematic design, design development, and on final drawing stages of the project? 4. Were the estimates accurate when compared to actual bids? 5. What were the actual building costs, architectural and structural, mechanical, electrical , and professional fees? 6. Does a comparison of costs between Construction Management projects (and similar conventional projects) constructed at approximately the same time demonstrate greater or lesser economies with the Construction Management approach? 7. Did Construction Management provide more quality supervision of the building process? 8. Did Construction Management provide an opportunity for greater owner participation in decision making?...