Class Introduction
Lecture One
CSTM 102
SPRING 2013
Resources
All the other stuff
Planning/Sequencing/Execution
Teamwork
Rick W. Cherf
How does he know?
A few career highlights:
30 years of extensive experience in the development, management and construction
of major public and private projects in the commercial, industrial, infrastructure,
residential and heavy/civil arenas. Just a few highlights include:
– Building his first single family residence at age 15.
– His first ride was a John Deere backhoe.
– Dozer and backhoe operator with over 2000 hours before the age of 17.
– Working on the team producing the first project computerized forecasting model
in the USA.
– Construction of the most expensive five-star hotel rooms in the world.
– Working on the design team for the “Bill Gates Cyber Residence” schematic
proposal.
– The creation of destination resorts perched upon a cliff in southeastern Alaska
and the pristine beaches of the islands of Hawaii and Maui.
– Working on the transformation of an existing medical/research campus to a new
state-of-the-art hospital and emergency care facility for the Hawaiian Islands.
– Building the largest offshore arctic oil production facility in the world.
Rick W. Cherf- Highlights
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Managing infrastructure projects in remote areas of Alaska, Canada, Venezuela and
Bolivia.
“Red Adair” style around the clock turnaround/shutdown maintenance and repair of
the largest oil production and refining facilities in the Western Hemisphere.
The completion of a high purity polycrystalline silicon manufacturing research and
development facility to meet the needs of the computer chip industry in North
America.
The Program Manager on three different billion-dollar expansion projects.
Drafting and implementing business plans for four different start-up organizations.
Strategic planning and development team member on three different
merger/acquisition companies with total revenue of over billion dollars.
Directly involved with the design and construction of 25 single family residences.
Executive vice-president for a publicly-held international service contractor.
Proposal leader on over $1 Billion of project work from conceptual design to turnover
on all types of project delivery methods.
Providing training and consulting through Total Construction Services.
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Construction/Project Management
Leadership
Strategic Vision
Lecture Hall
• Clean up your Garbage
• No cell phones turn them off
• Full focus on the lecture- don’t be doing
other things while someone is talking in
front
• Guest Lectures
• What you see is what you get.
Class Stuff
• This is the first class for CM majors and minors.
Some might just be taking it for other general
university requirements.
• Many past students enjoyed the class others
thought it to be too slow and boring.
• If you come to class and actively listen you will
do well in my class.
• I’m not your normal professor and this is not a
normal university class.
Class Info
• All lectures notes and syllabus are on angel.
– Hard copy of Syllabus today
– Should be available prior to lecture
• Textbook- either edition- Crimson and Gray
only
• How I like to be addressed
– Professor Cherf or Rick
– I do not like Hey Cherf or Cherf
• Count 10 of 11 quizzes
Course Material
• Angel Site:
The Angel course site
(https://lms.wsu.edu/) contains the course lecture
slides (via PowerPoint files) and will be used as a source
to communicate with students. It is the responsibility of
the students to visit the site in order to obtain information
and prepare for class. This site also allows students
access to review scores on assignments - not overall
grades. Additionally, course assignments may be
posted on the Angel course site.
This is a profession
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Opportunity
Options
Shaping your career
ASCM Student Group
Construction Management
• Who is responsible for the construction of the
project?
• Who is the highest paid person on the project?
• Who decides what is included in the project?
• Who is responsible for the completion date of
the project?
• Who picks the budget for the project?
• Who is responsible for the methods used on the
project?
Construction Management
Construction Managers have full
responsibility for the field operations for
the project. This includes the effective and
safe execution of the work to ensure
completion of the project as specified, on
time and within budget.
Construction Management
Program
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Materials
Project Management
Construction Graphics
Contract Administration
Construction Law
Construction Methods
– Substructures
– Superstructures
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Estimating
Cost Management
Planning & Scheduling
Delivery Systems
ACM Integration
Construction Safety
Human Factors
CAD + Survey
Do you have any questions?
Terminology and industry speak