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Joe Moede LA-4 3/27/09 Research Report

Being a Project Manager Professional, (PMP), for a construction site means understanding the site plans and managing the construction workers; this requires both an academic background and experience.

__PMP's, usually plan, direct and coordinate a wide variety of construction projects, including the building of all types of residential, commercial and industrial structures.__ This can range from a suburban home, to a federal highway, or a commercial skyscraper. Being a PMP has many other specialties other than construction. You could be a PMP in the fields of Information Technology, Software Development and other fields. Do not use you.

__To become a PMP, you usually need to attend a four year degree program in Construction Management.__ Along with the educational side of being a PMP you also need to have previous experience if you would like to succeed in this job. Project Managers need to know construction, finance, time management, and how to be organized.

__The average salary for a PMP in the field of construction is $81,816.__ The average salary can increase or decreases, depending on what field you are in. For example, if you are a PMP in Information Technology, you will most likely make an average of $87,529.

__The typical work hours for a PMP are around forty to forty-five hours per week.__ This amount might vary. The typical day for a PMP may also vary.

“I usually start my day out by catching up on voice messages and email and returning calls that I might not have gotten to the day before. Then it’s on to the ‘day to day’ stuff. Usually a few short meetings, taking care of paperwork, making phone calls and just general administrative stuff” (Cobb). This is what a typical day looks like for Bill Cobb, Project Manager, Atlas Development Corporation. Very good start, Joe!

