Who is more key person from start to end of the Project ?

Quantity Surveying not only for final billing but also includes retention to which the punchlists and unfinished or damaged work of subcontractors will be refurnished.

we are calling the key person for the :-

- Project Manager 

- The Sponsor 

- The Client 

But the more key person from start to end is the project manager since he is  the access to the project and he is the integrator of the project. 

I am not sure if I can perfectly answer this question. But I can prioritze some. 1. Project Engineer/Quantity Surveyor/ works throughout the course of project. From the very Tender to final handover and beyond. They hold very important role throughout the course of project. 2. QA / QC is for a short period to affirm the quality of work. 3. Cost controlling is done throughout the project, and not after project completion. But it can be done by a QS or PM also. 4. Planning Engineer if he is assigned for initial planning purpose. Finally, I believe no project is a complete success if we strictly divide scope. At times there may be situations where a QS have to perform cost controlling or planning etc. Success lies in Time Management, Resource Management, Quality Management, Service etc. (these are my personal opinions) Regards Abdul Majeed

The key person for the project is Project Manager. Because he is the constraint person for initiation , Execution and Closing.

Planned for the project is the mastermind

Quantity Surveyor for Final Billing.

The whole team is important, but the project manager has the responsibility that the "job" will be done even if he will be out for any reason, there are ways to accomplish that... 

The project manager is the most important person because he is responsible of achieving all project steps, principally:

Defining goals with stakeholders

Defining work breakdown

Assignment tasks to people

Scheduling operations

Overseeing work progress

Monitoring dashboard

Meeting conduction

Change management,....

 

In addition, the project manager is the responsible of the success or the failure of the project.

I believe that you are coming from a planning engineer point of view and I do not disagree that planning engineers are often the unsung heros of the project. However, asking a question on who is more key, that is a real difficulty in answering. Instead of looking at the project from a single point of view, it is important to look at it from the entire project perspective. Each function is equally important and plays a different role from the other. A QS starts his job from the feasibility stage where he calculates all the costs related to the project and provides an accurate estimate to the bare cost of the project while keeping check on monthly costs incurred against the budget while ending his job at the end of the project with the final financial bits. While a planning engineer starts his on all the schedule and manpower related activities from start of the project to the end.

1.Project Manager

2.Contract Manager

...Planners, Quantity Surveyors, Cost Controllers, Estimators, Document Controllers if talking about office stuff...

 

Thank you for the invitation

 I agree Mr Ahmed Naser