What actually decides whether a building or infrastructure project finishes on time and on budget? Rarely the construction work itself — usually the decisions made weeks before the first contractor arrives on site: how the scope was defined, how realistic the schedule was, and how tightly the budget was tracked once work began. Facilities Project Management is built around getting those early decisions right.

The Project Planning, Scheduling and Cost Control for Building and Infrastructure Works training course, delivered by Arab British Fellowship Training Academy, works through that discipline end to end: project planning that produces a scope stakeholders genuinely agree on, scheduling that survives contact with real-world delays, enough working knowledge of construction processes to manage contractors properly, and the budget discipline that keeps a capital project on track through closeout.

Participants leave able to plan facilities projects around realistic assumptions, keep schedules and budgets under control once work is underway, and deliver capital projects that stakeholders can actually rely on.

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Explain why Facilities Project Management decisions made early in a project determine its outcome later.
• Build a project planning framework that defines scope, risk, and success criteria before work begins.
• Develop realistic scheduling that accounts for dependencies, resource limits, and likely delays.
• Manage construction execution and contractor performance through to handover.
• Control budgets and change orders on capital projects from initiation through closeout.
• Manage stakeholder expectations and project risk together as delivery conditions change.

Target Group

• Facilities project managers and coordinators
• Capital projects and construction management professionals
• Facilities directors overseeing major infrastructure initiatives
• Engineers and technical staff moving into project management roles
• Procurement professionals managing construction and infrastructure contracts

Module 1: Why Building and Infrastructure Projects Overrun

• Common decisions in the first weeks of a project that determine its outcome later
• The project lifecycle and where facilities projects most often lose control
• Distinguishing project management responsibility from day-to-day site management

Module 2: Defining Scope and Setting Success Criteria

• Structuring a project plan around clear scope, objectives, and constraints
• Identifying risks during the planning phase rather than after work starts
• Setting success criteria stakeholders can agree on before construction begins

Module 3: Scheduling and Resource Allocation

• Building schedules that reflect real dependencies and resource limits
• Allocating resources across concurrent project activities
• Building contingency into the schedule for likely delays

Module 4: Construction Execution and Contractor Management

• Core construction processes facilities project managers need to understand
• Managing contractor relationships and performance expectations
• Identifying construction risks before they become costly problems

Module 5: Budgeting, Cost Control, and Change Management

• Developing realistic capital project budgets
• Tracking costs and managing variances throughout delivery
• Managing change orders without losing control of the budget

Module 6: Stakeholders, Risk, and Project Closeout

• Identifying and communicating with key project stakeholders throughout delivery
• Building risk mitigation plans into everyday project management practice
• Conducting project closeout and capturing lessons learned