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Construction projects director
Several sites, several teams, a contract portfolio and funders to convince: the construction projects director carries the economics of a whole programme and arbitrates between operations competing for the same resources.
Directing a portfolio of operations
The projects director no longer runs one site: they arbitrate between several, with shared resources — cranes, supervision, cash. Contractual structuring becomes central, because a badly negotiated clause weighs more than a site incident. Funding and guarantees are prepared upstream, with banks and the client. Risk control closes the whole: spotting early the operation that is drifting and deciding what resources to commit before the gap becomes structural.
- Arbitrate resources between several competing operations
- Negotiate a contractual structure and secure sensitive clauses
- Prepare funding, guarantees and the cash plan
- Detect a drifting operation and decide the resources to commit
Programmes to be directed
General contractors
A portfolio of simultaneous sites, shared resources, tight cash: a directorship where economics come first.
Client-side project management
Developers, institutions, industrial groups: running a programme from order to handover.
Funded programmes
Donor-funded infrastructure: strict procurement procedures and permanent accountability.
The format, stated plainly
The stated duration matches the programme followed at its intended pace, from the first block to the final defence. Taught hours are those of instructor-led sessions; credits place the programme on the catalogue's common scale. The three hold together and read at a glance, which is exactly how they are used.
- qualification level
- 7
- months of programme
- 9
- taught hours
- 700 h
- credits
- 70
- competency blocks
- 5
Expert and executive
Led by an instructor.
1 credit = 25 h of work, 10 of them taught.
Framework of the « Construction Projects Director » qualification, code TP69.
The skills map
This map shows where training time goes. A wide block concentrates practice, a short one locks down a precise point; both are needed, and the framework states which weighs what. It is the information a department head asks for when considering sending a team member on a programme.
| Competency block | What it covers | Taught hours |
|---|---|---|
| Structuring and feasibility | Programme, technical and financial feasibility, permits, land | 190 h |
| Multi-site management | Portfolio, resources, master schedule, interfaces, subcontracting | 190 h |
| Construction economics and contracts | Contracts, variations, claims, disputes, warranties, insurance | 170 h |
| Safety, environment and stakeholders | Safety coordination, environmental impact, neighbours, authorities | 100 h |
| Executive conduct | Deciding amid uncertainty, balancing cost, time and quality, reporting to the client | 50 h |
From site to programme leadership
Every row in this table comes from the official catalogue: title, duration, credits, taught hours and yearly or one-off fees. Nothing is rounded and nothing is hand-entered. This is the table you take to an employer to request funding, or to an adviser to weigh your options.
| Programme | Duration | Credits | Taught hours | Fees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Management and Project Management programme — Bac+5 level · Master's degree | 2 years | 120 | 1200 h | 6 500 000 GNF per year |
| Project Management Certificate · Professional certification | 6 months | 18 | 180 h | 2 900 000 GNF in total |
Three questions, three precise answers
Does this qualification assume site experience?
Level 7 recognises executive responsibility, and admission examines professional experience. Works supervision, a level 6 qualification, is the most frequent preceding step, complemented by practice in structuring operations.
Is financial structuring part of the framework?
It is a full block: operation cash plan, guarantees, advances and retentions, banking relations. It is the side that site practice alone does not give, and the one that most clearly distinguishes this level from the previous one.
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