Regard Yakou: What Goes into Construction Management?

Regard Yakou understands the critical role construction managers play in the construction process. A successful project and business manager within the construction industry for many years, Regard Yakou has extensive firsthand knowledge of the many functions and tasks such a professional must take on over the course of a project.

According to the Construction Management Association of America, a respected construction management advocacy and certification organization, construction managers typically have 120 responsibilities; those which may fall into any one of seven basic categories:

• Quality Management
• Cost Management
• Time Management
• Project Management Planning
• Safety Management
• Contract Administration
• CM Professional Practice

A complex field, construction managers must possess workable knowledge in a range of areas, including, but not limited to: mediation, business, law, contracting and finance.  Managers must be able to successfully coordinate with various contractors, subcontractors, architects and specialists at any given time, and throughout the course of a given project.

Regard Yakou earned a Master’s degree in Industrial Arts and Construction Management at California State University-Fresno. 

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Regard Yakou: Three Facts About Project Management

Regard Yakou has been working in construction and project management for many years. “[I] started my professional career at Denlab International in San Diego California as a site engineer after graduating from Ohio Northern University as a civil engineer. 

Worked for Denlab for about 10 years and was promoted to Vice President” says Mr. Yakou. “Denlab International had many activities including development, construction, design, furniture sales, dental laboratories, irrigation projects.” 

Mr. Yakou has been responsible for numerous projects throughout his career. Project management requires great communication skills. Managers need to be able to assign tasks and ensure that those tasks are completed on time. Project managers are often responsible for every aspect of a project. They need to be able to keep things on deadline and to keep things moving forward. 

Project managers need to have great organizational skills. They may work with several different professionals and handle multiple tasks at a time. Regard Yakou enjoys working in construction and project management on an international level.

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