ᐅ Construction Scheduling – Who is responsible for creating it? The general contractor or the site manager?

What does the site manager do if not coordinate the trades (which undoubtedly includes scheduling)?

Bieber0815 schrieb:
What does the site manager do if not coordinate the trades (which obviously includes the scheduling)?

In this case, they will manage the construction site on location.
No idea: I didn’t hire them.

This is a special situation here. Anyone who agrees to it needs to come to an agreement beforehand.

For me, a construction manager (CM) instead of a general contractor (GC) would be sufficient so that everyone can fulfill their responsibilities properly.
Maybe it’s worth asking the architect what their intention was. Including all trades and coordinating them well, for example. 🙂

Clarified – the construction manager prepares a preliminary construction schedule

Bieber0815 schrieb:
What does the construction manager do, if not coordinate the trades?

Construction management, as the name suggests ;-)
The construction manager acts as the interface between the planner (often themselves) and the site supervisor. They monitor compliance with the plans, sign off on timesheets, and so on. These are daily routine tasks. The overall planning of the process—such as the excavator operator needing to arrive well before the roofer—has already been handled at the design stage and is completed before construction management begins. The construction manager is urgently needed when unexpected issues arise on site, like pipe bursts or finding something unexpected (neither of which the architect had included in the plans), the concrete mixer being stuck in traffic, the crane being stolen, or if someone needs to chisel something out that their predecessor made too tight. So, less a planner of processes and more a troubleshooter when reality doesn’t go according to plan. And, ultimately, someone needs to sign off to confirm that everything turned out as it should.

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11ant schrieb:
Construction management, as the name suggests ;-)
The site manager is the link between the planner (often themselves) and the foreman. They oversee adherence to the plans, approve timesheets, and so on. This is a task as part of daily operations. The overall planning—the basic procedure, like ensuring the excavator arrives well before the roofer—has already been handled by the planner and is completed long before site management begins. The site manager is urgently needed when there are pipe bursts or unexpected findings on site (which the architect did not include in the plans), when the concrete mixer is stuck in traffic, the crane has been stolen, or when someone has to chip away material because their predecessor made the opening too small. So less as a process planner, but more as a troubleshooter when reality deviates from the plan.

They document the construction progress, among other things, with photos.

Thanks for your responses... My question was partly rhetorical. In my opinion, the site manager is also responsible for the construction schedule (in addition to the tasks you mentioned). But whether and how this is officially regulated on site—I have no idea. I am applying this perspective from my general understanding of project managers to the site manager, who is also "just" a project manager.

By the way, with our developer-built house, there were two site managers: one from the developer and one from the main contractor hired by the developer. However, it didn’t work out very well.