General contractor vs project manager/design manager

Differences between general contractor and project manager/design manager duties and responsibilities

General contractor example responsibilities.

• Manage the repair/replacement of mechanical, plumbing, electrical, and structural of primarily historical residences.
• Manage third party contractors including safety oversight, environmental design specification compliance, and similar construction specifications and requirements.
• Perform electrical, mechanical (HVAC), plumbing, framing, roofing and finishing construction for residential and commercial buildings.
• Remodel restaurants, which include painting, dry wall, tiling, plumbing, electrical and laying carpet.
• Assist and perform all duties with installation of cabinets, flooring, sheetrock, framing, concrete, and basic plumbing.
• Experience in roofing, painting, digging of footers, and tile setting.
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Project manager/design manager example responsibilities.

• Manage and approve all changes to the project along with all AIA document approvals.
• Involve in Unix shell script development to automate ETL jobs by using Informatica sessions and workflows.
• Manage the schematic phase and generate all the necessary documents to be submit to the structural and MEP consultants.
• Manage internal prototype injection molding operations on a project basis.
• Lead efforts to redesign and convert existing self-pace and instructor-le course materials into eLearning and web-base formats.
• Lead safety compliance by conducting regular safety meetings with subcontractors and strictly enforcing safety policies and procedures, including OSHA regulations.
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