supervising and overseeing the direction of the project (or a package), ensuring that the client’s specifications and requirements are met, reviewing progress and liaising with quantity surveyors to monitor costsliaising with the client, other construction professionals and, sometimes, members of the publiccoordinating and supervising construction workersselecting tools and materialsmaking safety inspections and ensuring construction and site safetychecking and preparing site reports, designs and drawingsmaintaining quality control proceduresfinding ways to prevent problems and to solve any that crop upassessing and minimising riskwriting reports and keeping on top of paperworkhelping to negotiating contracts and securing permits and licences.