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re: Is Construction Management a good field to get into
Posted on 8/16/19 at 10:14 am to Carson123987
Posted on 8/16/19 at 10:14 am to Carson123987
Is industrial the best field to get into?
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Posted on 8/16/19 at 10:15 am to Tigahhs97
Get you a welding 2 year degree, baw. You’ll own your own island within 10 years.
Posted on 8/16/19 at 10:18 am to Tigahhs97
For money yes and its not even close... In the right setting you can make $100k starting off if you want (Turnarounds / extended hours / etc)
Posted on 8/16/19 at 10:20 am to Tigahhs97
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Is industrial the best field to get into?
in terms of income, yes.
if you want to make a ton of money building houses, you better be the owner
if you want to make a ton of money doing commercial, you better be a VP
if you want to make a ton of money in industrial, you can make it in a variety of roles that don't necessarily require a senior/executive position
Posted on 8/16/19 at 10:28 am to Carson123987
If you are willing to travel and work long hours, you can make great money. CM is a great field and will give you a lot of opportunities. The money scale will all depend on your flexibility and willingness to travel. There is more money on the industrial side of things. If your in college and considering CM, I would strongly suggest hiring in as a helper in the field during your summer months. It will benefit you greatly in your early career.
Posted on 8/16/19 at 10:28 am to Carson123987
it was rough starting out, but i hung in there and changed jobs a few times. As someone stated commercial was tough and they pay was not the best. industrial can make money but you have to get on with someone like tunrer, etc. I made a move to the heavy civil side after katrina and have worked my way up several positions since then. I'd imagine residential is hard to make money as well.
Posted on 8/16/19 at 10:29 am to Tigahhs97
I graduated in cm from lsu in 2016 and have worked in the field (industrial/marine). Based out of nola but have done a lot of work in beaumont and am currently in vidalia. If you're willing to travel and work weekends (like ill be doing this weekend), the sky is pretty much the limit. It does get old after a while but you will learn A LOT that you simply cant learn in school or in the office.
ETA: the benefits are also pretty good between per diem, truck allowance, gas card, etc.
ETA: the benefits are also pretty good between per diem, truck allowance, gas card, etc.
This post was edited on 8/16/19 at 10:34 am
Posted on 8/16/19 at 10:31 am to bayou choupique
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it was rough starting out, but i hung in there and changed jobs a few times. As someone stated commercial was tough and they pay was not the best. industrial can make money but you have to get on with someone like tunrer, etc. I made a move to the heavy civil side after katrina and have worked my way up several positions since then. I'd imagine residential is hard to make money as well.
you can make "good" money in any of the fields, but if you want that $200k-300k ceiling, industrial is 100% the best way. it's a stressful arse life though
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I made a move to the heavy civil side after katrina and have worked my way up several positions since then
civil is my weakest area for sure, wish I could just follow a stud civil guy around for a month. i mostly deal with pipe and steel
Posted on 8/16/19 at 10:32 am to Tigahhs97
Depends on what sector you want to go into and what previous experience you have. I started at 60k straight out of school with a commercial GC. The hours aren't terrible, usually 50-60 hours a week. Depending on the company you may have to drive an hour or more to a jobsite every day. Overall I enjoy it. Favorite part is working with a skilled team of driven individuals towards a common goal of building something on schedule and under budget. Least favorite part is sometimes feel like a professional cat herder when you have a lot of incompetent unskilled labor on site.
Posted on 8/16/19 at 10:49 am to Gray12
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You are looking at the 70s for starting pay and an opportunity to move up and up.
Starting pay is NEVER in the 70k range. Unless you benefit from nepotism.
Starting pay in the mid 2000's was mid 40's. Adjust for inflation, it's probably low to mid 50's right now. But the opportunity for advancement is great.
This post was edited on 8/16/19 at 10:50 am
Posted on 8/16/19 at 10:56 am to Tigahhs97
Just graduated in construction management from ULM. My entire senior class had jobs lined up. Starting pay is around the 60000-63000 range
Posted on 8/16/19 at 11:05 am to BugAC
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Starting pay is NEVER in the 70k range. Unless you benefit from nepotism
This is simply not true.
Posted on 8/16/19 at 11:09 am to Tigahhs97
I have several friends who are Project Managers in construction, they have no degree and make 100K +.
Posted on 8/16/19 at 11:09 am to TunaTime
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This is simply not true.
I've never heard of a single person making $70k directly out of college in CM, with no experience. Ever.
Unless inflation is much greater than it was in the mid 2000's.
Posted on 8/16/19 at 11:14 am to BugAC
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I've never heard of a single person making $70k directly out of college in CM, with no experience. Ever.
Unless inflation is much greater than it was in the mid 2000's.
Well i dont know what to tell you, but myself and several other people i graduated with who were in the top of our class (not that thats saying much bc it is cm) started out above 70k. Now we did have several internships during our 4 years at lsu, so not sure if you're counting that as experience. But once again the bottom line is youre wrong.
Posted on 8/16/19 at 11:16 am to LNCHBOX
Sorry lunch,
I misread. You said to Get out from behind the desk.
100% my fault here. Sorry.
I misread. You said to Get out from behind the desk.
100% my fault here. Sorry.
Posted on 8/16/19 at 11:17 am to Screaming Viking
It's all good
Posted on 8/16/19 at 11:18 am to Tigahhs97
It’s a good field. I’m a pm in industrial heavy civil, and I don’t have many complaints other than the industrial side is getting to be more of a pain in the arse year after year and dealing with some clients is a nightmare. But, for the most part, it’s not too bad. Really it depends on what sector you end up going into and who you work for. I work for a family owned company and we run stuff way different than bigger gc’s. I basically report directly to the owners and generally come and go as I please. As long as I am taking care of business they are good. As a PM it really depends on your team and how good they are and can handle on their own without you having to hold their hands and micro manage. I don’t micro manage my people and they appreciate that and take care of business.
Also, I started out with this company straight from school making 50k in ‘06 as a field engineer.
Also, I started out with this company straight from school making 50k in ‘06 as a field engineer.
This post was edited on 8/16/19 at 11:26 am
Posted on 8/16/19 at 11:20 am to TunaTime
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but myself and several other people i graduated with who were in the top of our class (not that thats saying much bc it is cm)
Do they have class ranking in CM? Something else i've never really heard of.
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so not sure if you're counting that as experience. But once again the bottom line is youre wrong.
Well then you and your friends are in the extreme minority. Expecting to make 70k out of college is disillusioning yourself. Average starting salary, i would say, is probably 55 to 60 right now.
ETA: I'm talking base salary. Yes, it is possible to make 70k if you are getting paid for overtime, or getting COLA's, per diem, etc...
This post was edited on 8/16/19 at 11:27 am
Posted on 8/16/19 at 11:24 am to Da_Broski
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In the right setting you can make $100k starting off if you want (Turnarounds / extended hours / etc)
I don't know why you are getting downvoted because it is true. When I went to my first out of state job, I received a special pay rate for the job and per diem. It was pay equivalent to making $96k a year.
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