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Management & Leadership · Updated Aug 2026

Construction Managers

Plan, direct, or coordinate, usually through subordinate supervisory personnel, activities concerned with the construction and maintenance of structures, facilities, and systems. Participate in the conceptual development of a construction project and oversee its organization, scheduling, budgeting, and implementation. Includes managers in specialized construction fields, such as carpentry or plumbing.

JVS 2.0.0-phase4b
AI Exposure
65/100
High

How much of this occupation’s work can be materially affected by current AI systems.

Replacement Risk
49/100
Moderate

How likely exposure is to translate into reduced human demand.

Includes provisional estimates for AI adoption pressure and labour-market resilience. How this is measured

Evidence quality
Confidence81/100
Task coverage83%

Confidence reflects task coverage, mapping and capability-evidence quality, and how much of the score rests on provisional inputs.

Task-level evidence

What is driving the score?

Occupation scores are built from the task mix—not a single prediction about a job title.

JVS 2.0.0-phase4b
TaskImportanceAI impactExposure
Plan, schedule, or coordinate construction project activities to meet deadlines.High
63
Contract or oversee craft work, such as painting or plumbing.High
71
Confer with supervisory personnel, owners, contractors, or design professionals to discuss and resolve matters, such as work procedures, complaints, or construction problems.High
70
Study job specifications to determine appropriate construction methods.High
70
Plan, organize, or direct activities concerned with the construction or maintenance of structures, facilities, or systems.High
67
Inspect or review projects to monitor compliance with building and safety codes or other regulations.High
52
Investigate damage, accidents, or delays at construction sites to ensure that proper construction procedures are being followed.High
71
Determine labor requirements for dispatching workers to construction sites.High
70
Prepare and submit budget estimates, progress reports, or cost tracking reports.High
67
Requisition supplies or materials to complete construction projects.High
71
Implement new or modified plans in response to delays, bad weather, or construction site emergencies.High
69
Interpret and explain plans and contract terms to representatives of the owner or developer, including administrative staff, workers, or clients.High
63
Evaluate construction methods and determine cost-effectiveness of plans, using computer models.Medium
69
Perform, or contract others to perform, pre-building assessments, such as conceptual cost estimating, rough order of magnitude estimating, feasibility, or energy efficiency, environmental, and sustainability assessments.Medium
69
Prepare contracts or negotiate revisions to contractual agreements with architects, consultants, clients, suppliers, or subcontractors.High
54
Develop construction budgets to compare green and non-green construction alternatives, in terms of short-term costs, long-term costs, or environmental impacts.Medium
68
Implement training programs on environmentally responsible building topics to update employee skills and knowledge.Medium
71
Inspect or review projects to monitor compliance with environmental regulations.Medium
32
Apply green building strategies to reduce energy costs or minimize carbon output or other sources of harm to the environment.Medium
70
Secure third-party verification from sources, such as Leadership in Energy Efficient Design (LEED), to ensure responsible design and building activities or to achieve favorable LEED ratings for building projects.Medium
71
Most exposed

Where AI can do more

Routine, digitized, and highly repeatable tasks face the greatest pressure.

  1. Contract or oversee craft work, such as painting or plumbing.71
  2. Investigate damage, accidents, or delays at construction sites to ensure that proper construction procedures are being followed.71
  3. Requisition supplies or materials to complete construction projects.71
  4. Implement training programs on environmentally responsible building topics to update employee skills and knowledge.71
Hardest to automate

Where people still matter

These tasks score lowest on automation feasibility—physical presence, judgement, accountability and real-world variability all resist end-to-end automation.

  1. Inspect or review projects to monitor compliance with environmental regulations.01
  2. Plan, schedule, or coordinate construction project activities to meet deadlines.02
  3. Contract or oversee craft work, such as painting or plumbing.03
  4. Confer with supervisory personnel, owners, contractors, or design professionals to discuss and resolve matters, such as work procedures, complaints, or construction problems.04
  5. Study job specifications to determine appropriate construction methods.05
Where else this work leads

Related occupations

Occupations O*NET links to this one. Relatedness reflects shared work, not a claim that these roles are safer.

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Beyond AI capability

Adoption and labour-market outlook

Structural factors are kept separate from raw capability so you can see what actually resists automation. Adoption pressure and labour-market resilience are still provisional models—25% of this occupation’s replacement-risk weight rests on them.

Human dependency76
Physical dependency49
Adoption pressure52
Labour-market resilience71
Methodology & sources

O*NET 30.3 occupational data interpreted through the JobsVsAI capability, automation and structural-constraint models.

Confidence81/100
CalculatedAug 21, 2026
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