As a Construction Manager, you will need to master following:

• budgetary principles
• communicate with construction crews
• construction product regulation
• cost management
• identify customer's needs
• interpret technical requirements
• plan construction of houses
• project management
• work in a construction team

More generally, a construction manager is also versed in:

• advise on construction materials
• apply safety management
• building materials industry
• calculate needs for construction supplies
• check construction compliance
• civil engineering
• construction equipment related to building materials
• construction industry
• ensure compliance with legal requirements
• identify construction materials from blueprints
• manage contracts
• oversee construction project
• prepare construction documents
• quality standards
• review construction projects

It also helps to know the following:

• consider building constraints in architectural designs
• corporate social responsibility
• design power plant systems
• energy efficiency
• follow nuclear plant safety precautions
• integrate building requirements in the architectural design
• project commissioning
• total quality control
• audit contractors
• building construction principles
• carry out tendering
• communicate with customers
• construction methods
• contract law
• ensure compliance with construction project deadline
• ensure compliance with environmental legislation
• environmental legislation
• integrate engineering principles in architectural design
• manage construction archive
• manage environmental impact
• monitor contractor performance
• monitor parameters' compliance in construction projects
• nuclear energy
• order construction supplies
• participate in governmental tenders
• radiation protection
• review construction plans authorisations