What’s the average day for construction project manager or superintendent?

Coffee
Donuts
shite
Lunch
Coffee
shite
Go home

you forgot standing around and dealing with half retarded workers

broad question, will get broad answers.

what makes you think they will put you in charge or managing a project or jobsite right off the bat?

first 20 years or second 20 years?

big difference

Our PM's sit in the office all day and just do the planning part. We have construction leads in the field who handle the grunts.

My Uncle is PM for a company that handles road construction in AZ and NM and his days consist of being onsite for 12 hours a day until the project is finished.

So I would all assume it depends on the type of construction and location you are working at.

Either way you're basically just putting out fires all day long.

Our construction project manager wears a suit to work everyday, sits in his office and manages projects pretty much from his office. He works with the architect on planning and design, then approves the plans, gathers bids on the project, sets up a budget, approves and processes construction draws. He visits the site once a week for the first couple on months and bi-weekly after that until completion.

We have a great pool GC's and they provide a superintendents to work on-site as needed.

Most important part of day is first 2 hours....then from 2 to 3pm making sure it was done the way you instructed.

Overpaid babysitting

Curious on OP's situation. Going to college?

For gen contractors the following happens pretty much every day:
your subcontractors for the most part will come with questions on how to build the building. Most of the time the answer is on the drawings and you have to tell them to look at the drawings. It becomes frustrating so you have to nip it in the bud early.

You call people all day asking where they are on certain items.

If you have your own labor on site, youre constantly planning for what they are doing and what will be their next task.

Legitimate questions go to design team, youre constantly speaking with them as well.

Youre constantly looking at your subcontractors work. Very few subs do a good job so youre having to notify them of bad work and correcting it.

Constantly planning, always planning for plan b.
Constantly reviewing construction documents for details.
Constantly reviewing subcontractors work, planning for if they fail.
It consumes you.