Construction Essays & Research Papers

Table Of Content: Assignment 1: P 1.1 Discussing the use of approved codes of practice to ensure compliance with health and safety legislation. PAGE 2 P 1.2 Explaining the responsibilities for providing welfare facilities on-site. PAGE 4 P 1.3 Explaining the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007. Evaluate the penalties for non-compliance with current health and safety at work legislation. Give at least two examples for easy understanding. PAGE 7 P 2.1...

Carpentry has been around for quite some time yet has experienced a growth which includes updating the tools and safety of the profession. Working with wood is a skill that has been around since man created his first tool. From carpentry’s beginnings, it has developed enormously, but in its essence, the tools and techniques our modern carpenters use today are the same as those used in the Stone Age. The Bureau of Labor Statistics defines carpenters as “people who construct, erect, install and...

Grant the Great Construction is a small construction company formed from the merger of Grant Thomas Construction &Right Build International. The company has successfully operated in the Durham North Carolina area for the past ten years working on both small and large scale construction, repair, and alteration projects. With the business boom that is occurring in Greensboro and the desire to improve overall profit margins, the company is planning to shift its target market from residential...

ASSIGNMENT TABLE OF CONTENTS | | PAGE | 1.0 | Is it possible for one standard form of construction contract to meet the need of every project? Discuss by reference to at least two forms in common use in industry. | 2 | 1.0 | What is a Construction Contract? | 2 | 1.1 | Why use a standard form of contract? | 3 | 2.0 | Different forms of contract | 3 | | 2.1 PWD (Public Works Department) FORM OF AGREEMENT | 4 | | 2.2 FIDIC | 4 | 3.0 | Main differences between both forms of...

Industry analysis The construction industry of Bangladesh has improved substantially during the last twenty years. About 10% of GDP of the country comes from this sector alone. It absorbs a very big labor force as well as enhances big job opportunities for engineers, architects, managers, foremen, supervisors, technicians, electricians, machine operators, drivers etc. At present this is a booming industry and people engaged in this sector are earning a reasonable salary and other benefits. And...

AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY,ZARIA Student's Course Registration Form Full Name: ZUBAIR, IMRAN LAWAN Registration Number: U10QS1036 Faculty: Environmental Design Department: Quantity Surveying Course Of Study: B.Sc. Quantity Surveying Session: 2012/2013 Level: 300 Date Generated: 9/May/2013 , 13:34:57. First Semester S/N Course Code Course Title Credit Unit Lecture Group Lab Group Lecturer Signature 1 . BLDG305 Building Services: Waste Water 2 1 NA 2 . GENS201 Moral Phylosophy 1 1 NA 3 ....

Sub: Construction Management 1. Explain the dealing with owners’ supplies. 2. Write short notes in the following. a. b. c. d. Guarantee Tests Demobilization Environmental case Testing commissioning and Trial Run. 3. Describe the purchase procedure in a construction organization . 4. Explain ABC analysis for a construction organization 5. What is Risk Identification Analysis and Classification? List out the Risk avoidance and Reduction measures. 6. Illustrate the financial model for a...

In building construction and in fire prevention there are organizations that have created a useful system on how to determine what type of building falls under which category. The ICC (International Code Council) and the NFPA (National Fire Protection Association) create these building codes for the safety of firefighters. The two most commonly known standards for building classifications are the NFPA 5000 and also the International Building Code (IBC). The two are very similar, however, they...

Trevabina Construction Company Background Trevabina was incorporated in 2000 as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Treva Corporation Sdn Bhd (Treva Corp) to undertake general contracting and civil engineering works. Treva Corp, formed in 1998, was a property development company owned by Trevari Kamal. Trevabina commenced business in 2001 when it received a project worth $280,000 to build a store for the Ministry of Defence. Between 2002 and 2004, the company took on increasingly larger jobs...

Bonds LaShundra Hines Indiana Wesleyan University Personal Finance BUS 150 Keith Smith July 22, 2009 Construction Management The function of a construction manager is to advise and consult a client or owner concerning the programming and design of a project. This would include cost estimation, coordination of the work schedule , equipment and material deliveries. A concern in the managers advisement and consultation is trade jurisdiction of the various contractors and the...

Background and introduction Balfour Beatty Construction is a commercial construction company that was formulated in 1933. The headquarter of the company is in Dallas, Texas and service office in U.S. the parent company of the Balfour Beatty Construction is Balfour Beatty which is a London based group. The group is a world class construction, services and engineering organization. The competitive and strategic position of the company can be assessed by the management tools including SWOT and...

The Call for Sustainable Construction The construction of buildings in the United States accounts for thirty percent of waste output annually. The construction of these buildings also consume seventy-one percent of the total electrical energy in the U.S. Due to the diminishing health of our planet, it is evident that sustainability in construction is a necessity. Sustainable, or green, buildings are not only beneficial to the planet, but also to the owner, the designer, and the builder....

Malaysian Technical Universities International Conference on Engineering & Technology (MUiCET 2011) Identifying Construction Resource Factors Affecting Construction Cost: Case of Johor Aftab Hameed Memon*, Ismail Abdul Rahman, Ade Asmi Abdul Aziz, Kumarason V. Ravish, and Noor Ikmalah Mohammad Hanas Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, 86400 Parit Raja, Batu Pahat, Johor, Malaysia *Corresponding e-mail: aftabm78@hotmail.com Abstract...

SUB: Construction Management Total Marks: 80 1. Explain the dealing with owners’ supplies. (5 marks) 2. Write short notes in the following. (20 marks) a. Guarantee Tests b. Demobilization c. Environmental case d. Testing commissioning and Trial Run. 3. Describe the purchase...

Building Construction Related to the Fire Service Chapter 1: Building Construction & Fire Service The building variables that FF must consider: • Age of building – age in itself is not a hazard but an indication of potential hazards • Fire protection systems – first line of defense in a building • Occupancy of the building – often affects fire behavior…each occupancy has different hazards & fuels, and the structural components are subjected to different temperatures, heat...

Property Plus Chennai Hyderabad Kochi Planning construction costs You can organise your construction costs better, by planning your expenditure in advance. To calculate your budgetary requirement initially, use tentative estimates and then detail the requirements, item wise and work wise. However, actual estimates will depend on the design proposed by the engineer / architect for your home and the prevailing cost of raw materials in the market. Assume that you buy 1200...

Building Construction A A I T G ROUP M E M BE R S : Messay Debebe (ETR/1590/03) Said Ahmed (ETR/1590/) Zenebe Kinfe (ETR/3909/03) Rediet Solomon (ENR/4352/04) Biya Gadisa (ETR/0228/03) D E P A R T M E N T O F C I V I L E N G I N N E R I N G Acknowledgement First of all we would like to tank out teacher w/t Selam Yazew for giving us this chance to observe the hands-on Design of a building and practice what we have learned in the class room . We also would...

Ministry of Transportation Construction Supervision Survey Guide Traffic, Electrical, Highway Safety and Geometric Standards Engineering Branch April 2008 BC Ministry of Transportation Construction Supervision Survey Guide Preface The Construction Supervision Survey Guide (CSSG) has been developed in response to a need for standardized procedures and deliverables for construction supervision survey services for the Ministry of Transportation in British Columbia. The intended...

| | Construction Zone Challenge Dear Cook County District Court, To Whom It May Concern, last week I was driving on a construction zone when I noticed I was driving the wrong way. The construction site was 500 meters long and at first I traveled 400 meters in 14 seconds when I realized I was going the wrong way so I came back at a constant...

It important to me that you know that I will lead with good communications, I will building relations with you and all though involved, and follow through with respect, because we all know if everybody is not on the same page the work will come to a crawl. Me and my team as well as project manager will set the bar, leading by example setting the standard at the 1st phase to final phase through time, quality, and safety. Time * We will implement lean construction working efficient...

“Safety in Building Construction and Construction Site” by Ke Geok Chuan, Director, Policy and Research Division, DOSH Malaysia There are two (2) acts in Malaysia that govern the building construction activities, that is The Factories and Machinery Act 1967 and The Occupational Safety and Health Act 1994. However, the Department of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) which is under the Ministry of Human Resources is the lead authority in the enforcement of such...

INTRODUCTION Construction is a vast process where a lot of obstacles are faced. It can be because of the conditions of the terrain where a construction is on-going or because of the nature of the construction itself which causes the difficulties. So to overcome some of these or most of it there is always surveys done before a construction is started. Therefore a survey is a part of the construction process. And these surveys can be of different types depending on the situation of the...

INTRODUCTION  AIM  Understand and realize the need building structures  To give a general idea on how the process of building engaging a site and the understanding of substructure, superstructure and primary elements. THE IDEA OF A BUILDING ENGAGING A SITE of INTRODUCTION : The Building  We build building because we need shelter from the element that are beyond our control  Hot  Cold  Danger  Others  ………. INTRODUCTION : The Building  Why do people need proper...

5/7/2015 Assessor Name: Paul | Learner Name: Abubakr Mohammed Assessor Name: Paul Mohammed Sustainable Construction Learner Name: Abubakr Table of Contents Task 1 (P1) ​ Six features of the natural environment that suffer as a result of bad practice………..…. ​ 3 ​ Task 2 (P2)​ 4​ ​ different forms of global pollution arising from construction projects​ ……………….....5 ​ Task 3 (P3) ​...

(4) Building construction is a complex, significant, and rewarding process. It begins with an idea and culminates in a structure that may serve its occupants for several decades, even centuries. Like the manufacturing of products, building construction requires an ordered and planned assembly of materials. It is, however, far more complicated than product manufacturing. Buildings are assembled outdoors on all types of sites and are subject to all kinds of weather. Additionally, even a...

Fugar and Agyarkwa-Baah (2010) in the study Delays in Building Construction constructed In Ghana synthesized a number of these factors towards highlighting their relevance in contemporary Ghana- ian construction practice. They concluded that the factors affecting construction performance could be classified under the following themes: materials, manpower, equipment, financing, environment, changes, government action, contractual relation- ships and scheduling and controlling techniques....

NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT BSc (Hons) CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT YEAR 1FT/SW BSc (Hons) CIVIL ENGINEERING AND QUANTITY SURVEYING YEAR 1 FT/SW BSc (Hons) QUANTITY SURVEYING YEAR 1 FT/SW/PT BSc (Hons) QUANTITY SURVEYING AND CONSTRUCTION COMMERCIAL MANAGEMENT YEAR 1 FT/SW/PT CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE CONM10002 Date: 5 June 2012 Time: 1.30 – 4.30pm INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES Answer FOUR questions. All questions carry...

BLDG1260 Construction Management Principles LECTURE 3: SAFETY IN CONSTRUCTION Riza Yosia Sunindijo Outline and aims 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 The basic of construction safety The importance of safety The evolution of construction safety Psychological aspect Behavioural aspect Situational aspect Investing in safety 1 Basic definitions What is safety? What is a hazard? What is a risk? Accident vs. incident vs. injury What are the causes of an accident? Anton, T.J. (1989). Occupational...

P * Procurement Definition: A basic definition for the procurement is “the way the building is realised” and “involves assembling and organising the skills and services of a team of construction professionals”. (the Construction Round Table, 1995). More precisely, the construction industry describes procurement as “a system that establishes the roles and relationships which make up a project organisation”; hence the overall organisation and communication structure for the management,...

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Analysis of construction excavation companies: Caterpillar, JCB, Komatsu. Table of Contents INTRODUCTION. Relevance of research; Objects and Subjects of Research; Methodological Framework; Theoretical and Practical Significance of Research; Methods of Analysis. CHAPTER I. I. 1. Introduction to Construction Market I. 1.1. History and Development I. 1.2. Nowadays Construction Market...

Research Question: Why are new green building materials better than those that commonly exist from previous methods of construction? Applying the Green Matter to Construction Introduction Why does that one unique house in your area seem to be different than each stereotypical residence design? It could be because of the green building concepts that were used for its construction, seen as there are essentially countless sustainable practices being applied to construction in the world...

Causes of Construction Disputes 1) Poor Contract Documentation that arises from the organizational system. • Inadequate or incomplete design information like information like Sizes, type, Colour, Make, Company etc is not mentioned in documents. • Ambiguities in contract documents like how the extra item will be settled, extension of time, liquidated damages etc. scope of work. The written (or unwritten) contract is what guides the parties' expectations as to payment and performance. The...

Geometric constructions involve drawing geometric shapes that satisfy certain requirements (onlinemathlearning.com). The main focus in construction is on equidistance and co-linearity. This is done through the use of certain tools namely the compass and the straight edge. It is used to construct angles, planes figures and segments. This mathematical skill is applicable in many fields such as architecture, engineering and construction just to name a few. Base on the fact that geometric...

CONTENTS 1. 2. INTRODUCTION AND SCOPE OF WORK SITE ORGANIZATION CHART LEVELS OF PERSONNEL JOB DESCRIPTION OF KEY PERSONNEL REPORTING PROCEDURES 3. PROJECT COMMUNICATION NEED OF COMMUNICATION COMMUNICATION FLOW WITHIN PROJECT SITE COMMUNICATION FLOW WITHIN SITE AND HEAD OFFICE COMMUNICATION CHANNELS WITHIN PROJECT TEAMS REPORTING SYSTEMS 4. 5. 6. LAYOUT PLAN CONTRACT DOCUMENTS PROJECT SCHEDULE WORK ACTIVITIES BRIEF PROJECT SCHEDULING CPM 7. 8. 9. SITE CLEARANCE CONSTRUCTING INFRASTRUCTURAL...

International Infrastructure Project Cost Estimating Work Breakdown Paul Hewitt, International Project Estimating Limited Introduction Construction Cost Estimating Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) The term WBS has become a common term in all fields related to Cost Engineering including Construction Cost Estimating, Scheduling and Project Cost Control. A well defined WBS is the backbone of good Construction Estimating Software and can take several forms including the breakdown of items within an...

The Built & Human Environment Review, Volume 3, Special Issue 1, 2010 Evaluating Research Methodology in Construction Productivity Studies Panas, A. and Pantouvakis, J. P. cvapanas@mail.ntua.gr and jpp@central.ntua.gr Centre for Construction Innovation, Department of Construction Engineering and Management, Faculty of Civil Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Greece Abstract Despite the large number of published papers in the area of construction productivity, a...

Question 1 Sunny Yacht Club v Ah Seng Pte Ltd Question 2 a) i) Traditional A traditional procurement route is the most common form of procurement for both small and medium sized projects. Since it is a widely used procurement route in the industry, implementing the traditional procurement route have several benefits such as: Procedures that is familiar and well known in the industry. Reasonable public accountability due to the...

J. Basic. Appl. Sci. Res., 3(10)87-96, 2013 © 2013, TextRoad Publication ISSN 2090-4304 Journal of Basic and Applied Scientific Research www.textroad.com Causes of Delay in Construction Projects of Punjab-Pakistan: An Empirical Study Yahya Rahsid, Saif ul Haq and Muhammad Shakeel Aslam Assistant Professor, MS Scholar and Lecturer respectively at Department of Management Sciences, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, and Lahore Pakistan Received: May 21 2013 Accepted: June...

 WESTBAND CONSTRUCTION LTD. 9910 39 Avenue P.O. Box 2408 Edmonton, Alberta T5J 2R4 October 27 - 2011 City of Edmonton Drainage Branch Dear Madam / Sir, Request for Change Order: Regarding to our meeting dated July 30, 1993; WestBan Construction Limited needs City’s approval for extra time and cost to precede with additional scope of the construction work (changing slope in North and East banks, adding required shoring for stabilizing the soil,...

Cost escalation is one of the main concerns for project managers. It is a very industry. It is a major problem in both developing and developed countries but the trend is more severe in developing countries. Large construction projects with their features of complexity and capital requirement have resulted interest to many researchers. Roachanakanan (2005) examined the causes and solution of cost escalation in Thailand and United States. He illustrated how the project cost control procedure...

Case 5: George Construction Company Background George Construction Company is an open shop general contracting firm. President - Larry George Administrator & Project Manager (PM) - Ernie Billings Chief Financial Officer (CFO) - Joyce Current annual revenue -$40 million Project size range for the past year -$800000 tenant finish to $9 million medical office...

1.0 Introduction To select a suitable procurement strategy for a construction project, there are some issues which need to consider. From all of those issues, there are 3 big issues that mainly affect the selection decision which are time, cost and quality. There is several type of procurement strategy available in market that commonly used for construction project and each of the common method will be analyze and compare to find the most appropriate method for this project. The choice of...

Construction in Today’s Economy With the real estate market at an all-time low some would argue that starting new construction projects would be financially irresponsible, while others view it as a great time to make smart moves for the future. The falling economy has now spread to every sector of the construction real estate market. When the market crashed a few years back and the economy entered a recession, for a long period of time we only saw the effects that the economy had on...

Description Safety in the construction industry has always been a major issue. Wherever reliable records are available, construction is found to be one of the most dangerous on safety and health criteria, particularly in developing countries. Though much improvement in construction safety has been achieved, the industry still continues to lag behind most other industries with regard to safety. In developing countries, safety rules usually do not exist; if any exist, the regulatory authority is...

Challenges Facing Today’s Construction Manager Supplemental Reading for CIEG 486-010 Construction Methods & Management Bob Muir, PE Fall 2005 Challenges Facing Today’s Construction Manager By Bob Muir, PE Introduction There are numerous challenges facing today’s construction manager. Some are new to the industry, and some are centuries old. Many of these challenges are a direct result of construction operations, while others a result of indirect, peripheral activities. A...

Telecommunications Infrastructure Construction in Japan to 2019: Market Databook Released On 28th September 2015 Synopsis Telecommunications Infrastructure Construction in Japan to 2019: Market Databook contains detailed historic and forecast market value data for the telecommunications infrastructure construction industry, including a breakdown of the data by construction activity (new construction, repair and maintenance, refurbishment and demolition). The databook provides historical...

4/26/2013 |Student number: 1211100 | Abuhmaid, Yousef | Question one Explain and evaluate the role of the client, architect, other design professionals and site manager in enabling and maintaining a safe working environment on a construction project. Construction sites are dangerous places. Statistics show that, on average, a person is killed every four days and hundreds are injured....

Bernard C. Capellan 1st Assignment CM 609, International Issues in Construction July 13, 2014 ____________________________________ The Main Drivers of the International Construction Industry, Global Economy and Its Role in Developed and Developing Countries including the Philippines (Answers to Questions 1 and 3) The construction industry is one of the largest in the whole world. This industry contributes about 10 percent of the total Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the entire global...

SHAH ALAMFACULTY OF CIVIL ENGINEERINGBACHELOR OF ENGINEERING (HONS.) CIVIL(EC 220) | | ENGINEERS IN SOCIETY(ECM507) | | ABANDONED PROJECT AT HULU KLANG | GROUP : EC220 7N | PREPARED BY | : | MUHAMMAD ZULHILMI BIN ABD RAHPALAHMAD DHIYAUL ISLAM BIN MOHAMMADKHAIRUL IZWAN BIN AMERRUDDINMUHAMAD AIZAT BIN ARBAIE | 2011818624201129752620114649942011222944 | | PREPARED FOR | : | Ir Abdul Halim bin Abdul Ghani | DATE | : | 13 MAY 2013 | Table of Content No | Topics |...

1. INDUSTRY SITUATION ANALYSIS 1.1 Dominant Economic Char. of the Industry Environment · Market size and growth rate The residential housing industry accounts for more than $325 billion and is increasing quarterly (1.). This is due partially to a constantly increasing population and increasing immigration. This industry is in the beginning stages of maturity with a slightly declining growth curve. · Scope of competitive rivalry Most major players in this industry compete...

Vol. 4, No. 7 Asian Social Science Analysis of Effectiveness Measures of Construction Project Success in Malaysia Roshana Takim (Corresponding author) Graduate Centre Department, Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, University Technology MARA (UiTM) Shah Alam, Malaysia Tel: 603-5521-1567 E-mail: rtakim59@yahoo.co.uk Hamimah Adnan Graduate Centre Department, Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, University Technology MARA (UiTM) Shah Alam, Malaysia Tel:...

methords of 1.0 Client Brief We have been approached by a large supermarket firm to advice on the suitability of various Modern Methods of Construction systems for the use on a potential flagship store. The initial brief from the client is that the new store must be sustainable, energy efficient and carry low maintenance / operation costs. The proposal is to construct a large retail space of approximately 5,000 m2 for sale of food and household goods. It is intended to be highly energy...

At the end of year 11 I had seen my future career path heading towards Business management, as I have the skills needed to motivate teams, solve problems and communicate with others to get jobs set to me complete. All skills which can also be transferred to construction management. However construction management offers me the challenge of having to find solutions to problems on a daily basis and the promise that no two jobs will ever be alike but most importantly it will mean that I get a lot...

Currie Road Construction Ltd (A) Executive Summary Martin Cook, President of Currie Road Construction Ltd has to decide on expansion plan immediately due to anticipated stimulus spending in both Texas and BC, Canada. The company has market share of 2.7% in BC, Canada. Competition in BC is stiff and it is impossible to increase market share. On the other hand, competition is less in Houston, Texas and Currie Road Construction has higher probability of securing...

CoNSTRUtTiON PPE PPE: Helping Protect Empleyees frem Construction jobsites can be dangerous places to work. There often are many activities going on at the same time, with various trades working side by side. Work can be done below-grade in excavations, above-grade on scaffolding and in scissor hfts and on the ground with forklifts and other heavy equipment. BY MARK STROMMr A ll of the activity above, below and on the ground at a construction worksite can create hazards for your...

Construction Project and Procurement: A historic overview on the development of building procurement systems in the UK from post war period (1945) present day. The points in evolution a split into 4 phases; 1.1) Phase 1 1945 – 1972: The period before the World War 2 selective tendering methods were being used more prolifically, the Simon report 1944 (ministry of works 1944) strongly recommends the use of selective tendering. After the end of the 2nd World War there was an increase in...

THE IMPACT OF THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS ON THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY JANUARY 2009 INTRODUCTION The current crisis in the world’s financial system has left the construction industry facing its toughest challenges for a generation. Salaries are falling; job cuts are predicted to reach 400,000 in England alone; and the impacts look set to get much worse before they get better. No country is immune from the impact of this and the UK, and much of the rest of the world, is already in, or...

Fast track construction is a project delivery system which compresses the design tender construct process into overlapping design and construct phases. The former can be identified as a traditional lump sum tender where plans and specification s are completed then put out to tender. Contractors bid the prject exactly as it is designed with the lowest bidder awarded the work. It is a linear process where one task follows the completion of another with no overlap. The latter, or " fast track...

Laguna State Polytechnic University SANTA CRUZ CAMPUS Santa Cruz, Laguna College of Engineering Supervised Industrial Training Weekly Report of Activities FOURTH Week (April 22 - April 26, 2013) NAME OF TRAINEE : NEMUEL M. RIVERA COURSE : BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN CIVIL ENGINEERING COMPANY : PENTECOSTAL MISSIONARY CHURCH OF CHRIST (4TH WATCH) Accomplishments: Our training starts with short theoretical discussion about stair reinforcements and concrete mixing and...

Brandon Leung CAE 460 – KL February 2, 2015 Assignment #1 2.1: What are the three major types of construction bonds? Why are they required? Name three items that affect bonding capacity. Three major types of construction bonds are: Performance Bonds, Payment Bonds, and Securing Bonds. They are required because a bond allows one party (Obligee) to protect itself against default in a relationship with a second party (Principal). A third party (Surety) provides this protection. Three items...

Safety Construction Practices A construction site of any type can be a very dangerous environment if safety rules are not followed. An employee who is injured on the work site will draw worker's compensation and drive the rates up for his employer, not to mention having a lower income while recovering. This also puts pressure on the other workers to complete a job with one less employee, and the same pressure is conveyed to the company in order to reach completion deadlines. Accidents in the...

Construction planning is a fundamental and challenging activity in the management and execution of construction projects. It involves the choice of technology, the definition of work tasks, the estimation of the required resources and durations for individual tasks, and the identification of any interactions among the different work tasks. A good construction plan is the basis for developing the budget and the schedule for work. Developing the construction plan is a critical task in the...

PESTEL ANALYSIS Political * The public spending on infrastructure is expected to decrease in many developed countries. Major part of this spending will be directed to the civil infrastructure due to the increasing concerns about sustainability. Investments in power station replacements, wind farms, waste management assets and other green initiatives will increase (The Economist 2010; Balfour Beatty, 2012). * Since governments in the emerging countries, especially in India, China and...

1.0 The issue Defined 1.1 General Background Back in the day before there were computers the whole construction process was done by pen and paper from the bidding process to the actual drawings themselves. Since the innovation of the computer and interactive software these processes have gotten much more efficient. There have been many programs that ease the construction process. Such programs include, drawing software (AutoCad), spreadsheet software (Microsoft Excel), programs to assist...

Introduction Nowadays, the growth of construction industry’s productivity is slow, unlike the manufacturing sector, where standardization of components, mechanisation and innovation greatly enhance the rate of production, that is because of the procedure of construction industry is more complicate and always take longer time than manufacturing sector. Therefore, the supply to meet the needs and demand of housing and infrastructure is a very slow process. This is a serious problem which...

PART- A INDUSTRY PROFILE PART-A INDUSTRIAL PROFILE |Indian Construction Industry is highly fragmented. There are mostly |[pic] | |unorganized players in the industry which work on the subcontracting basis. As| | |the construction activity being labour intensive, construction companies have | | |been...

The Design Process By Shane Lucitt 1 Contents 1.0 Introduction 2.0 Methodology 3.0 Inception 4.0 Feasibility 4.1 Overview of stage 4.2 Assessing the feasibility 4.3 Site investigation 4.4 Effects on design 5.0 Then brief 5.1 Overview of stage 5.2 What the brief should cover 5.3 What the brief should include 5.4 Consultants at this stage 6.0 The concept/outline proposals 6.1 Overview of stage 6.2 Requirements to proceed with concept design 6.3 Developing the brief into concept design...

| Project Risk Management | Course Project Part II Construction of the Empire State Building | PM 595 | [Type the author name] | 10/9/2011 | | Table of Contents Introduction……………………………………………………………………...3 Sources of Construction Project Risks………………………………………….3 Timeline Risk………………………………………………………….… 3 Cost Risk……………………………………………………………….…4 Design Issues…………………………………………………………..….5 Force majeure………………………………………………………….....5 Systems to address...

Current Problems and Issues Faced in The Construction Industry It is quite obvious that the Construction industry is one of the most important industries in the world. Because of construction, we all live in homes, apartments, condominiums, and other living places that were created by construction. Most jobs are in buildings, which were also created by construction. Basically, the entire structural part of society was created by hard working construction workers. To give you a general...

KETAN CONSTRUCTION LIMITED Short-term bank loans / facilities Long-term bank loans / facilities PR 3 CARE BBB Ratings CARE has assigned ‘CARE BBB’ (Triple B) rating to long-term bank facilities and PR3 (PR Three) rating to short-term bank facilities of Ketan Construction Limited (KCL) for an aggregate amount of Rs.174.81 crore, including outstanding working capital demand loan as on May 15, 2009 of Rs.11.81 crore, sanctioned fund based working capital limits of Rs.23.00 crore and sanctioned...

Student Soo Mei, Yap Student No 100071957 Proposed Topic Adjudication in the Malaysian Construction Industry Background for the Research Adjudication is one of the alternative dispute resolution procedures for resolving disputes, which giving of a non-binding opinion at the request of a party or parties to a dispute, and either party may refer to arbitration at a later stage. In the Latham Report (1994) recommended, inter alia, adjudication as the standard first instance dispute...

Chadwick Construction Case Analysis Introduction Chadwick Construction Company has had a significant increase in demand over recent years and has encountered multiple project management problems during this time. As a result, CCC’s general manager is considering the possibility of hiring a project manager for project scheduling and keeping track of the progress of subcontractors at work sites. CCC management is interested in knowing the expected completion time for a house if a project...

INDEX Contents Page No. 1. Introduction 3 2. Reasons 4 3. Needs and their Fulfillment 7 4. Suggested methods...

John O’Donnell Gallagher Construction and Development are based in north London. They are a property development and refurbishment company. They have been in the construction industry for about twenty five years. They have a workforce of twenty directly employed and about fifty self employed workers at the moment. The major political influences on the construction industry in London at the moment are the Mayor of London’s Sustainable Design and Construction Supplementary Planning Guidance...

Proceedings of the 5th Asia-Pacific Structural Engineering and Construction Conference (APSEC 2003) 26 – 28 August 2003 Johor Bahru, MALAYSIA HAZARDS AT CONSTRUCTION SITES Abdul Rahim Abdul Hamid1, Wan Zulkifli Wan Yusuf2 and Bachan Singh3 1,2 &3 Department of Structures and Materials, Faculty of Civil Engineering,Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM Skudai, Johor, Malaysia. rahimhamid@utm.my,wanzul@fka.utm.my and bachans@utm.my Abstract. Statistic has shown that the number of...

THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY VALUE CHAIN DBA ASSIGNMENT PRESENTATION BY HENRY B NJUGUNA, ESAMI THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY IN KENYA AND TANZANIA: UNDERSTANDING THE MECHANISMS THAT PROMOTE GROWTH. The construction industry is a very important one. Globally the annual value of the construction industry is of the order of 1.5 trillion dollars constituting about 8% of GDP and about 60% of fixed capital formation. It is one of the most relevant forces of the world economy representing 7% of its...

October 18, 2013 Prefabrication doesn’t mean Old School Modular construction has been around since the early 1900’s in the form of prefabrication but the way it is used has changed. Modular construction uses many trades to build a portion of the entire construct off site, such as complete walls with insulation, sheet rock and electrical compared to the traditional prefabrication that utilized only one trade. Due to the repetitive nature in commercial buildings, these are the most desired...

Career Essay I have always wanted to be able to do the same work that my father does. I have always found it fascinating when there are only a few people who organize, lead, and manage the people, materials, and processes of construction in a company. I always enjoy being outside and working with my hands. Over the summers I work for construction companies in Palestine , and want to continue that when I get out of College. I feel that if I come out of college with a BSBA in Real Estate and...

Gregory Prescott October 24, 2008 English 1200 Construction Workers Safety Issues Homes, Restaurants and the world around us are all made possible by our fellow construction workers. Construction is a high risk job dealing with many safety issues. The issues of safety can lead to serious injury or even death if precautions for eliminating these problems are not being used effectively. The safety problems deal with the equipment used, contamination and location problems. There are ways to...

ELECTRICAL SAFETY IN 1 CONSTRUCTION NATIONAL SAFETY DAY 2007 Environment, Health And Safety Karnataka State Safety Institute JNB/March 2007 The Times Of India March 9, 2007, Page 3 2 Page 3 has become popular for the society & fashion info Karnataka State Safety Institute JNB/March 2007 ELECTRICAL SAFETY IN 3 CONSTRUCTION NATIONAL SAFETY DAY 2007 Environment, Health And Safety Karnataka State Safety Institute JNB/March 2007 Electrical Safety Shock...

A huge increase in weather events is widely attributed to climate change which is due to atmospheric concentration of greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide (CO2). People are spending most of their time under the roofs of buildings in a comfortable environment with a large amount of energy usage. It can be said that the buildings have a major contribution to carbon dioxide emission and exacerbation of extreme weather condition. According to some scientific evidence a quarter of CO2 emissions...

Nature of Construction Contracts Introduction For this assignment the writer is going to discuss the nature and types of construction contracts and will explain the legal responsibilities of the various parties involved in the design and the construction process. Using different types of sources an explanation to the basic principles of contract law and how they apply. From doing this there will then be an explanation to what extent standard forms of contract are special types of contract....

A Report On The Globalization of the Construction Industry “How has globalization impacted on the construction industry in terms of issues such as: structure, characteristics of the industry and individual firms, building cycles and forecasting the future direction of the overall economy and the construction industry in particular”. TABLE OF CONTENTS Page 1.0 Executive Summary 2.0 Introduction 3.0 Globalization 4.0 Structure 4.1 The Global Construction Industry 4.2...

Question 1 The construction project that I choose was Asean Bridge. The Batang Baram Bridge or ASEAN Bridge is the longest bridge in Miri Division, Sarawak, Malaysia. The bridge is located along Miri-Baram Highway .The Asean Bridge is located approximately 2km upstream of the New Miri Port Complex. The bridge and access road directly link Sarawak with Brunei across the Batang Baram via the existing Immigration Checkpoint at Sungai Tujuh. This project can be as a big scale project. The...

Copyright September 2012, Division of Facilities Management, Design and Construction (FMDC) SECTION 013200 – SCHEDULE – BAR CHART [Designer to select Bar or CPM Type – 16 or 17] GENERAL 0.1 RELATED DOCUMENTS A. Drawings and general provisions of the Contract including General and Supplementary Conditions, Bid Form, and other Division 1 Specification Sections apply to this Section. 0.2 SUMMARY A. This Section includes requirements for a Bar Chart Schedule for the project construction...

Table of Contents Table of Contents 1. Outline of the NEC Contract a) Summary of the ethos & key aims of the Contract i. Stimulus to good management ii. Variations iii. Clear and simple language b) Strengths c) Weaknesses 2. Main Option Clauses a) List of main Option Clauses b) Summary and Comparison of Option Clauses c) Recommendation 3. Secondary Option Clauses a) 15 ‘X’ Secondary Options b) Two ‘Y’ Clauses c) Discussion of ‘Z’ Clauses d) Recommendation 4. Conclusion 5. References 1....

The Sri-Lankan Construction Industry in the New Millennium C WEDDIKKARA Dept. of Management, Construction and Building Science University of Western Sydney, Australia d.weddikkara@uws.edu.au K. DEVAPRIYA Dept. of Building Economics University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka (Research Scholar, University of Hong Kong) Abstract The construction investment in Sri- Lanka has followed the economic changes that took place during the last decade. This resulted in a significant change particularly in the...

CIPAA The Proposed Enactment of CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY PAYMENT AND ADJUDICATION ACT (CIPAA) CIPAA Background The Government has long realized problems facing parties to construction contracts in securing regular and timely payment that impacts cash flow during project implementation. In ensuring the smooth implementation of construction projects, problems of this nature must be addressed especially at the onset of the 10th Malaysia Plan. On 15th July 2009, Cabinet has agreed that...

Abstract Due to the growing population and overly congested roadways, numerous of the roadside construction sites occur at night to reduce the problems of traffic. These sites have continually shown problems caused by their unnatural lighting solutions. The essential problem brought to attention is that of safety, caused by the poor vision, bright lights, shadows, and the glare created by the current lighting types being used. While looking at these different forms of lighting, one will be able...

project xharter Project Name | Epic recording studio | Project Number | | Project Manager | Lionel Monsanto | Prioritization | | Owner(s) | Lionel monsanto, Janet Owens | Start Date: | 6/10/88 | Scheduled Completion Date: | 2/7/14 | Mission/ Purpose | What is your project going to accomplish? How does this project relate to overall goals and objectives of the company? It is part of a program or larger project? | My mission is to rent a building about 100 square feet with...

Task 1 - Roles and Responsibilities 1. The people who are responsible for health and safety on a project: a) Site Manager b) Assistant Site Manager The assistant site manger role will be keeping records associated with safety e.g. statutory inspections, including records required by CDM for hazard management e.g. sub-contractors method statements etc and anything else required by statue or included in the Construction Phase Plan and by the relevant procedures in the contractors Manual of...

Indian Construction Industry – 2006-07 13th AsiaConstruct INDIAN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY 2006-2007 PREPARED BY CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL INDIA P.R. Swarup, Director General, Construction Industry Development Council, India -1- Indian Construction Industry – 2006-07 Indian Construction Industry – An Overview of Practices Introduction The paper discusses the overview of practices being used in Indian Construction Industry, one of the fastest...

BUSINESS FAILURE IN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY By Roozbeh Kangari,1 Member, ASCE Business failure is an extremely disruptive force in the construction industry. The chance of failure for a construction company has increased over the past 10 years. In the past five years, the average age of a construction company at failure has been declining. Construction companies must always be aware of the possibility of business failure. Constant monitoring of their financial condition through the use of...

AUST Ahsanullah University of Science & Technology Department of Civil Engineering Course Name: Construction Project Management Course No.: CE401 Assignment: Risk Involved in Construction Works. [pic] Submitted by Shaibal Ahmed ID: 09.02.03.049 4rd Year 1nd Semester Section: A 1. Overview Construction business is expanding all over the world with the growing economy and demand of countries in order to facilitate the habitation of ever increasing population....

ROLE OF CONSTRUCTION IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Provides for economic development and expansion of economic activities Major consumer of physical and natural resources Produces waste Pollutes environment BUILDING MATERIALS “You employ stone, wood and concrete and with these materials, you build homes and places: that is construction” – Le Corbusier Attitudes Towards Building Materials Possibilities and appropriateness Attitudes Efficiency of use (engineering point of view)...