Job Site Layout, Mobilization, Equipment, And Coordination

Finding the balance is crucial to winning the game. Similarly construction projects in scaffolding want to be completed in a respectable amount of time. Speed is usually important when it comes to these construction projects, but the workers safety is even more important. Basically you want to get the job done quickly, but with the least amount of risk to the workers. Kee Safety’s Mike Mumau said “the real issue is how do you build something in a fast, efficient way, and still be profitable without putting the workers at risk.” The balance between the two is important for construction projects.

In this method, the design and the construction roles are combined into a single responsibility and the team is referred to as the Design Build Contractor. The architect is under contract to the contractor and not the owner. The advantages of this method are that the owner is dealing with one contract for the design and construction and does not get involved in the details of the design and construction. The design can be accomplished according to the budget and easily be changed if necessary. Since the maximum price is set in an early stage, this method is faster than the design-bid-build and the construction manager method. However, there are drawbacks to this approach. Since the architect and contractor report to the design/build firm, a conflict is created between the owner and the design/build firm. Also, as the design and construction roles are part of the same team, this can lead to a disadvantage. As the owner is no longer dependent on the architect, the architect’s judgement is no longer provided to the owner and this leads to quality control problems. (what I think if this is the best method or

In this task area, I mainly interact with subcontractors, use smart bid and work on bid reviews. In the first two weeks I learned to use smart bid and started sending bid invitations to subcontractors and following up on them through phone calls and emails. I gave them an introduction of the project and provided them with the necessary information required to come up with a competent price. In parallel to this, I participated in the bid review meetings which gave me an introduction to the cost control process and the perceptions of different departments within construction such as sales, operations and cost management. This task area is very critical because though we come up with a bid through estimation, it is very essential that the cost is both competent enough to win the project and realistic enough that it can be executed by the operations. In the following weeks, I developed a better rapport and interaction with the subcontractors and started to drive the bid review meetings in addition to participating in them. In the future, I will continue to do the same for different projects and improve my caliber in this

In construction projects, mostly the firms (in this case the firms become client) do not have the skills or develop skills inside the firms to undertake the projects due to amount of the projects should be conducted or the complexity of the projects (Reve and Levitt, 1984). Therefore, the economic decision to conduct the projects is to procure them to third parties. However, more commonly the client agonize the final quality of the projects will meet standard requirements. Thus, impacts to involvement of complex contracts of construction procurement.

The site mobilization and the preparation of the site in agreement with the mode of operation are significant in the demolition work. There are three fundamental risks associated with demolition and site clearing phase of demolition (Forsythe,

Client and the contractor have same priorities. Basically, contractor will make the decision in turnkey approach and client will just accept in silent. In this project, the contractor and the client have the same focus and priorities therefore the relationship between the contractor and client is good and there is no overruns or communication problems between both sides.

Specialist contractors – generally known as subcontractors – perform the majority of the work on commercial construction projects. They face significant challenges in allocating their resources across multiple, concurrent projects (O’Brien and Fischer 2000). Despite their central nature to project performance, relatively little research has been performed to formally model their operations. Without such modeling, there exists little basis from which to measure or improve performance. This dissertation attempts to address the limited literature by providing a formal, information model for subcontractor resource management. There are three main contributions: First, addition to the general literature on subcontractor management as a

In order to perform any task in a more productive manner during construction, equipment must be used. Depending on the scope of work and the size of the job more than one piece of machinery may be used; the model, size, and people operating the equipment will differ too. The equipment, personnel, area, and project factors may be different for every job but they all share a common factor, risk. This factor aids contractors to determine the type of equipment to choose and the supplier to provide the equipment for the project as well.

In developed countries such as Australia, subcontractors do most of the on-site work. According to Pratt (2011) in residential projects almost 80% of work is performed by subcontractors and often most of the on-site work is carried out by the sub trades leaving the main builders as the co-ordinator of various sub-trades. However despite subcontractor or trade contractor being the specialists in the specific area, there are yet many problems associated with subcontractors.

Construction projects have always been a very important part of human civilisation. For handling a construction project there need men, money, machinery, material and management. The project would be successful when the project manager has these five variables under control. The key to project success is to pick the right project manager. A right project manager is the person who manages the triple constraints (cost, quality and time), scope and safety for the project to be planned in a correct way. A project manager should be capable of satisfying customer needs. Keeping clients satisfaction as a key goal, he should follow the project management principles. As the company wants to employ a project manager this report involves the key factors a project manager (builder) needs. It also addresses the roles and responsibilities of a site manager and project manager by using the project management principles overview which is applicable for this project.

Construction activities are increasingly becoming more demanding in today’s dynamic world in terms of delivery and complexity hence requires proper management to ensure its timely delivery to desired standards. In order to meet planned targets it is vital to plan and sequence tasks at both (macro and micro) levels along with flow of resources for the activity. It is required to plan work and resources in a manner that the available resources can be best utilised to obtain optimal output.

The Contractor then submits a tender based on the documentation provided and is not responsible for any design except do some specialist elements such as piling etc. The Contractor is responsible for construction only.

Many times, risks faced by contractors exist at no fault of their own. That is, in some cases the contractor is bound by a design that places specific hazards on the construction site. Designers who are cognizant of and responsive to their effort on construction safety would aid in making jobsites safer for construction workers (Gambatese et al, 1997). Situations such as these led the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health to create a safe design concept, prevention through design. Prevention

The work involves some huge construction equipment and machines like cranes, man lift, scissor lift etc. so safety of the site is a main challenge.

The construction work will be discussed in terms of methodology (including resourcing?), quality control, site safety and environmental protection. Each part will be discussed by dividing it into different construction phases to deal with problems associated with this phase separately. Finally, the most cost-efficient practice for each part is recommended in section RECOMMENDATION with Method statement, Inspection and Testing Plan, Task analysis, and Environmental Plan in APPENDIX.