This project report aims at the design and construction of an aquatic centre at Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) in India. The completion time of the project is expected to be around March 20th, 2011.The four phases of Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) are used in the construction and planning of project. Also the different areas of PMBOK such as scope, time, cost, quality, risk, procurement, human resource, communication and integration are applied for carrying out the differ...
Chapter 2 Introduction According to C. Gray and R. Flanagan 1989 over ninety percent of construction activities are now subcontracted on the majority of contracts, which leaves the main contractor with a mere ten percent of the project to physically construct. These figures suggest that the success of a project largely depends on the performance of its subcontractors. Although the main contractor has only ten percent of the project to construct he is responsible for the full one hundred perce...
Man is a social animal and down the ages he has strived hard to discover himself through materialism and opulence. In this process he has landed himself and the rest to mind blowing ecological disasters that questioned his pursuits for comforts. Yet man is not ready to learn from his past. I would like to bring forth an incident that, by human error, has led to 7 deaths and many getting affected in the process. Many would not accept the fact that entertainment centres offer a large variety an...
Demonstrate an understanding of the theory relating to organizational management and demonstrate an understanding of Health and Safety Legislation and its application Discuss the necessary qualities needed for your site supervisor to ensure that the "storage/compound facilities" meet the demands of the Health and Safety Executive. Provide examples of the legislation that may be covered in the installation or maintenance of the facilities Discuss which organization model would be suitable for ...
3.1 Introduction to Case Study Pekeliling Flats is situated on the Lebuhraya Mahameru-bound Jalan Tun Razak, Kuala Lumpur. The flats are also known as Tunku Abdul Rahman public flats. Pekeliling flats are one of Kuala Lumpurs earliest public housing projects and were built in 1967. There were 11 residential blocks comprising 2,969 units. For the construction of the first pilot project, the Government held a negotiation with a joint venture company Citra/Boon & Cheah which intended to use the ...
Framework is required for the construction of standard building units or office space in various locations over a four-year period. Following OJEC and the selection process, based on financial and economic standing and technical capacity, a framework is awarded to a number of prime contractors on "the most economically advantageous tender" basis Sir Michael Latham in his report constructing the team (Latham, 1994)promoted framework agreements between contractors and subcontractors, saying tha...
Energy saving in buildings has become a question of crucial importance in many countries. At the same time, the requirements for satisfactory indoor climate with low electricity consumption have increased which prompt the supply and demand for energy efficient homes. The battle against global warming shall start from home insulation to reduce green house gas emission. In developed countries, government has even allowed tax credit to house owners for costs incurred in carrying out home insulat...
Chapter 1: What is Sustainability? Definition of Sustainability: A meaningless concept? Old: What is clear from the literature studied for this dissertation is that on the whole, environmental issues suffer from problems of terminology and definition and there is confusion surrounding ‘sustainability'. A definition of sustainability seems to be somewhat subjective depending on your background and your intentions, there is no universal definition for the concept as it differs with regional cir...
Multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems usually have characteristics of nonlinear dynamics coupling. Therefore, the difficulty in controlling MIMO systems is how to overcome the coupling effects between the degrees of freedom. The computational burden and dynamic uncertainty associated with MIMO systems make model-based decoupling impractical for real-time control. The knowledge base of the fuzzy logic controller (FLC) encapsulates expert knowledge that consists of the data-base (member...
The physical substance of a house is a pile of materials assembled from widely scattered sources. They undergo different kinds of and degrees of processing in large number of places, require many types of handling over periods that vary greatly in length, and uses the services of a multitude of people organized into many different sorts of business entity (Cox & Goodman, 1956) Contractor performance is critical to the success of any construction project as it is contractors who convert design...
