The following assignment will endeavour to present research done on the construction of the Sydney Opera House. The research will be broken down and discussed under five main headings: Project Overview/Background - giving the overall facts from the events leading up to the construction of the opera house. Project Team/Stakeholders - this section of the assignment will outline the various stakeholders which influenced the project and their relationship to one another. Construction - this secti...
Quantity implies amount, number, measure, extent, size, magnitude and mass. Surveyor denotes inspector, assessor, examiner, reviewer and evaluator. The name Quantity Surveyor was originally derived from the initial need for the profession; which is to prepare the Bill of Quantities from plans, describing the material, items of work and the quantities required. Builders also use the Bill of Quantities when submitting tenders in order to secure work. Currently, Quantity Surveyors functions invo...
This chapter explains about the process of installation steel framing component and to identify the safety aspect and the requirement during the installation process of steel framing component at site and to identify the level of safety during installation process at site. For this chapter, definition and description of Industrialised Building System will be given. Beside that this chapter also included history of IBS in Malaysia, installation process, safety requirement during the installati...
According to Willis's Practice and Procedure for the Quantity Surveyor (Ashworth & Hogg, 2007, p.1), the role of the quantity surveying has been defined by Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS, 1971) as "ensuring that the resources of the construction industry are utilised to the best advantage of society by providing, inter alia, the financial management for projects and a cost consultancy service to the client and designer during the whole construction process." However, the roles...
This study is to analyze the modern traditional vernacular Malay house. How is the origin Malay house being transform into modern vernacular houses and what is the effect of contemporary materials. The kampong Baru is located in the capital city of Malaysia, Kuala lumpur. This is a reserved area for the Malay ethnic groups. From the case study will found out the climatic effect of using contemporary materials in the traditional Malay house by the following questions: 1: How is the climate of ...
One material is natural masonry. It can be considered the oldest building method still in common use, which is adobe or unfired clay bricks. Adobe is usually seen in drier climates. Adobe bricks are still not common in the local builders' merchants, but they are available. Claytec offers a light weight clay/straw brick and a compressed clay brick. Errol Brick also offers an unfired earth brick. All of these are non load-bearing and best suited as a skin for timber frame construction. Some 40%...
Every building needs maintenance management to maintain physical condition of a building. With the maintenance expenses can be reduced if there is damage to the building because the building will be regularly maintained to prevent defects in future. To ensure efficiency in the management of the building must ensure buildings are safeguarded and controlled. When a building is well maintained, the condition of the building will look like a new building. The value of the building can be increase...
This chapter explains about the process of installation steel framing component and to identify the safety aspect and the requirement during the installation process of steel framing component at site and to identify the level of safety during installation process at site. For this chapter, definition and description of Industrialised Building System will be given. Beside that this chapter also included history of IBS in Malaysia, installation process, safety requirement during the installati...
Abstract: Accurate time estimation is very critical to ensure smooth operation and timely completion of any construction project delivery. In determining the time of the project completion the only known methodology currently used by JKR is based on prediction from the experience of completing past project. The cause of inaccurate of time estimation was determined by analysed the data from JKR's database and questionnaire. The study analysed the cause of the Extension of Time given to contrac...
The individuals and organizations of the public and private sector has been under great pressure to achieve more and more with less and less, finding the resources to meet business needs and increasing in the demands might push toward sacrificing the quality and leads to client dissatisfaction with final output, this what the UK construction industry suffered during the last decade when the industry were underachieving and the client satisfaction with services was at the bottom, till a series...
