It advises a client how much a proposed project will cost. As well, cost planning will advise when the expected expenses will most possible occur. Hence it is important for obtaining project financing and for determining whether a project can be profitable. Therefore cost planning process essential to success of project. Methods of Estimating for Cost Planning There are some significant estimating methods uses in construction industry for Cost planning process. Those methods give preliminary ...
The coverage of the construction industry is very wide-ranging; it consists of residential construction, commercial building construction, heavy engineering construction, civil engineering, industrial construction and infrastructure. Construction site is considered to be the most hazardous working place. In the construction site, safety and quality are always concerns by the people. In the recent years, construction industry is facing environmental problem due to the pollution and the hazards...
A project manager is appointed by a client who has a project that requires to be implemented. It is the project managers duty to solely represent the client and ensure that all decisions and actions are in the clients best interests. The project manager should ideally be involved at the earliest possible time and his role is to communicate, lead, organise and delegate from inception of the project to completion of the project. The project manager must communicate primarily with the client, an...
Quality assessment system in construction industry is a system or method to measure and evaluate the quality of workmanship of a construction work based on the relevant approved standard. This assessment sets out the standard on quality of workmanship for various construction elements of building and infrastructure construction work. The quality of workmanship of a construction work is assessed according to the requirement of the relevant standard, and marks are awarded if the workmanship com...
Airport passenger terminal performance assessment provides a valuable feedback to airport managers. Researchers and practitioners alike have recognized that measuring terminal performance through purely operational approaches (i.e., based on airport ability to process passengers and baggage) is not sufficient. Innovative techniques studying passenger needs and their perception of service quality have been developed during the last couple of decades. A new generation of terminal assessment mod...
The initial phase of the Sodor project involved the formation of the project team and the nomination of the project manager. Group 12 is made up of 4 Nigerians and 1 Vietnamese which reflects a multicultural team with each nationality possessing peculiar personality traits. The objective of the first meeting was to nominate a Project Manager and to define and agree on ground rules for project team meetings. To ensure equal participation of all team members, it was agreed that the rotational p...
Introduction Water demand is growing gradually while the water resources are being depleted and degraded. Without achieving any efficiency levels in water usage; by 2030, the water demand will reach to a level which is 40% above the current available water resources. Since water is used in lots of sectors such as industry, agriculture and domestic activity; water scarcity will result in bringing more challenges in other areas such as food and energy security. Therefore, solving challenges in ...
Historical background (who wants the project? And why?) The Emirates Stadium is built on a former brownfield industrial estate known as Ashburton Grove in Islington, London; to provide a home ground for Arsenal FC. Arsenal FC's previous stadium in Highbury, of which it was named after, was located a mere half a mile away from the emirates. The capacity of Highbury was small in comparison to other "top-flight" status football clubs and therefore expansions were proposed. However, due to surrou...
Explain how risk assessments and hazard identification is carried out for specific tasks on construction and civil engineering sites. (P3) Describe a range of identifiable hazards associated with deep excavations and scaffolding when working from heights. Explain who may be at risk from these potential hazards. Deep Excavations Excavation work is a common part of construction work, it occurs almost on a daily basis; works such as foundations, service and utility access, and retaining wall ere...
Abstract/ Summary: 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 the developed as well as developing part of the world, construction industry is considered...
