...Written Assignment 1 Unit Four: Written Assignment Joseph Shaw San Joaquin Valley Online Construction/110 D1 Michael McGuire 05-27-10 Written Assignment 2 Chapter 15 Review Questions 1. How does the type of contract influence the format of the payment request? The contract self dictates payment terms for instance; payment on a lump sum contract allows for payment based upon quantities installed. 4. What is retention? What is it used for? Retention is when you hold back a portion of the monthly pay request with respect to the subcontractor. It is used as a cash tool; this helps bring the subcontractors focus on completing the project. 7. What is interim lien releases used for? Interim lien releases should be collected and filed just in case a problem occurs. Chapter 17 Review Questions 3. Why is project-specific quality control plans needed? Why are generic quality control plan’s unacceptable? Quality control plans and project specific quality control plans are needed to identify quality control systems for each major work package. Generic quality control plans are not accepted because they do not discuss enough detail of the work or specific materials. 4. What are mockups and why are they needed? Mockups are used to establish workmanship standards and they are sometimes used for testing such as climate testing. Written Assignment 3 Chapter 19 Review Questions 4. What is the difference between owners initiated change order proposal...
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...For construction projects, quality control means making sure things are done according to the plans, specifications, and permit requirements. Quality is defined as 'fitness to purpose', in regards to how quality is significant for Bull’s Construction. It means providing a building that has an appropriate quality for the purpose for which it is intended. Moreover, a different way of looking at this concept is that the price of the building could potentially reflect the expectations of quality. A cheaper building probably uses inferior materials and is likely to be less attractive and less durable. Quality control in construction typically involves insuring compliance with minimum standards of material and workmanship in order to insure the performance of the facility according to the design. These minimum standards are contained in the specifications described in the previous section. For the purpose of insuring compliance, random samples and statistical methods are commonly used as the basis for accepting or rejecting work completed and batches of materials. Rejection of a batch is based on non-conformance or violation of the relevant design specifications. Procedures for this quality control practice are described in the following sections. One of the elements that our company will be utilizing to assure a quality measurement process for our projects is an inspector. An inspector tries to ensure that the job is done right the first time and that no major accidents occur...
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...Current Material Selection Overview A survey which conducted to investigate the criteria of the selection of construction material from the perspectives of architect, builder, engineer, product manufactures,etc. The participants of the survey included the following categories of professionals: Architects: 48%; General Contractors and Builders: 4%; Engineers: 12% including engineering consultancy firms; and Others-36% including Materials Specifiers and Quantity Surveyors, Product Manufacturing consultancy, Green building Proponents, Program Designers, Green Building/net-zero Consultants and researchers . The distribution of the survey tool across the USA, UK, and China was based on their geographic variations. The result of the analysis showed that the majority of users rarely consider the relevant factors when selecting building materials or products. Over half of respondents showed that they selected material only based on the previous experiences or individual preferences. Besides, the survey assessed the views of targeted experts of various disciplines and geographical settings, to the likelihood of the impacts of other potential factors involved in making strategic decisions during material-selection. 96% identified “Environmental and Health factors or Buildings variables” as the most desirable content information for enabling effective and sustainable decisions in selecting appropriate materials. There was a tie between two categories of factors as 84% of the sample population...
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...were in process of excavating the area for the garage. The Lotus Riverside Complex failed due to many construction errors such as faulty foundation and improper assessment of environment before construction. The workers while excavating the dirt for the garage dumped the dirt on the opposite side of the building. When it rained the excavation started to fill with water and the pressure from the dirt changed the water table of the ground and created three thousand tons of force along with uneven lateral pressure and thus the pilings in the ground to support the building gave way and snapped off sending this thirteen story high building tumbling right over. The building was surrounded by other buildings but was far enough not to affect any of the other surrounding buildings. Engineers who came to the scene of the fallen building said that if the building would have come in contact with other buildings it could have created a domino effect and wiped out a total of nineteen buildings in a matter of minutes. This building disaster could have easily been avoided if the head engineers would have took the time out to calculate the water table around the complex and properly calculated how many pilings would accurately be needed in order to properly secure this building. It was also discovered that the rebar that was supposed to be used was not used at all because they construction supervisors were behind schedule so they decided to skip that step and go directly into the excavating...
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...def•i•ni•tion {n} AN INCLUSIVE DEFINITION OF CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT CIOB’S PROFESSIONALISM: def•i•ni•tion {n} A STATEMENT THAT EXPLAINS THE MEANING OF A WORD OR PHRASE A DESCRIPTION OF THE FEATURES AND LIMITS OF SOMETHING CIOB’s PROFEssIONALIsM: an inclusiVe definition of construction management thE CONstRuCtION VALuE stREAM CONstRuCtION MANAGEMENt Is: thE CIOB’s FOOtPRINt OuR VALuE sYstEM John Bale worked in the construction industry before embarking on an academic career which included roles in the UK and elsewhere. He held an industry-sponsored professorship of Construction Management for many years, and is now an emeritus professor of Leeds Metropolitan University. He has also served as an elected city councillor. He was President of CIOB in 2000-01, and is a member of the Board of Trustees. He describes his work on the definition of Construction Management as ‘the culmination of a long-term obsession.’ Copyright © e Chartered Institute of Building, 2010. All rights reserved. Without limiting the rights under copyright reserved above, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise), without the prior written permission from the Chartered Institute of Building. def•i•ni•tion {n} Designed by pslondon. www.pslondon.co.uk a statement that explains the meaning of a word or phrase a description...
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...permits Page 113 One purpose for requiring the issuance of building permits authorizing construction is to ensure that the issuing authority may ensure that the issuing authority may enforce the FBC and the Fire prevention code and thus provide for the safe construction, erection, alteration, repair and demolition of the building. Certain property such as schools federal, and state government faciliteies are not subject to permitting from local authorities State construction falls under the state uniform building code for public educational facilities The contractor will not be required to obtain a local building permit for the construction of the school on school property. However there may be local building permit requirements for utilities outside the school. There is a statutory formal building permit application. The law authorizes the building permit applications to be submitted in electronic form. The building department that accepts service permits in electronic form must provide access to the permit application through internet access in searchable way. A permit may not be issued for any building construction, erection, alteration modification, repair or addition unless the applicant for such permit complies with the requirements for the plan review status within the for the building code However the code shall set standards and criteria to authorize preliminary construction before completion of all building plans review, including but not limited to special foundations...
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...The following case represents a realistic situation facing construction firm that has just won a competitive contract. The realistic conditions complicating the project are described in detail, as are the alternatives offered by the staff for dealing with these complexities. Case The Sharon Construction Corporation The Sharon Construction Corporation has been awarded a contract for the construction of a 20,000-seat stadium. The construction must start by February 15 and be completed within one year. A penalty clause of $15,000 per week of delay beyond February 15 of next year is written into the contract. Jim Brown, the president of the company, called a planning meeting. In the meeting he expressed great satisfaction at obtaining the contract and revealed that the company could net as much as $300,000 on the project. He was confident that the project could be completed on time with an allowance made for the usual delays anticipated in such a large project. Bonnie Green, the director of personnel, agreed that in a normal year only slight delays might develop due to a shortage of labor. However, she reminded the president that for such a large project, the company would have to use unionized employees and that the construction industry labor agreements were to expire on November 30. Past experience indicated a fifty-fifty chance of a strike. Jim Brown agreed that a strike might cause a problem. Unfortunately, there was no way to change the contract. He inquired about...
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...08 Fall 08 Fall 1. RJ’s job as foreman in terms of its resource inputs really focused on expertise environmental factors, organizational process assets, and activity resource requirement. The resource that was really pushing her buttons and giving her problems is the expertise environmental factors because she did not know how to handle certain situations. She was not read to be the person who solves the problems that occur daily unexpectedly and was becoming frustrated with the construction workers. She was also lacking on how to manage workers because she would find things out last minute and is heavily depended on oversight operation. Expertise really got to her because she may have worked in a legal office and hospital, but the stress and daily tasks she had in those jobs was clearly not enough for her to adapt to being a Foreman. Foreman’s deal with a lot of things such as, financial control, quality control, communication with stakeholders, managing workers, and overall site operation. The resource of expertise environment really affected her the days she worked because it was not a resource she really had in her father’s business. 2. A job analysis would have been extremely helpful for RJ to perform the job as foreman for many reasons. For one, job analysis can be used to really identify and find out in detail what job duties are important to be required and learned for a job. This is an analysis of a job, not the person doing the job. It is important to...
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...15 British Construction Industry 15 British Construction Industry Executive Summary The construction industry of UK has dramatically changed in past 15 years. The main catalyst of this change is the element of partnering, which has taken place of traditional adversarial approach. This concept though is yet new in this particular industry but has been suggested as the critical solution to the downturn of the economic conditions as well as the spiraling issues related to the contracts which had dogged UK construction industry in early 1990s. Latham was the first person who claimed that the partnering might be the only remedy to the fragmented, ineffective and the disputes which are saturating the construction industry which can be replaced with proper procurement, effective communication among different stakeholders, teamwork and fairness. These ideas were endorsed by Egan and proposed set of the recommendations and as the result, the outcome would be much improved relations among the three major stakeholders within the supply chain which are the main contractor, client and sub-contractor. Majority of the highly profiled clients have already embraced this new concept like education, local authorities, NHS, water companies in UK. Companies like Severn Trent Water and Yorkshire also used partnering as well as framework agreements, which are inspired by the reports of Latham and Egan. Even though after the 12 years of the report of Latham and Egan, still general opinions...
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...CSCS SMARTCARD APPLICATION FORM For Craft and Operative level occupations Authorisation code (See reverse of form for use) SECTION A - Your Details - please complete this section A1 Your details: Title Surname Forename Home Address ATTACH PHOTOGRAPH HERE CSCS Registration No. National Insurance No. Date of Birth DD MM YYYY Home/Work Telephone Number Mobile Number Postcode E-mail address: A2 I confirm that I meet: current CSCS Health & Safety requirements A3 Send my card to: my home address yes (We do not require a copy of your Health and Safety Test pass letter as this is stored on our database). The company address in section C a different address, which is: Postcode A4 I confirm to the best of my knowledge the information above is correct and I agree to comply with the CSCS Scheme rules as laid out in the CSCS Scheme booklet. I understand and agree that the information on this form will be used by ConstructionSkills for the purposes of administering the CSCS Scheme, this may include passing on information to Employers or Training Providers and for this purpose, your data may be entered onto a secure database accessible via a website. Please note that all application fees are non-refundable. If your application is incomplete you will be given 90 days to resolve any issues. Any applications returned after 90 days will be subject to an additional £30.00 non-refundable application fee. We may contact you by mail, telephone or e-mail to let you know about...
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...There is a growing demand for the construction industry to provide better value by improved quality and performance. The 1998 DETR Egan Report ‘Rethinking Construction’ called for a culture of co-operation and greater innovation in procurement, design and construction, leading to demonstrable savings and benefits to the client, the contractor and to society in general. Modular construction uses pre-engineered volumetric units that are installed on site as fitted-out and serviced ‘building blocks’. The use of modular construction is directly influenced by the client’s requirements for speed of construction, quality, added benefits of economy of scale, as well as single point procurement. These benefits may be quantified in a holistic assessment of the costs and value of modular construction in relation to more traditional alternatives. Light steel framing is an integral part of modular construction as it is strong, light weight, durable, accurate, free from long-term movement, and is well proven in a wide range of applications. It is part of an established infrastructure of supply and manufacture and supported by British Standards and various design guides. Modular construction is also widely used in Japan, Scandinavia and the USA, where light steel framing is the primary structural medium, and leads to flexibility in internal planning and robust architectural solutions . There are also important opportunities for modular construction in extensions to existing buildings...
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...Green Construction INF 103 Prof. Sean Kenney 02/25/2013 What would life be like if we no longer had the resources to supply us with food, water, and the necessary resources to sustain human life? What if our air was no longer breathable? What if our streets were filled with trash? If our behavior as a society doesn’t change our habits this image can soon become a reality. Going green is necessary to preserve and sustain our required livable resources. In fact we have all gone green without a conscious effort. One aspect of going green that interests me is green construction. Green construction is the ability to construct eco-friendly buildings while efficiently using resources and reducing pollution. This process also continues throughout the buildings life cycle. Green construction has the ability to create and sustain a viable way of reducing the permanent destruction of human resources. USGBC (U.S. Green Building Council) is an organization of members who are dedicated in regenerating and sustaining a healthy environment. USGBC developed an internationally known green construction program called LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design). LEED was created “to transform the way buildings and communities are designed, built and operated, enabling an environmentally and socially responsible, healthy, and prosperous environment that improves the quality of life” (Foundations of LEED, 2009, Para. 3). For a building to be deemed green, it must be certified...
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...S.PALAVESAKRISHNAN palavesakrishnan@gmail.com Abstract . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Background to the Project. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Defining the Problem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 The Nature and the Scope of the Problem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Risk of Break-ins and Builder Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Selecting and Implementing the Preventive Measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Monitoring Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Evaluating the Preventive Measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Summary of the Results of the Experiment . ...
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...Turner Construction faces the problem of whether or not to release the contingency reserve of $500,000 to the owner of the construction project they are working on. At this point, the project is 80% complete and the owner thinks it is far enough along that there won’t be any major expenses from this point out that will require Turner to have to use the contingency money. He is adamant about getting this money as he has some other loans to pay down. The territory manager is also feeling some pressure from upper management to release the contingency reserve because they can report this as additional earnings. Turner took a $200,000 loss on a sale and they could use this to counter that loss. Tuner Construction is the largest general building contractor and construction management company in the United States. They don’t have the cheapest prices for their project so they have to gain competitive advantages in other ways. One of the ways they do this is through the Indicated Outcome Report or IOR. This report allows them to easily manage risk and at any time provide themselves and the owner of the project with a prediction on the cost to complete the project. How much of this detail they decide to share with the owner depends on how well they know the owner’s line of thinking about the project and how much he/she wants to be involved. Another important piece regarding the IOR is how it is created. Tuner does not allow the managers directly working on each project to complete...
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...CE 1502 February 16, 2011 Construction Management vs. Program Management Construction management and Program Management are very similar services in the construction industry, but do differentiate in several aspects of the project(s) responsibilities. Construction Management (CM) is the practice of professional management applied to the planning, design, and construction of projects from inception to completion for the purpose of controlling time, scope, cost, and quality (CMAA 1). Basically Construction Management is a team of professionals working together to make some owner’s ideal becomes a reality. Construction Managers are hired to efficiently organizes and manage a specific project from the start to finish, making sure all the owner’s expectations are met. CM started to flourish as a profession as construction projects became more complex and called for more advanced managerial skills. All the different variations of Construction Management practices are placed into two categories, either agency or at risk. On the agency side CM is not in charge of the actual design of the project nor do they construct the project. The owner is directly involved with the contracts for construction, design phase, equipment etc… When CM’s enter into a at risk contract they are directly involved in all aspects of the traditional building process and take on a lot more responsibilities including legal obligations. Normally with the at risk approach CM’s will have to come up with...
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