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UNIT 4 Construction Practice & Management - Higher National Certificate in Construction and the Built Environment
Learning Outcome 1: Describe the construction industry with reference to company structures and other activities
Learning Outcome 2: Explain different types of construction companies within the market and their relationships within the tendering process
Assignment Brief
You work as a construction professional for a medium-sized building contractor, specialising in competitive single-stage tendering for skills-intensive, conservation and heritage type projects, with a directly employed workforce of site personnel.
As an experienced construction professional, you are asked by your employer to research the potential for the company to expand their offer into construction frameworks, such as housing associations and local authorities, and modern methods of construction and procurement, utilising BIM, critical path programming and sub-contractors including those with design expertise.
With reference to common contracting practices, set out the organisational structure of your current company, the changes required to achieve the company's aspirations and the future setup of your company - specifically in terms of resources, personnel and supply chain
Prepare a technical report, including organograms of your organisation as existing and proposed. Strategy and organograms should demonstrate the following main points.
• Analysis. of how the construction industry has developed overall in terms of company structures, it's employees and contracted work focusing on the key factors:
• The context of how the construction industry has developed and encompasses professionalism within its structures
• The scope and linkage between your company and all other parties which would be involved in the proposed offer
• The type of contractual work tendered by contractor, as existing and proposed
• Critical evaluation of how construction companies have developed their structure and business ethos
• Analysis of the relationship between construction companies through contracts and tendering to focus on the key factors:
• The different types of construction companies, in the context of the broader market
• The relationship between your construction organisation, as existing and proposed
• Comparison of the factors that influence contract relationships between different organisations involved in tendering.
Your report should be 2500 words, fully referenced.