Reference no: EM133062243

Unit 4 Construction Practice and Management - Pearson Higher National Diploma in Construction and the Built Environment (RQF)

Assignment - Introduction to the Construction Industry

Learning Outcome 1: Describe the construction industry with reference to company structures and other activities.

Learning Outcome 2: Explain different types of construction companies in the market and their relationships within the tendering process.

Learning Outcome 3: Discuss the key stages in a construction project, and how Building Information Modelling informs the different stages

Learning Outcome 4: Analyse how the construction industry has developed suitable collaboration strategies in support
of greater recognition of health & safety

Assignment Details:

You are working for a construction organization who specializes in using internship posts for Graduate Construction students who have completed two years on their University programme. This is a management strategy that the CEO wishes to adopt, as graduates tend to come back and work with the company when they have completed their final year. You need to write an introductory document that examines the construction industry and the type of work that a company tenders for, so graduates gain an understanding of what work a business conducts, the types of professionals involved and the organizational structure of companies. Strong relationships often exist between companies within the construction market, which may last for many years with repeat business won in terms of such relationships. The construction market operates through many different contractual and tendering processes that you will need to explain to new graduates who are recruited to your organization. Provide the following evidence in support of this process.

Assignment One Task 1
A discuss of how the construction industry has developed within the HK historically and now encompasses a range of professionals and their organization within its structures that identifies by listing the different types of construction companies operating within the HK and current Asia markets and the type of contractual work tendered by contractors. Analyse how the construction industry has developed in terms of company structures, employees and contracted work and a critical evaluation on how construction companies have developed their structure and business ethos.

Task 2
Compare the main factors that differentiate construction companies in the market, contracts and tendering for example analyze sub-contractor and design and build main contractor, main contractor and client, partnering contractors and Government departments to include the catalysts and relationships that connect these together.

Assignment Two Task 3
You are working for General Building Contractor ("the Contractor") as Planning Engineer who is responsible for planning resources and work sequences for construction projects at different stages in Hong Kong. Overall projects schedule of the Contactor are tight without tolerance for delay. In order to avoid project delay, you are instructed by the Contractor to prepare a technical report for using the modern construction processes and computer technologies to meet the different sizes of the projects. Your technical report should contain:

Illustrates of the modern construction processes and sequences used in recent construction industry, contract planning techniques used within micro and macro project, the role of BIM impact upon the operation and arrangement for the project, analyze how construction has developed in terms of innovations, designs and contract arrangement for different sizes of projects and the interrelationship with BIM and how the construction industry has evolved in terms of innovative construction methods and contract arrangement.

Task 4

Recently, the currently construction industry were happened several fatal accidents in government infrastructure projects. You are assigned to prepare a health and safety plan to develop suitable strategies for implementation and promotion of health, safety and welfare in the construction site of the project. The Safety plan should contain:

How health and safety is prerequisite for the construction process, the current government regulations and guidelines which has benchmarked health & safety within construction, evaluate the impact of health & safety legislation, how its advantages or weaknesses within construction, discuss major stakeholders, from companies to site operatives, how to enhance the collaboration and communication in ensuring safe working practices and demonstrate how construction industry takes the effects through the changes in health & safety regulations.

Attachment:- Construction Practice and Management.rar