Application of BIM in Construction Process

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CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE AND MANAGEMENT
By Name
Course
Instructor
Institution
Location
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Question 1
How the construction industry has developed into a lot of specialist companies with
different knowledge skills and facilities
The current construction industry requires a different specialist. All the specialist companies
which will take part in the development of the project will be tasked to carry out specific roles
and responsibilities. For the project to be implemented, there must be a team of practitioners
such as architects, engineers, quantity surveyors, contractors, construction managers, town
planners among. Also, there will different specialist companies such as structural engineering,
mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, plumber companies, woodworkers' painters, etc.
How different trades will work together
The chart below shows different Practitioners who will be involved in the project, the roles, and
responsibilities of each of the practitioners are discussed below.

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(Herbert Robinson, 2015, p. 764).
Question 2
a) How the construction of a junior school on the site of an old factory building would
involve the skills and specialisms.
All the specialists and practitioners who will take part in the construction of the junior school
will use their expertise and experience to perform their roles and responsibilities. As follow;
The surveyor will be the custodian of all land information. The size, topography, site features,
location and the features which are beneath the land upon which the project will be developed. If
this kind of information which is expected from the surveyor is there will be adequate, proper,

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accurate and effective planning, designing and implementation of the proposed junior school will
be achieved.
The town planner will be responsible for the orderliness in the developmental layout which will
show different land used. The town planner will be responsible for developing the master plan, a
layout which will take into consideration the culture, population, social economic, infrastructure,
human needs, and political factors. During the construction stage, the Town planner will ensure
that the orderliness in the master plan is not distorted and that all the approvals which were given
are strictly adhered to. The architect will be responsible for assisting the client to formulate the
project requirements in a much understandable way while bearing in mind any statutory
condition which may apply.
The engineers who will part in the project implementation include; the civil engineers, the
structural engineers, the mechanical engineers, and the electrical engineers. Engineers will be
very essential members of the design team, their responsibility will be to assist the overall design
of the project within the scope of their specialist fields. Engineers such as the structural,
mechanical will conduct some analyses and calculations before arriving at the final design
solution for the project (Herbert Robinson, 2015, p. 116).
The builder who is also referred to a contractor is a professional who will be at the center of the
physical construction of the project. The main role of the builder in this given project will be
constructing the project. The builder will construct the project by taking charge of all the
activities which are carried out in the construction site. The builder will also be responsible for
translating the design, schedules, working drawings and specifications into a physical structure.
The builder will make application of his or her management knowledge, together with the