Civil Engineering Technology

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Civil Engineering Technology
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Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................3
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................5
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................7
TASK 4............................................................................................................................................8
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................11
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................12
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INTRODUCTION
Civil engineering is a type of branch that provide the facilities and service of development
while designing the construction project for maintaining the environment through infrastructure
development. It mainly including the construction process whereas various activities that are
undertaken into account. In order to design an efficient infrastructure, layout of roadways
development.
The report is carried out the construction activities that support to gain more innovation idea
in development. Through scenario, it will focus on the different activities such as backfilling,
construction of retaining wall and other excavation along with underground utilise the essential
actions. Furthermore, it will describe the various type of risks, hazards and also implement the
safety arrangements for excavation. However, it will design site safety plan in which proposed
the solution of construction project.
TASK 1
P1 Discuss about the earthwork activities, technique and equipment’s.
In this civil engineering project, it will be used various type of activities, technique and
equipment applicable. It provide the better facilities to conduct the activities in construction
project. In order to analyse that how earthwork activities perform on the basis of processing.
Sometimes, it mainly involves use the large amount of rocks and soil (France-Mensah and
O’Brien, 2019). The process of earthwork in civil project which considered an appropriate land
for purpose of evacuate in order to start the procedure. It should be involved the directive
planning that will be differentiating the criteria and also consider an essential movement into
segment. In this way, it become easier to manage the entire work implication.
Apart from that it can be identified the tasks of earthwork which will require for carrying
the excavation and earthmoving. It must ensure that use of material in the development activities.
This type of excavation process is mainly focused on the equipment which always support for
maintaining process in proper manner. There are different type of tools and equipment used such
as:
 Bulldozer: It is used for pushing the soil which carried out by maintaining and tracking of
equipment. It will be used the hydraulic attachment in the machine which automatically
break down the rocks and soils.
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 Dump Truck: It help for transferring the material from one sport to another. In this way, it
can easily conducting the excavation activities.
 Dragline: this type of tool will help for development of large amount of excavation
because of ability which make easier to control the whole processes.
P2 Explain the methods, technique that use to create complex foundation in drainage and piling.
As per given scenario, it will require the specific method or technique for purpose of
piling, drainage. It is part of construction project of roadways that would easily maintain the
process in proper manner (Kermanshachi and et.al., 2020). There are some important steps that
are supporting to develop foundation in following ways:
 Investigating about the soil, rock whereas it help for purpose of foundations.
 It is locating the areas where foundation on the soil so that it is successfully complete
process.
 Organising the excavation process which help for increasing the processes.
 Installing the process which automatically carried out the concrete and afterwards, it can
easily develop footings.
 In order to avoid the contact with moisture by using sealing of footing.
Pile foundation is that when it can define as process which help for depth analysis concrete or
steel in order to give proper support in term of pile structure. Sometimes, it is also indicating the
formation of piles and also focused on the construction which carried out piles.
Furthermore, it can be identified the different technique that help to install pilling system,
perform the stabilization process (Meharie and et.al., 2019). This method plays important role for
maintaining the effective design of process. It must ensure that installation process completed in
proper manner. Pilling will be used in hammer process which consideration of different
activities.
 Restricting the factor after completion of pilling installation activities
 It also bring restriction in the noise development.
P3 Identify the method or technique that will use in the culvert construction underpass.
As per case study, there are different type of techniques and method that used, which
mainly carried out the process of stabilization activities.
 Jetting: it is helping in marinating the penetration of pilling and consider an effective in
term of stiff clay whereas contain boulders, gravels.
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 Dropping weight: it will be used the hammer with proper weight of pile which dropped
from height. It must ensure that hammer is directly striking head of piles.
Culvert construction
It is process which help for performing different function which carried out within
construction process.
 It is mainly prepared the culvert through multiple level on the construction drawing,
structure afterwards, it also approved by civil engineer.
 It also placing the screed concrete along with wall and afterwards, it will finish the work
in proper manner.
 There are lot of diversion occurs during traffic.
UnderPass construction
It is a type of process that mainly used in the construction of tunnel which based on the
pedestrian passenger, it is running under the road side. It can be divided different method for
purpose of underpass development.
 Thrust bored unit
 Precast concrete units
 Situ concrete
Utilise provision
It is based on the infrastructure service which are provided to the customer in the form of
public services. It is an essential that require to maintain provision in supply chain activities
which are given by the developers, builders.
TASK 2
P4 Describe the various type of risks, hazards and different safety arrangements for excavation.
Considering the different process of construction which are carried out in the business. It
also analysed about the productivity which can be depending on the migration strategy. In order
to reduce level of hazards and risks.
It has been understand that many hazards that are mitigated while working in the different
construction process. So as it become easier to estimate the large amount of work which carried
out by individual people (Qiao, Fricker and Labi, 2019). During construction process, it is
mainly focused on the use of development with set of equipment’s, activities. The risk has been
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arise because of environment which are continuously working in the process, Equipment and
tools are useful for handling overall the construction activities.
Furthermore, it will be used the method or technique that provide better safety in deep
excavation. It is important to ensure the activities present in the process of excavation.
 There is specific requirement of maintaining the data or information related subsurface
and use an appropriate amount of water.
 It is carried out the proper amount of soil which mainly used within excavation process.
 Assessing the chemical hazards that will be occurred due to level of oxygen which
automatically leading difficulties in breathing.
P5 Develop or design the site safety plan and also risk assessment or technique within
construction project.
Safety Plan:
It is based on the planning along with setting of various activities and proposed an
innovative idea in term of safety. In this way, it also engaged with the growth and development
of project through planning.
In construction project, it is very important consider all necessary work engagement that
help for identifying long-term management. In order to deliver the better control processing
system and also resolving issue related hazards. Civil engineer has made an efficient plan to
manage or create acceptable procedures (Radzi, Rahman and Esa, 2020). Team member require
to understand the project planning concept and then implementing suitable structure. So that it
help for formulating risk management by using various precautions.
Initially, it has identified the cause of harm, developing the structured work process
segments to generate better management aspects. It also used risk based likelihood which easily
managing and controlling consequences through planning.
Risk assessments
It is also another important part of planning to identify the risks within construction
project. In this way, civil engineer can easily access requirement by directing the improvement
solution while engaging with various approach in long term development. After assessing the
risk, it should be consider as an efficient solution in order to achieve the specific goal and
objective. Risk assessment will be related to the other roadway construction project and establish
connection in both micro as well as macro level.
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Furthermore, it also focused on the external as well as internal risk on the project so as needed to
apply approach on the basis of application criteria. In this way, it directly established the
connection with social, economic and political factor. Risk management process is connecting
with construction process and identifying the risks.
Method statement
It can analysis the various risk methods which directly mitigate with same process in
specific time intervals. In this way, it become easier to generate the long term engagement in
project development (Rahman and et.al., 2020). Furthermore, it also managing and controlling
suitable materials, equipment’s by checking the availability of item segment. The entire team
members are performing different action to manage the overall construction activities.
Afterwards, it is considerations of particular project result or outcome.
TASK 3
P6 Describe the quality geotechnical, environmental, economic context of civil engineering
problem or issue.
The civil engineer uses the significant principle of soil and rock mechanics so that it can
easily identify the surface condition before starting construction. It is an essential process that
will require for project management otherwise, it has generated a lot of issues during
construction in term of environmental, geotechnical and economic. These are important things
which required to monitor activities of earthwork and their foundation (Sha, Liu and Chou,
2019). With rapidly increasing expansion of technology, geotechnical which has come up with
various approach. It might be participating an important role in project development.
It is one of most common problem faced by engineering team related the climate change.
So as require to implement the improvement plan to maintain the environmental quality which
directly affects on the economic condition. The government has established the plan in which
coordinating with other environment work. Hence, it can easily identified the impacts that have
been knowledge gap which become challenging practise in context of geo- engineering. Many
committee are focused on the resources which are likely diminished to unbalance the site
construction. As per discussion, it has identified the various problem that increase chances of
system failure.
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 The environment factor affected due to waste slurry, rock power and other type of
wastage that are dumped in the multiple places. It also used the metals which directly
affecting the environmental condition.
 Lack of systematic design structure which become major problem in toxic chemical that
are degrading quality of work culture. In most cases, it has chance to increase death
condition.
 The main challenge with the construction project is related to the weather condition
which are complete unpredictable for the building construction process. extreme weather
situation can cause major damage to the construction site and it also can delay the
finalization date of project.
 Other challenges are related to the quality of the work that is performed in the
construction project. This is important for the construction company to maintain effective
type of raw material for the development of the building.
P7 propose the solution of project.
As per analysing, it can be determined various type of issues in regards of economic,
environment so that it has proposed the solution to improve the overall condition or situation of
construction sites. Hence, it also acceptable the feasibility to overcome project complication. It
provide the better services for successfully completing the construction project (Radzi, Rahman
and Esa, 2020). In another way, it can said that propose an efficient solution in project success.
 Implementing the certification on site construction project.
 Analysing and using the raw materials after testing.
 Use an appropriate code of conduct to maintain environment system.
 By using ground board design which help for understanding contaminated land.
In this way, it will be providing the better service while reducing cost, maintain safety standards
to staff members those are working in the construction sites. However, it can easier to improve
environmental, economic and geotechnical condition in proper manner.
TASK 4
P8 Analyse the technique or method that mainly used for purpose of highway design.
In construction of highway project, there are different technique or method used in
following:
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 Earth road method: this type of method is basically applicable in rural areas where it will
not require so much knowledge and skill for planning. It might be used the right
machinery that perform different action (Radzi, Rahman and Esa, 2020). Sometimes, it
cannot hold heavy traffic so as implement in agriculture regions.
 Gravel road: it is based on the advance technology that mainly used in the highway
construction project. It is the most approach used in urban areas. The method is consist of
layers which usually construct it over compacted of soil. The advantage is that when it
maintain resistance in slippery matters.
 Concrete road design: it another type of process which mainly contain mixture of
Portland cement, useful for high way road construction project, concrete road are made of
thicker edges and also conducting testing to measure pressure in particular region.
P9 Design the proposal of new infrastructure project.
Exclusive Summary
This proposal is based on complex development in nearby Highway and parallel to the
Thames River. Various aspects also has been explained in the proposal for efficient development
of complex structure. Effective time line and economic proposal of the building construction also
has been discussed in the report. specific time line also has been discussed in the project to
complete the building construction task with in time limit.
Aim and Objective
Aim
To develop construction process with maximum efficiency and cost effectiveness.
Objective
 To evaluate the construction processes in order to develop building in effective way.
 To implement various processes for effective development of building construction.
 To develop effective time line for the construction to minimize the issues in the
construction process.
Strategies for Construction Process
 Analyze different aspects of the construction project and proposed building.
 Implement various technologies like BMI tools for effective development of the building.
 Use cost analysis and processes analysis tools for the construction process for effective
development of building.
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Time Line
Legal Permissions – 10 April 2020
Site Selection – 20 April 2020
Site preparation – 1 May 2020
Complex Development – 10 May 2020
Finalization process – 2 September 2020
This is how by following this time line organization or construction company can
effectively develop complex which is proposed in London United Kingdom.
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CONCLUSION
From above discussion, it concluded that Civil engineering technology is based on the
program that provide the facilities and service of development while designing the construction
project for maintaining the environment through infrastructure development. It has summarised
about the construction activities that support to gain more innovation idea in development. It can
be identified the different activities such as backfilling, construction of retaining wall and other
excavation along with underground utilise the essential actions. Furthermore, it is described the
various type of risks, hazards and also implement the safety arrangements for excavation.
However, it is used the design site safety plan in which proposed the solution of construction
project.
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