Introduction to the Built Environment and Thames Tideway Scheme

This report provides an overview of the built environment and Thames Tideway Scheme, covering various sectors in the construction industry, project life cycle, roles of professional bodies, and social and financial benefits of the project to the UK economy. The report highlights the importance of the construction industry in the UK economy and the contribution of Thames Tideway Scheme in controlling the overflow of raw sewage rainwater. It also discusses the social benefits of the project, such as employment opportunities and affordable transportation, and the financial benefits, such as revenue generation and contribution to the GDP.

Introduction to the Built
Environment

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK...............................................................................................................................................1
Various sectors in the built environment-...................................................................................1
Detailed background of the project-............................................................................................2
Project life cycle..........................................................................................................................2
Roles and responsibilities of the main professional bodies involved in the project and their
contribution in completion of project-........................................................................................4
Discuss 4 social benefits that the project has brought to the local community.........................5
Discuss the financial benefits that the project has brought to the UK economy......................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
Business environment is said to be the sum of the internal and external environment that
impacts the working of the organisation. Elements such as employee of the organisation, the
expectations and needs of the customers, technology, social trends and supply and demand are
the factors that impacts the working of the business. The largest sector that contributes in the UK
economy is construction. The contribution that construction company made is in billions with
covering wide range of the tasks that comprises 10% of UK employment. The construction
sector is considered as the investment led sector in which the government of the company has
high amount of interest. The contract made in the construction industry and the government in
order to improve the whole infrastructure of the nation whether it is health, education industry
and transport industry. The country UK have the high class experience in the field of
architecture, engineering and design(Awwad, Shibani and Ghostin, 2019) . This report is being
made in the context of Thames Tideway Scheme . The aim of this report is to highlight the
important construction project in UK that covers the environment comprised the stages that
involves the construction of the projects . It also provides the overview in respect to roles that
played by professional entities in the mentioned projects.
TASK
Various sectors in the built environment-
The build environment also known as the construction sector. This covers different
activities such as delivery of buildings, industrial sector and infrastructure. The construction
process starts from planning, financing and designing and this process continues till the asset is
ready for use. This sector promotes the economic growth in the country. The construction is
further classified into two categories that are; residential and non residential. This sector includes
the large public constructing works, bridges, dams, highways, railways, water and utility
distribution(BOMPIGNANO and GHIORZO, 2018). The industry construction includes mining,
quarrying, refineries, power mills, offshore construction, chemical processing, and
manufacturing of plants. Reference to the different sector is as follows;

Building construction: This term is also known as real estate properties sites. This builds the
structures on the land areas. This construction is started by the owner of the land and when the
construction is complete the land owner sells the building compulsorily to the use of public. This
is further divided into non residential and residential buildings.
Residential construction: These are the construction sites that are undertaken by the home
builders, property constructors, property developers, or individual landlords.
Non residential construction: this type of constructed building is acquired by the organizations,
businesses, which could be transport undertaking, local authorities, or some other companies.
Infrastructure construction: This type of construction includes designing, constructing and
maintaining the man made and naturally build environment (Brooks and Lindner, 2018). This
includes the construction works for public like; bridges, roads, pipelines, dams or railways and
many more.
Industrial construction: This type of construction includes the factories, power stations, plants,
distilleries, quarrying and mining and the off shore constructions like oil and natural gas drilling
sites.
Detailed background of the project-
Thames Tideway Scheme is the combined construction which is running under the tidal section
of the UK river Thames across the London. The project is being running for capturing and
storing the raw sewage rainwater which is currently overflowing into the estuary. This happens
when rainwater or the volume of the rainfall exceed capacity of Bazalgette's and the London
sewerage system. The first phase which is tunnelling phase of the project was completed in
2022. This project is started in 2016 and the aim to complete this whole project is in 2024. But
because of the pandemic the date of the completion changes to 2025. the diameter of the main
tunnel will be 7.2m. The main of this tunnel is to connect the 34 most polluting sewer overflows
which may rise gradually because of climatic change and the population growth of the country.
New development projects will improves the urban planning and imposes the new sustainable
drainage systems(Cavalieri, Cristaudo and Guccio, 2019). The main aim of this Thames
Tideway Scheme is to ensure that the overflow of the raw sewage rain water can be controlled.
And with the scheme that build the tunnel that regulates the over flowing of the water is very
much helpful for the local residents. The project is not been completed yet.

Project life cycle
This refers to the sequential progress of a project. There are various small or big phases involved
in the time span in which the project operates or runs. This depends on the project size and the
company. The phases of the projects have specific time or being started and the end of the phase.
Thus the projects life cycle determines the actions that has to be done in the project. The
company has to ensure that the actions are being performed in the whole capacity. The different
phases involved in the projects life cycle are as follows;
Project initiation: This is the first step of the project life cycle. This step includes steps like;
studying feasibility, analysation of scope, identifying the stake holders of project and the
deliverables, forecasting of the project cost, development of the case of business and the
decision-making on the timeline of the project for completion.
Project planning: When the first phase is completed and the approval of the project is given
then the planning starts. This step includes creating the project plan, detailing the tasks which are
to being performed, dividing the resources among phases and this also analyses the complexity
that can arise in the project. This step also decides the capital requirements (Charlson, 2022).
This stage includes risk analysation and all the details which are relevant to the project objectives
and goals and provides the path by which this can be achieved. This includes activities such as
planning, creation of resource plan, estimation of budget, resource gathering and risk
anticipation.
Project execution- The work of the main tasks starts from here in this stage after evaluating all
the prior stages. The individual involved in this projects assigned by the authority of the
performance of the project. The work are needed to complete on the given time and the head
and the manager has the responsibilities to make sure that all the work is going on as per the
planning and the tasks is will complete on the specified time with the effectiveness in the work.
The two major tasks of the project is to monitor the activities and to control it wisely. As the
hurdle will always occur in any of the process and require instant adjustments in order to make
progress in the project.
Project closure- At the last when the task are almost completed and the head in-charge of the
project confirms that the task are completed and the task come to an end(Druker and White,
2021). If there is any important document related to that project, will be given to the owner of

the project. After that next is the measurement of the performance which helps in determining
that whether the goals of the project are met or not.
Roles and responsibilities of the main professional bodies involved in the project and their
contribution in completion of project-
All the professional bodies plays the important role in actual completion of the projects. The
professional clearly provide the rules and regulations which need to be followed by every
individual entity in order to generate the understanding the needs of the operations which is
require to be carry out by those individual. The participants are provide with the clear guidelines
and with the guidance a proper supervision is provided in each and every stage. This make
reduction in the chances of the mistakes. Important and challenging operations and the
emergency situation requires to be handle by professional entities. Thames Tideway Scheme is
also effectively managed by the head of the projects and by the other stakeholders who are
capable of handling the development of the projects and changes the different procedures for the
positive outcome generation(Mêda, Sousa and Hjelseth, 2020). This provide the assistance in
context of the implementation of the ideas, regulating costing and budgeting, effective
formulation and allocation of the resources and evaluation of the external and internal elements
and with building healthy working relationships with the stakeholders. The organisation that
handles the construction work needed to manage all the operations with all the knowledge and
skills in respect to avoid the occurrence of the mistakes and errors. In context of Thames
Tideway Scheme , the experience and the professional entities provide guidance and training to
the workers who are in the charge working and management of the project. This also helps in
developing the standards for the employees to work effectively. The professional entities related
to project tries their best to reduce the chances of the failures through enhancing the quality of
the tasks. The roles and responsibilities of professionals in Thames Tideway Scheme are:
 The management of the risk- It is said to be the important role because it anticipated
the risk and in the starting in order to make the smooth project further. It comprises the
preparation and the implementation of the plan which is relevant to the project. Thames
Tideway Scheme will get the desired outcome with the helps of the professional bodies in
the form of well developed plan (Nadim, 2019). Any challenge will be solved by them
through enhancing the working procedures.

 The quantity surveyor- It is crucial to get into the core of the construction project for
generating the relevant quantity of the material and the products. As these entities are
helpful in advising the best material process the made the project completion easy. The
guidance provide helps through which the architects and the workforce can modify the in
the project in respect to generated the best output. Construction of the Thames Tideway
Scheme demands the speed up the required stock, at time availability of the product,
effective management of the clients and manages the efficiencies of the sites. This are
also connected with the effective feasibility study in order to make the budget.
 Engineering consultancies- The importance in offering the engineering expert advice
and various other solutions for the effective technical operations through the professional
entities. The construction head of the Thames Tideway Scheme provide the guidance for
maintaining the coordination and design it in the way which helps in achieving the
objective effectively (Nguyen and Garvin, 2019). It generates efforts in the monitoring
which relates to evaluating the errors and faults so, the team in the project get the ideas in
respect to overcome the mistakes and generating better understanding that helps in the
effective management of the project.
Discuss 4 social benefits that the project has brought to the local community.
Social benefits are said to be the benefits which are gained by the entities which is being
provided by another or third party in case of special event or need. These advantages provide
helps to the persons in the form of employment, education, monetary help, sickness and other
family circumstances (Tokede, Roetzel and Ruge, 2021). This develops the community to share
togetherness and help in the difficult circumstances in respect to maintain growth and
development for the whole working employees. Thames Tideway Scheme have provided
effective advantages to the local people and the societies who are the residents of the London.
The various advantages provided by this re mentioned below:
 Easy availability of the transport facility which provides ease for the travelling of the
people. This helps in reducing the money involved and the costs of the people travelling
from one place to another. This enables the smoothness in the construction of the
buildings to the company.
 Generates the opportunities for the local people to travel in the less given time and
enables people to carry their things with them. This also provide effectiveness in

promoting employment opportunities for the individual who lived in the near by places.
It make contribution in the developing country economically through enhancing living
standard of the people.
 Making promotion of the opportunities provided by the business that contribute in the
growth of the community and the economy. These constant opportunities thrive the
working of the nation. The emergence of the transportation enhances the employment
opportunities for the local people as they if they engaging in the transportation services
and avail income sources. This helps the people to satisfy their needs with the financial
need and provide aid in reducing the poverty and unemployment from the nation.
 The changes of the travelling are affordable and in less cost which is very mech helpful in
success of the project (Osiński, 2019). The societies can avail the benefits without any
challenges. Development of facilities will make contribution in the development of the
economy of the country.
Discuss the financial benefits that the project has brought to the UK economy.
Thames Tideway Scheme have major contribution in thriving the whole economy. This
minimizes the wastage of the time and money by providing transportation facility for the people
of community. This make contribution in the generation of the employment opportunities. These
opportunities results in reduction in poverty and unemployment for the nation. This project are
beneficial in generating the higher returns of the revenues which overall make contribution in
the gross domestic products that lead the economy which holds the position in the global market.
The generation of the transportation and infrastructural services have enhances the whole
revenue process as it generates the large share of the revenue to the economy enhancement. It
provides growth to accumulate takes and th4 sources of the revenue to make contribution in the
welfare of the community. It develops the role in the procedure of the effective transportation
facility by providing innovative ideas and through implementation of the technological
upgradation. With the idea of enhancement in the economy a nation can bring benefit to t by
making foreign exchange which helps in making investment in the various projects and provide
aid to the economy in generation of more foreign exchange (Thirumeni, 2019). In respect to
the UK, it makes the capable economy in order to gain the long term benefits and make
contribution in the whole economic gain and the country's gross domestic product. Investing in
the project of the Thames Tideway Scheme enhances and improvise the capital stock, develops

the value of the labour market and ensure the technological upgradation. This construction
projects elaborates the demographics changes which promote the growth and enhancement in the
country's economy as well as in the community.
CONCLUSION
From the above report it is concluded that in order to create the environment in the working
involves the different attributes that associated with individual entity and their lives. Their are
types of construction work which involves building road transportation system, building bridges,
electricity system of the country and distribution system. This offers world class services and
facilities which is directly related to the health working and living of the people and make
contribution in the global environment. This make focus on the protection of the culture with the
natural assets . This as the result develops the area that provides development in the society. It
can also be refers to as urban planning landscape, architecture, human geography, built world
and human man made environment. The experiences of the people gets upgraded by the
offerings of the updated facilities and various advantages in respect to live in better standard
place. Through Considering the environment, individual requires to focus on the construction of
the new things which is very much essential for living and leading a health life as per the
requirements of the individual. This report has evaluated the construction project of UK which is
beneficial for various people in some or another way. Adding to that this report has covered the
in-deep insights of the various elements of the construction sector. The phases involved in the
project life cycle has been briefly discussed along with the role and responsibilities of the
professional bodies in construction of the project the phases are Project initiation, Project
planning, Project execution and Project closure. The efforts and the impacts of their working by
these bodies have also been mentioned. Further the The social and financial benefits of the
project are described in a detail manner with the appropriate way.

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