Construction and the Built Environment

This module is designed to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of construction information management. It covers the evaluation of different types of construction information, including architectural drawings, general notes, and specifications. The module also includes the use of construction information in the context of a given project, the different types of construction information and their uses, and the comparison of different types of construction information to identify their suitability in specific contexts.

Construction and the built
Environment

Contents
LO1. Evaluate different types of construction information in the context of diverse project
types...........................................................................................................................................5
P1.1 Explain the use of construction information in the context of given project.................5
P1.2 Describe the different types of construction information and their uses. What type of
construction information will you use for the current scenario and justify their use?...........5
P1.3 Compare different types of construction information to identify their suitability in
specific contexts.....................................................................................................................6
LO2. Develop construction drawings, details, schedules and specifications in support of a
given construction project..........................................................................................................7
P2.1 Prepare a set of general arrangements drawings, selected details and door / window
schedule..................................................................................................................................7
P2.2 Produce an outline bill of quantities..............................................................................7
P2.3 Compose a schedule of work.........................................................................................7
P2.4 Justify the use of specific types of construction information in task 1 and task 2 in
support of the project.............................................................................................................7
LO3. Interpret different types of construction information in order to explain a construction
project.........................................................................................................................................8
P3.1 Relate a set of construction drawing to a specification..................................................8
P3.2 Evaluate construction drawings and details to identify error and clashes.....................8
P3.3 Critique a body of construction information, identifying errors and discrepancies......8
P3.4 Propose corrections to construction drawings and specifications using industry
standard forms of notations....................................................................................................8
LO4. Assess ways in which construction professional collaborated in the production of
construction information............................................................................................................9
P4.1 assess the type of information produced by different participants in a construction
project. Using the current project as a case study..................................................................9
P4.2 Examine the relationship between different bodies of information and how they work
in conjunction.........................................................................................................................9
P4.3 Compare the roles of CAD and BIM in the collaborative production of construction
information.............................................................................................................................9
Conclusion:..............................................................................................................................10
Reference list:...........................................................................................................................11

Introduction:
An engineer will appoint to build an office building near the expressways and the main city.
So, the engineer has to take care in mind all the responsibilities and pros & cons of
constructing a building near expressway and main city. All the possible learning outcomes
are discussed below in the given scenario and the blue print is preparing using Auto-CAD.

LO1. Evaluate different types of construction information in the context of
diverse project types.
P1.1 Explain the use of construction information in the context of given project.
As given in the scenario that, an individual is appointed to prepare the design of the office
building which is neat the expressway that links the two expressways. So, for build that
building one have to notice the use of construction information while implementing the
project.
So, the information which will be used in building the complex are given below:
 One has to follow all the risk management techniques to protect all the labours from
accidents.
 One has to use the material which is more compact and of good quality.
 One has to use the equipment which are most reliable to perform any operations.
 The engineer has all the information of the material used in performing only one task.
 The pre-construction information is provided in a manner that everyone can
understand it and the information is in convenient form.
While constructing engineer has to take many of the equipment like drilling machine,
concrete, water, soil and many more.
P1.2 Describe the different types of construction information and their uses.
What type of construction information will you use for the current scenario and
justify their use?
Construction information is defined as, the information which is needed before the
construction of any building that what are the materials, what are the equipment and a blue
print of the building.
Some of the construction information are given below:
 The engineer has to mention all the drilling equipment for making the holes and
trenches.
 The engineer has to take the right material for constructing this building.
 The engineer has to totally make a blueprint by keeping the scenario in mind.
 Unnecessary concrete and stones are to be removed from the site for protecting the
quality of building.
 For performing the foundation of the building, proper drilling of the land is necessary.
 Heavy materials have to be used for making the proper grading of soil.
Some of the equipment used in the building material and to perform all the specific task are
given below:

 Excavator
 A backhoe loader
 The motor grader
P1.3 Compare different types of construction information to identify their
suitability in specific contexts
There are many of the construction information which is used by an engineer to built any
environment. Some of them are mentioned below:
Architectural Drawing: It is a type of drawing which uses the visual images to understand
the overall view of the building. In this view, one follows many of the steps to perform the
specific tasks and by processing that task an overall image is developed which is known as a
blue print.
General Note: Many of the engineers prepare a general report for describing all the
information of the building qualities. In the general note every aspect is mentioned and each
of the test case scenario is explained through which one will get to know about the overall
design of the building.

LO2. Develop construction drawings, details, schedules and specifications
in support of a given construction project.
P2.1 Prepare a set of general arrangements drawings, selected details and door /
window schedule.
General arrangement drawing defined as the overall composition of the object which is to be
made while developing a project. General arrangements are prepared at each steps of project
development by mentioning the key elements and building design. The general arrangements
are prepared using the CAD and each stage performs the new task and will ready to produce
the next task. This will also include the additional information, such as specification and
detailed drawing of the project. In this module the location drawing is made that is the
drawing of the project is made by taking the location in mind and suppose one has to build a
building then the drawing of every single room is mentioned in arrangements.
P2.2 Produce an outline bill of quantities.
The outline bill of quantities specified as the total cost and the total material used in the
construction of building. Suppose if talking about the given scenario, one has to construct a
building in which offices are present. So, the engineer has to kept this in mind that, what are
the outcomes of the material and how much material is used in the current scenario, how
much labour will complete the work in least time by taking all these in mind, one report of
paper is generated which tells the approximate cost of the building material used by taking
care of the quality in mind.
P2.3 Compose a schedule of work
The engineer has to make a report in which he or she has to mentioned that for how many
hours the labour will work so that the project will complete in so that the least time consumes
in the project. The quality has to maintained so that after constructing it, maintenance of the
building will not take the huge amount of time for performing any extra effort. As given in
the scenario the labours have to work for 8 hours a day to complete the project in the least
amount of time.
P2.4 Justify the use of specific types of construction information in task 1 and
task 2 in support of the project.
As discussed, many of the construction information in the above modules, one has to use the
correct information so that the project build is advanced and maintenance free. The
construction information used are:
Architectural drawing: by discussing this information with respect to the given scenario, so
one must have to prepare a drawing sheet for view the overall advantages and disadvantages
of project. If the drawing is not made in the subsequent quality then the other engineer will
not get to know that what the overall blue print of the building.
General Note: It is another way of storing the information of the building. In this whole
process a general report is prepared which stores the general information about the given
scenario and all the details of the materials required in the given scenario.

LO3. Interpret different types of construction information in order to
explain a construction project.
P3.1 Relate a set of construction drawing to a specification.
Construction document is nothing but the document which is used for storing the information
of the construction site. The construction set of the given scenario is given as:
Site plan (1:500 or 1:1000)
Floor plan (1:50 or 1:100)
Elevations (1:50 or 1:100)
Sections (1:20)
Details (1:5)
Door and window schedules
Outline bill of quantities
Schedule of work
They all are the specification given in the scenario to perform a built-in environment.
P3.2 Evaluate construction drawings and details to identify error and clashes
In this module one has to identify the errors and the clashes which are performed during the
making of construction drawing. There are several tools which are used to find out the errors
and clashes named Clash Detective Tool. Clash Detective tool is essential for the
professionals to complete the work and find out the error and clashes present in the drawing.
P3.3 Critique a body of construction information, identifying errors and
discrepancies
There are many of the issues which are present while constructing a building and there are
several tools which are used to identify error and clashes. The design are made or
implemented on CAD and while making any diagram using CAD, there are many
possibilities that errors will occur in the procedure and by this reason the diagram will not be
displayed and this is very common in CAD that if any library or any line is not fit then it will
show error and will not displays any diagram on the screen.
P3.4 Propose corrections to construction drawings and specifications using
industry standard forms of notations.
Some of the mistakes which takes place in construction drawing are stated below:
 A very common mistake is that the drawing is not complete or any part of module of
drawing is not completed.
 Incomplete drawing can lead to reduce the information of the site.
 Another mistake is that the drawing is not collaborated with given specification of the
preparing site which can result in clashes.

LO4. Assess ways in which construction professional collaborated in the
production of construction information.
P4.1 assess the type of information produced by different participants in a
construction project. Using the current project as a case study.
There are several fields while working with any organization, many of the labours are divided
into several branches like: labour, junior engineer, assistant engineer, senior engineer and a
client whose specifications are fulfilled.
Labour will perform all the work of building and maintaining it, junior engineer will take care
of all that all the labour will work subsequently or not, assistant engineer will take all the
responsibilities devoted by the senior engineer, senior engineer will manage all the qualities
of the work and all the develop all the blue print associated with it.
P4.2 Examine the relationship between different bodies of information and how
they work in conjunction.
The different type of information which takes place while performing any construction are
referred with the different types of fields. As given in the scenario, one has to build an office
building, so here one needs huge amount of labours, junior engineers, assistant engineers and
senior engineers. A team will work for build a particular building. The labour consists of all
the information of the site which is associated with the construction field. The junior engineer
consists of all the information which is associated with the blue print and will take care of all
the information and prices used in that building. Assistant engineer will follow all the rules
and regulation made by the senior engineer and transfer information from one place to
another. Senior engineer will take care of all the information and the time management and
the quality of building associated with it.
P4.3 Compare the roles of CAD and BIM in the collaborative production of
construction information.
BIM: BIM stands for building information modelling. This will made a design of the
construction site and will coordinate with work flow. It is a software program which is
helpful for building the blue print with the lines and commands.
CAD: CAD stands for computer aided design which is helpful for developing the design
associated with the project. It has predefined computer aided design with the drafting
technique which will easily apply on any module. The most famous drafting tool is Auto-
CAD tool.

Conclusion:
All the learning outcomes of the given scenarios are attempted and learnt successfully. The
rules and regulations are to be followed by the organization under which whole process is
working on. The design of the building is carried out by a tool called Auto-CAD by taking
the given scenario in mind.

Reference list:
https://www.facebook.com/fasiforyou (2018) Types of Drawings used in Building
Construction, The Constructor. Available at: https://theconstructor.org/building/drawing-
types-construction/24524/ (Accessed: March 6, 2019).