Construction Management Study Material

CIVIL
ENGINEERING
(Construction Management)

QUESTION 1
a)
Budget- It is a statement which provides the information about the amount of money that is
available to spend over a period of time on a specific project victor construction company and
the builder.
Financial statements- These are number of written documents that convey the construction
activities and the financial performance of the company. There are number of financial
statements developed by a construction organisation such as the profit and loss statement,
balance sheet and others.
b)
The budgets and the financial statements are the important aspect and documents which are used
by every different company in various industries. These documents enable the construction
organisations to carry out their financial performance and maintain regular checks on their
financial stability.
QUESTION 3
a)
HRM which is an acronym used for denoting human resource management, which is a strategic
approach adopted by the management of an organisation in order to effectively manage the
people of the company in order to make sure that the business is gaining a competitive advantage
through it.
b)
Contract of employment is a little legal agreement between an employer and employee which
provides number of details about the employees job and other related aspects. In respect to civil
engineering and construction projects a written contract of employment entails clear information
about the job of an individual, pay scale, holidays etc.
QUESTION 4
a)
There number of factors which affect the construction cost estimate and impose a significant
impact on project costs. These factors are as follows:
 Construction material cost

 Labour wage rates
 Inflation factors
 Construction site conditions
 Project schedules
 Quality of project schedules, plans and specifications
b)
 Construction material cost- The raw materials and their prices fluctuates sometimes
which brings a gap between budgeted cost and incurred costs.
 Labour wage rates- This is another factor which affect the estimated cost of a
construction project as wages of labours fluctuates it according to the market trends and
policies.
 Construction site conditions- Sometimes the site condition of a construction project also
increases the cost as the engine is and workers need to put more efforts in order to make
the site appropriate as per the construction required to be done.
QUESTION 6
a)
A safety culture is an organisational culture which is significant and impose importance to safety
believes, values and attributes. Also, these are shared by the majority of people within the
company.
b)
QUESTION 7
a)
There are number of ethics Followed in construction industry like honesty an act of telling the
truth and acting in a way which do not result in the deception of others. Fairness is another ethics
followed in construction industry. The role of ethics in construction management is very
important for neglecting any issues which may arise in future due to an ethical behaviour.
b)
Business ethics revolves around appropriate business policies and practices regarding potential
controversial subjects like corporate governance. The role played by in a business is crucial as

the keeps organisation regulating with fulfilling all social and corporate responsibilities without
making any discrimination for fraudulent actions.
c)
Ethics human resource management deals with concerns like privacy, compensation plan of
employees, employment issues, race and disability, performance appraisal and employees
responsibility. The role of ethics in HRM is to make sure that the company is working without
any discrimination and offering equal opportunities to all.
QUESTION 8
a)
Risk analysis and assessment in construction project is based on hazard identification where
there are certain steps which are followed.
b)
The steps taken by construction organisation for risk analysis and assessment are based on
hazard identification which are as follows:
 The first step is defining the scope of the hazard.
 The second step is identifying the hazard.
 The third step is definition and modelling of the hazard scenario.
 Fourth step is estimation of probabilities.
 Fifth step is estimation of consequences.
 Six step is risk elimination and decision making and optimisation.
QUESTION 9
a)
The general objectives of planning, designing and construction of civil engineering projects are:
 Recognising business requirements.
 Defining necessary costs, schedule, of deliverables and delivery days
 Estimation of resources needed.
 Determining the legislative requirements and regulations to be followed.
 Serving the customers or the client which the project on family basis.
b)