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Construction management is considered as the most challenging as well as demanding profession (Spence and Kultermann, 2016). Here, for completing a project successfully as per perspective of clients, professionals require to get support of many civil engineers, surveyors, interior designers, mechanical and electrical engineers and assistance of other construction professionals. They would help in building a proper plan and design for constructing a building in appropriate manner (Virdi, 2017).

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Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1P1 Explain how the construction industry has developed and encompassed professionalismwithin its structures.................................................................................................................1P2 Demonstration on scope and linkage between head office and site office structure within aconstruction organisation........................................................................................................2P3 Identify the type of contractual work tendered by contractors..........................................4P4 Identify the different types of construction companies in the market...............................5P5 Explain the relationship between different construction organisations............................6P6 Identify, with examples, modern construction processes and sequences used within today’sindustry, highlighting the way they respond to sustainability needs......................................6P7 Explain contract planning techniques used within micro and macro projects..................6P8 Identify where BIM impacts upon operations and construction companies.....................8P9 Explain how health & safety has now become an integrated part of the constructionprocess....................................................................................................................................8P10 Describe the government legislation which has benchmarked health & safety withinconstruction............................................................................................................................8P11 Discuss the role of collaboration and communication in ensuring safe working practices.8M1 Analyse how the construction industry has developed overall in terms of companystructures, it’s employees and contracted work......................................................................8M2 Analyse the catalyst which connects construction companies, including contracts andtendering.................................................................................................................................8M3 Analyse how construction has developed in terms of innovation, designs, and withincontracts for micro and macro projects and the interrelationship with BIM..........................8M4 Demonstrate how the construction industry has benefited through changes in health safetylegislation...............................................................................................................................8D1 Critically evaluate how construction companies have developed their structure andbusiness ethos.........................................................................................................................8D2 Compare the main factors which differentiate between construction companies, contractsand tendering..........................................................................................................................8
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D3 Provide a detailed analysis of how the construction industry has evolved in terms ofinnovative construction methods and contracts......................................................................8D4 Evaluate the impact of health & safety legislation, how it has evolved the drivers for it,and its advantages or weaknesses within construction...........................................................8REFERENCES ...............................................................................................................................9.......................................................................................................................................................10
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INTRODUCTIONConstruction management is considered as the most challenging as well as demandingprofession (Spence and Kultermann, 2016). Here, for completing a project successfully as perperspective of clients, professionals require to get support of many civil engineers, surveyors,interior designers, mechanical and electrical engineers and assistance of other constructionprofessionals. They would help in building a proper plan and design for constructing a buildingin appropriate manner (Virdi, 2017). Here, roles and responsibilities of each constructionprofessionals is different from each other, where architect used to manage the design as well asconstruction of particular project, while structural engineer helps in ensure that whether such aproject is structurally stable or not. The present report is mainly focusing on concept of professionalism in constructionindustry. It demonstrates the scope and linkage among site office structure and head office withinconstruction organisation. For this purpose, four main case scenario is taken where first partreveals the requirement of a client who wants to build a new residential project at Kowloon EastRoad in Honk Kong. While second part which is based on feasibility stage, here, different typesof construction companies and their relationship within tendering process are described.Furthermore, under the third part, recommendation is given to client for using BIM Model i.e.Building Information Modelling. This would explain key stages requires in given constructionproject. At last scenario, concern of client towards health and safety issue is described, to analysehow construction industry has developed collaborative strategies for health and safety alsodescribed. P1 Explain how the construction industry has developed and encompassed professionalismwithin its structuresConstruction refers to a diverse industry which includes a number of activities forconstructing a commercial or residential building. It includes activities range from mining,manufacture and supply of products, quarrying and forestry for making an infrastructure, etc.With development of professionalism in this sector, today, construction industry has given a lotin improving the infrastructure of societies (Wood and et. al., 2016). Now, through support ofmany professional engineers, architects, interior designer, surveyors and more, organisationsdealing in this sector gain advantage to manufacture effective infrastructure for development ofliving standard of human beings (Hairul Bahara and et. al., 2016). In this regard, withinconstruction industry, for completing a project, employers used to make a proper professionalteam which includes project-manager, engineers, technical people, skilled, semi-skilled andunskilled labours etc. In order to manufacture a building project, professional team helpseffectively in managing the entire work related to construction activities. Along with this, itwould also help in ensuring that the project is constructed by using effectively requiredtechnology as per standardisation as well as includes the most cost effective methods also (vander Laan and Velthuis, 2016). Since for completing a construction project as per clientrequirement, it is essential for professionals to translate the design into reality. For this process, each professional has assigned with a specific role and responsibility tocomplete and manage the key activities of project viz. Time, technology, money, equipment andpeople management (Duan and Li, 2016). For example: The main role of geotechnical engineersis site investigation includes assessment of risk for human beings, their property and identifyingnatural hazards like earthquake, sinkhole and landslide etc. While surveyor's duty is to get1
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