Construction Practice and Management

Construction Practice and
Management

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
1. Discussion on development of construction industry and encompassed the professionalism
within its structures......................................................................................................................1
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................2
1. Skills and specialism required for constructing the junior school on an old factory building
site................................................................................................................................................2
2. Main stages of construction from tendering till handover.......................................................3
3. Comparison of construction companies, contracts and trading...............................................4
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................5
1. Main concerns required to select contractor by local council in any tender document...........5
2. Role of BIM in selecting the design of school........................................................................5
3. Factors to promote local employment while constructing school building.............................6
TASK 4............................................................................................................................................6
1. Role of BIM in controlling building process and help counsellors in selecting school design
.....................................................................................................................................................6
2. Role of BIM in reducing running cost of school building.......................................................6
3. Role of BIM in ensuring safety and health during and after constructing the school building
.....................................................................................................................................................7
4. Role of CDM in construction process and establishment of health and safety rules..............7
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
Today, construction industry is considered as one of the fastest growing industries, which
represent community’s building blocks and foundation of strong economy (Shepherd, 2019).
Without contribution of this industry, infrastructure of a country cannot be developed as it helps
in building roads, schools, hospitals, commercial and private housing etc. Therefore, construction
industry plays the pivot role in developing, boosting and improving economy of a nation. The
present report is going to make a description of this industry, in context with its company
structure and other activities. While to investigate different types of companies dealing in
construction structure including their relationship in tendering process, a case study has taken,
under which a new Junior School needs to build on a site of old furniture factory. So, considering
this scenario, key stages involve in this project with role of BIM (Building Information
Modelling) is also evaluated. Furthermore, the way suitable collaboration strategies are
developed under this industry, for providing health and safety will also be elaborated.
TASK 1
1. Discussion on development of construction industry and encompassed the professionalism
within its structures
Construction industry has been changed a lot from last few years, with development of
technology, demand of people, health and safety guidelines etc. Among these, technology is
considered as the biggest factor which has completely revolutionised the way of conducting
construction activities (Letcher and Vallero, 2019). With more advanced equipment, manual
work has much reduced as well as revolutionised the manner of entire work also. In context with
UK, this nation is known as world leader within construction sector, with some notable buildings
such as Shard in London and number of affordable housing options to its citizens. This industry
has contributed to near about £90 billion that makes over 6.7% in total economy (How The UK
Construction Industry Has Developed?, 2017). Along with this, it also provides 2.9 million of
employment to local people, with a wide range such as painters, bricklayers, masons, tilers,
mechanical trades, architects and more. With development of technology, UK’s leadership can
also measure in terms of green construction. Construction industry has been developed into
various specialist companies like soil engineering, wood workers, structural engineering, civil
engineering and more (OBE and et. al., 2019). All of these perform their role in professional
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