Construction Site Mobilisation: Activities and Challenges

1
CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT
Name of Student
Institution Affiliation

2
Mobilising to the construction site
Construction site mobilisation refers to the activities which are performed after the owner of
the project has appointed the main contract6or, but before the main contractor starts work on
the project site. It is a preparatory phase in which most of the activities carried out are
managed by the construction manager (Bennett, 2017).
Mobilising consist of the operations and preparatory works which are necessary for the
movement of equipment, personnel, incidentals and supplies to the construction site; Mainly
for the establishment of buildings, offices and other facilities which are required for the
construction work to take place. Various insurances, licenses and bonds must be obtained. A
detailed program for all the construction activities to be carried out must be prepared. The
cost estimate which was prepared must be converted to the project system and budget for the
purpose of tracking the projects costs (Kenley, 2016).
The mobilisation phase also initiate the process of awarding and souring of the specialised
sub-contractors, larger sub-contractors and the supply contracts which usually is the race
against time for the written confirmations and procurement department which regards
matters such as the commencement dates, initial joint survey, possession the site, master
programme and receipt of the construction drawings (Kiessling, 2016).
In the mobilisation phase the construction manager may carry out the following activities.
 Coordinating the entire process of preparation and issuing of the project handbook
which clearly sets out the procedures, responsibilities and the communication lines for
the construction phase.
 Generating a site layout plan for the construction process.

3
 Making the necessary arrangements for the site communications such as the
distribution and receipt of information and the communication technologies.
 Managing drawing approval and specialist design.at this point the construction
manager may opt to appoint a design co-ordinator who will be in charge.
 Selecting and advertising any remaining contracts such as security, cleaning and
catering contracts (Langford, 2012).
 Determining the contract register scheduling; the contracts which have already been
placed, who signed them and when they were signed, the value of the contract, the
place where the contract is stored. This data can be very important if he construction
manager becomes insolvent.
 Establishing an asset register which schedules the assets which are available on site
and who the owners are. The information can later be incorporated into the building
owner’s manual.
 Determining all the statutory site register which can include lifting equipment,
explosive and dangerous substance storage, accidents reports and scaffolding.
 Complying with all the stator conditions that must be met before the construction
process commences.
 Ensuring that all the onsite workers are taken through sufficient induction process,
training and any other information which will enable them work without risking their
safety or health (Retik, 2015).
 Establishing quality assurance and inspection regimes procedures for the construction.
 Commissioning of the geotechnical survey work which may be further required.
 Obtaining the statutory utility drawings of all the surround and existing services in the
cases where they had not been obtained.