Comprehensive Analysis of Civil Engineering Project Management

This assignment delves into various facets of civil engineering project management. It begins with an overview of budgets and financial statements in construction, extending to practical applications in HQ and site conditions. The document then explores health and safety regulations, including the Management of Health and Safety Regulations 1999, and their impact on construction projects. Human resource management (HRM), including employment contracts, is discussed, followed by an analysis of factors affecting project duration and costs. The importance of safety culture and ethical considerations in construction management, business, and HRM are highlighted. Risk assessments, sustainable construction practices, and key objectives of project planning, design, and construction are also examined. The application of Six Sigma and Total Quality Management (TQM) in construction is detailed, along with UK regulations on climate change and sustainability applications. The assignment further covers health and safety laws, execution steps, and risk management in construction projects. It concludes with a discussion of key qualities of a good project manager, requirements of construction professionals, different types of safety management systems, and the distinction between quality assurance and quality control. This assignment provides a holistic view of the key concepts and practices within civil engineering project management.

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1.
(a) What really is a budget and a Financial Statement in the context of civil engineering and
construction?
Budget in financial statement in context of construction and civil engineering is defined
as a statement of the total amount which is available and are require spending over a particular
period of time on specific things, for example building. Budget is an outline plan in which
financial statement determine the manner in which money will be spent on construction.
(b) Describe how these can be applied practically to HQ and site conditions in a construction
and consulting firm
It has been identified that budget and financial statements can be effectively applied to
site construction and HQ in construction and consulting by making assessment of project
expenses and income throughout the project cycle and assessing available funds in effective
manner.
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(a) State the Management of Health and Safety Regulations 1999.
Management of Health and safety regulation 1995 mainly requires employees to conduct
risk assessment develop arrangements, to effectively implement essential or necessary measures
and appoint competent individuals and father arrange appropriate training and information.
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(b) Explain this legislation with respect to construction projects and discuss and evaluate
how effective this has been and stating any recent review if any.
In term at construction project it is essential for project manager to implement
management of Health and safety regulation 1999, as it will allow them to accomplish project
with the help of identifying risk appointing competent people and offering them effective
training.
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(a) Describe HRM in some detail.
Human resource management is defined as a process associated to recruitment selection
induction of employees, offering orientation and providing training and development to them.
(b) Further describe contract of employment and explain further what a written contract of
employment entails with clear succinct examples with respect to civil engineering and
construction projects
Contract of employment is basically design at remained among individual employee and
labour union or employer. Written contract of employment mainly involved working relationship
of employee and company wages or salary commission, time schedule days and hour of work.
With the help of contract of employment project manager in civil engineering and construction
project can create relationship with employees.
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4.
(a) List the factors affecting the duration and costs of construction projects.
There are certain factors that affect cost and duration of construction project that are
payable wages rate, project scheduling, construction material cost, similar construction project
and quality of plan and specification.
(b) Describe the factors affecting the duration and costs of construction projects
According to the analysis it has been determined that duration and cost of construction
projects can be affected due to construction material cost, as it involves raw material cost taxes
and charges and shipping rate that keeps on changing. In addition to this regulatory requirements
such as compliance, pollution control are also the major factor that affect cost and duration of
construction project.
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(a) Explain clearly and in detail what is meant by Safety Culture.
Safety culture is defined as an organisational culture that have a high level of important
emphasise upon values and attitude safety believes which is shared among individual in
workplace.
(b) Give examples from real life in the context of civil engineering construction companies
and their projects.
It has been identified that that are some civil engineering construction companies who
implement safety culture in their projects such as, Bancroft Construction, it is one of the topmost
organisation that build safety in their workplace culture in order to maintain safer environment
for employees.
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6. Define, Describe and Explain the Role of Ethics in:
(a) Construction management.
Ethics play important role in construction management, as it helps project manager to
undertake wise decisions with respect honesty and fairness.
(b) Business.
Ethics play important role in business as a system that guide organisation to undertake
ethical decisions by emphasizing behaviour and values.
(c) HRM.
In terms with HRM with the help of ethics human resource manager can properly handle
employees the proper allocation and maintenance of employees.
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(a) Describe Risk Assessments in the civil engineering context.
Assessment in terms of civil engineering allows project manager to identify hazards and
implement different strategies by undertaking effective decision.
(b) Show how these can be applied practically in a civil engineering setting cum construction
sites with vivid examples.
In context with civil engineering setting cum construction sites with the help of risk
assessment project managers can have a systematic approach to eliminate and control accidents
at site or work with the help of appropriate control measures.
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8.
(a) Give five aspects of sustainable constructions.
Resource efficiency, design and development efficiency, indoor environmental quality,
energy and water efficiency, waste minimization
(b) With examples included to describe them in a civil engineering and construction context.
It has been identified that with the help of sustainable construction aspects such as
resource efficiency design and development efficiency energy and waste water efficiency and
waste minimization, project managers in civil engineering and construction can effectively
accomplish the project in cost effective manner with great quality.
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(a) Describe 5 key objectives of the planning, design and construction of civil engineering
project.
Planning of each activity, planning for required documents and drawings,
financial Planning, construction methods, procurement of materials.
(b) Give examples of the above.
With the help of planning, drawings and documents, financial planning, construction
method and procurement of raw materials project manager in construction and civil engineering
can effectively assure success of project. For example procurement of raw material helps in
utilising resources. While on the other hand financial planning add in in completing project in
cost effective manner.
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(a) Describe 6 SIGMA.
Work for the customer, remove variation and bottlenecks, find problem and focus on it,
communicate clearly and train team members, be flexible and responsive, enhance quality of
products or services.
(b) Explain in detail how it is applied in construction.
With the application of Six Sigma in construction project manager can effectively satisfy
customer with the help of removing variation and emphasizing upon issues and communicating
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clearly to, each and every team member. It helps in having flexible approach through which
quality of products and services can be maintained in construction project.
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(a) What is TQM and how will it achieve its 5 key aspects?
Total quality management is basically a systematic and participating approach to
planning and implementing. It is the process of organisational improvement. It mainly emphasize
upon consumer expectation building commitment, identify issues and promoting open decision
making with and individuals.
(b) List them.
Commitment and understanding from employees, quality improvement culture,
Continuous improvement in process, focus on customer requirements and effective control.
(c) Explain how these are applied to civil engineering and construction with examples
With the help of implementing TQM in civil engineering and construction project
manager can sure success of project in effective manner. For example with the help of quality
improvement culture project manager can improve quality and can focus upon consumer
requirement when effective control.
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(a) State the UK regulation on Climate Change and what instigated it.
The climate Act 2008 is basically an act of parliament of the United Kingdom that
emphasise upon reducing the net UK carbon account by the year 2050 is at least 80%.
(b) How can construction be tailored using stated examples to accommodate it?
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With the help of implementing effective strategies to reduce carbon emission in project
construction can be done in effective manner.
(c) How has the construction industry modified its methods to accommodate this?
It has been identified that construction industry is reducing wastage and energy
consumption post construction in artificial heating and are taking sustainable insulation materials
in effective manner to accommodate this law.
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(a) What has been enhanced recently in sustainability application?
It has been identified that recently in sustainable application there are some additional
factors which is environment conservation economic development and social Justice.
(b) Name and describe the ACT involved with civil engineering.
Civil engineering is specifically defined as a professional engineering discipline in which
law requirement is enforced under prevention, such as the engineering act. In addition to this
health and safety regulation 1996 and health and safety at work act 1974 mainly emphasizes
upon implementing safety measures in construction project.
(c) Give examples
Health and safety at workplace Act 1974 is being implemented by organisations in
United Kingdom construction industry through which they emphasize upon worker safety.
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(a) List and Describe 8 Health and safety Laws that you know that relate strictly to
construction sites.
The Health and Safety at Work Etc Act , The Construction (Design & Management)
Regulations , The Health & Safety (First Aid) Regulations , The Personal Protective Equipment
Regulations, The Manual Handling Operations Regulations, The Electricity at Work
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Regulations , The Gas Safety Regulations , The Control of Vibration at Work Regulations , The
Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations
(b) How can each of two of them be applied in a civil engineering consultancy and
construction context with examples?
It has been identified that the control of vibration at workplace regulation mainly
involves all vibration exposures that are required to be within the legal limit. While on the other
hand the electricity at work regulation law is mainly associated to electrical system which is
required to get maintained, installed and updated according to the set regulations.
15.
(a) What are the key steps in the execution of a typical construction project to meet its
objective?
The key steps in execution of typical construction project that are required to meet
objective include, clearly define of the scope, setting milestone, establishing effective
communication monitoring progress with tools and keeping track of paperwork.
(b) Give an example.
With the help of settings goals, developing milestone, effective communication method
and regular monitoring construction work can be done in effective manner.
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16. What are the key safety and commercial risks involved in providing and establishing a
typical construction project during the whole life cycle of the scheme?
Commercial risk involved in providing and establishing construction process during
whole life cycle of the scheme will involve labour shortage and productivity issues, health and
safety hazards, change orders and an expected increase in material cost and poor project
management. This can be effectively overcome with the help of identifying project construction,
17.
(a) What are some key qualities of a good Project Manager with respect to Civil Engineering
Project?
Having construction risk management, process mitigating the process, project risk in
effective manner, excellent communication ability to prioritise activities, ability to delegate
tasks, value teamwork find process and problem-solving. These are some of the effective quality
of a good project manager in context with civil engineering project.
(b) Describe them with examples.
It has been identified that with the help of teamwork, allocating activities with the help of
excellent communication and problem solving skills project manager can accomplish civil
engineering project in effective manner. For example teamwork help of allocating activities and
accomplishing them in time effective manner.
18.
(a) What does Construction practice require from Construction Professionals?
It has been identified that construction practice really require performance complete
project planning designing effectiveness, team building from construction professionals.
(b) What does society require from the construction practice?
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It has been identified that society requires positive impact upon community from
construction practice.
19.
(a) List different types of Safety management Systems.
Autocratic Safety Management , Worker-Centric System, Safety risk management and
Safety promotion.
(b) Concisely discuss different types of Safety management Systems.
It has been identified that Worker-Centric System mainly emphasize upon training to
employees to limit accident. While on the other hand autocratic safety management involve
communication with the top down bottom up approach with staff.
20.
(a) Distinguish between Quality assurance and Quality control.
Quality control is defined as a part of quality management that emphasizes upon
accomplishing quality requirement while on the other hand quality assurance defines the manner
in which project must be completed.
(b) How are they both applied in construction and civil engineering?
With the help of quality assurance and quality control project managers in construction
and civil engineering can effectively maintain quality of project along with the performance, as it
helps them to identify the rest and implement effective measures to prevent them.
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21.
(a) Describe what is considered the main elements of COSTING of construction projects.
It has been identified that the main elements of costing of construction project include
land utilisation, design phase, land acquisition budget control and reporting process, change
control process project, project cost baseline and cost management approach.
(b) Explain each with respect to construction with examples.
With the help of project budget cost control and reporting process, cost estimation and
project management approach project manager in construction project can accomplish their goals
in effective manner. For example cost management approach helps in accomplishing all the
activities in estimated manner.
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(a) What and who are Quality Gurus?
Dr. W. Edwards Demingm, Dr. Joseph M. Juran, Dr. Genichi Taguchi, Armand V.
Feigenbaum, Dr. David Garvin, Philip B. Crosby, Shigeo Shingo
(b) List and discuss concisely 7 of them.
It has been identified that total quality management was first coined by the contribution
of quality Gurus such as deming and Juran in Japan after Second World War. Then after Crosby,
Feigenbaum, Ishikawa, and others developed powerful management technique in order to
improve business quality in organisation.
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(a) What are the ISO9001 : 2008 and ISO9001 : 2015?
ISO9001 : 2015 pay more attention to risk management quality management system in all
the levels within an organisation. While on the other hand ISO9001 : 2008 in this company
require to have quality management system in order to accomplish their project with applicable
statutory and regulatory requirement.
(b) Describe them in the context of civil engineering.
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With the help of conducting operations with statutory and regulatory environment and
quality management system along with risk management project in civil engineering can be
accomplished in effective way.
(c) Give clear examples.
Risk assessment and quality management helps in accomplishing projects while
identifying risk in effective manner while enhancing quality.
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(a) Why do we have systems in construction management?
With the help of system in construction management proper planning, scheduling and
building of resources with the help of reporting can be done in effective manner it improve
productivity.
(b) Name and explain the use of some 2 key systems in Construction Project management.
Process management, quality management and manpower management helps in
enhancing project effectiveness in construction project management.
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(a) What does the CDM legislation entail?
It mainly governs the manner in which constructions project of all types and sizes are
required to undertaken in UK.
(b) How is it applied to construction Projects.
It is essential for organisations in construction projects to comply with CDM in order to
ensure health and safety of employees or workers on site.
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