Construction Industry Administration Report: Practice & Management

This report provides a comprehensive overview of the construction industry, delving into its organizational structures, operational activities, and the roles of various stakeholders. It examines different types of construction organizations, their relationships, and their involvement in the tendering proces...Read More

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Construction Industry Administration
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Executive Summary
This report concentrated on four major points related to construction trade. Primarily, the report
concentrates on the description of the construction trade concerning structures of the
organization and other activities. Then, the report concentrated on the explanation about various
types of organizations for construction in the market and their associations related to the
tendering procedure. The report then focused on the discussions of the important stages within
the construction project and the role of Building Information Modeling to inform various stages.
The report also gave a brief analysis of the development of suitable collaboration strategies
within the construction industry for supporting greater recognition of safety and health. Finally,
the report ended with a conclusion.

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Table of Contents
1.0 Introduction................................................................................................................................6
2.0 Description of the construction industry concerning structures of the organization and other
activities...........................................................................................................................................7
2.1 Explanation about the development and encompassing professionalism within the
construction industry...................................................................................................................7
2.2 Demonstration of the scope and connection between every party present inside a
building company........................................................................................................................8
2.3 Different types of contractual job presented by the contractors................................8
2.4 Examination of the general advancement of the development business as far as
authoritative structures, representatives, and contracted work....................................................9
2.5 Basic assessment of the advancement of structures and business ethos by the
development organizations..........................................................................................................9
3.0 Explanation about different kinds of building organizations in the marketplace and their
associations related to the offering process...................................................................................10
3.1 Finding of different building companies within the marketplace............................10
3.2 Explanation about the relationship between various construction companies........10
3.3 Analysis of the catalyst that results in connecting the construction companies
consisting of contracts and tendering........................................................................................11
3.4 Comparison of the crucial factors that result in differentiating construction
organizations, contracts, and tendering.....................................................................................11

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4.0 Discussion of the important stages within the construction project and the role of Building
Information Modeling to inform various stages............................................................................12
4.1 Finding of the modern building processes and order in the current construction
industry thereby identification of the ways the organizations respond to other sustainability
requirements..............................................................................................................................12
4.2 Clarification about the agreement arranging strategies that are being used in the
smaller scale and full scale ventures..........................................................................................13
4.3 Identifying the impacts of BIM on the operations and construction companies.....14
4.4 Examination about the advancement of development regarding plans, development,
and inside the agreements for large scale and miniaturized scale ventures followed by the
interrelationship with BIM........................................................................................................14
4.5 Detailed analysis of the evolution of the construction industry concerning
innovative construction process and contracts..........................................................................14
5.0 Analysis of the development of suitable collaboration strategies within the construction
industry for supporting greater recognition of safety and health...................................................15
5.1 Importance of safety and health for the construction process.................................15
5.2 Portrayal of the administration enactment that has benchmarked wellbeing and
security in the development business........................................................................................16
5.3 Role of communication and collaboration for safe operational practices...............16
5.4 Demonstration regarding the benefits of construction industries via alteration in
safety and health legislation.......................................................................................................16

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5.5 Evaluation of the impact of health and safety legislation........................................17
6.0 Conclusion...............................................................................................................................17
7.0 References................................................................................................................................18

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1.0 Introduction
The development business is viewed as one of the central enterprises in the entire world.
It has been discovered that this specific industry manages the arrangement additionally with the
development of different sorts of land properties. The development business likewise
incorporates fixing of the prior business foundations just as making hardly any adjustments in a
similar structure framework.
This report is going to concentrate on four major points related to the building
production. Primarily, the report focuses on the description of the construction industry
concerning the structures of the organization and other activities. Then, the report concentrates
on the explanation about various types of organizations for building in the market and their
associations related to the tendering procedure. Now, the report then focuses on the discussions
of the important stages within the construction project and the role of Building Information
Modeling to inform various stages. The report also gives a brief analysis of the development of
suitable collaboration strategies within the construction industry for supporting greater
recognition of safety and health. Finally, the report ends with a conclusion.
2.0 Description of the construction industry concerning structures of the
organization and other activities
In the research, it has been found that the construction industry is considered to be an
important sector for the enhancement of the UK economy that comprises of various kinds of

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technologies, products, and services. The construction industry helps in the creation, building,
and maintenance of the workplaces where various kinds of businesses can be performed1.
Professionalism in the construction industry is regarded as a mixture of several important
activities that are being performed by the architects, engineers, as well as quantity surveyor2.
2.1 Explanation about the development and encompassing professionalism within
the construction industry
Construction management is considered to be a challenging profession and to complete
any building project, the building professionals must help the clients in realizing the overall
objective of that project. The development experts incorporate structural designers, modelers,
mechanical specialists, auxiliary architects, electrical designers, and amount surveyors.
Professionalism in the construction industries results in setting strict rules and regulations on the
professionals for regulating their ethical behavior and conduct towards the allocated work3.
2.2 Demonstration of the scope and connection between every party present inside a
building company
The parties involved in the building project are either from the private sector or from the
public sector. Business agreements are signed between those parties as contracts for the
completion of the project work that includes engineering, designing, construction, management,
and safeguarding. The execution of the construction project starts after the accumulation of
1 Lyngso, S. (2017). Agile strategy management: techniques for continuous alignment and improvement.
CRC Press.
2 Zulch, B. (2016). A proposed model for construction project management communication in the South
African construction industry. Acta Structilia, 23(1), 1-35.
3 Mengistu, D. G., & Mahesh, G. (2019). Challenges in developing the Ethiopian construction
industry. African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation, and Development, 1-12.

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necessary funds by the client or owner in addition to obtaining government and legal approvals
by the higher authorities.
2.3 Different types of contractual job presented by the contractors
There are a series of contractual work being carried out during the time of construction
project that is being offered by the building contractors. The tender stage is regarded as the
selection and appointment of working contractors. Tendering is associated with a series of work
contracts that are being contracted with the help of management contractor4. The lists of
contractual duties that are being offered by the contractors are as follows:
1. Initializing the work stage.
2. Preparation of the tender certification.
3. Identification of the potential tender executives.
4. Identification of the preferred tender executives.
5. Performing negotiations with the tender executives.
6. Passing the notice for starting of the construction work.
7. Appointment of the working contractors.
2.4 Examination of the general advancement of the development business as far as
authoritative structures, representatives, and contracted work
The building industry of the UK is quite important for the enhancement of the UK
economy. The construction industry in the UK contributes around £90 billion towards the UK
4 Cartigny, T., & Lord, W. (2018). Evaluating social value in the UK construction industry. Proceedings of
the Institution of Civil Engineers-Management, Procurement, and Law, 172(1), 8-16.

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economy and about 2.9 million jobs for the people of UK and foreign engineers and architects.
The organizational structure of the construction company has been developed to a greater extent
by creating operational relationships among marketing, finance, human resources, construction
operations and purchasing5.
2.5 Basic assessment of the advancement of structures and business ethos by the
development organizations
Business structures and ethos in the construction industry include moral needs that are
associated with a profession thereby implementing on the members working in construction
industries. Professional ethics ensures that the professionals working in construction industries
shall not take advantage of their clients and proper customer protection protocols need to be
present.
3.0 Explanation about different kinds of building organizations in the
marketplace and their associations related to the offering process
In the exploration, it has been recognized that the arrangements of Construction
associations in the market are little remodel temporary workers, general contractual workers,
land designers, proprietor developer, program chiefs, proficient development supervisors, bundle
manufacturers, and support developer. The tendering process is regarded as the selection of
contractors who are going to prepare the overall construction work6.
5 Enshassi, A., Ayash, A., & Arain, F. (2019). CONTRACTORS'AWARENESS OF ENERGY
MANAGEMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY IN CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. International Journal of
Construction Project Management, 11(1), 39-57.
6 Al-Yahya, M., Skitmore, M., Bridge, A., Nepal, M., & Cattell, D. (2018). E-tendering readiness in
construction: an a priori model. International Journal of Procurement Management, 11(5), 608-638.

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3.1 Finding of different building companies within the marketplace
The arrangements of development associations that are available in the market
incorporate little remodel temporary workers, normal contractual workers, proprietor
manufacturer, and engineers of land, proficient development administrators, bundle developers,
and program supervisors7.
3.2 Explanation about the relationship between various construction companies
In the construction industry, there has been a good quality relationship that further results
in influencing the quality of the construction business. Different ways through which good
relationships can be built in the construction industries are as follows:
1. Communication between the clients and the contractors need to be effective.
2. Establishment of new relationships thereby maintaining the pre-existing
relationships.
3. Recognizing the common interest areas by both the clients and the contractors.
3.3 Analysis of the catalyst that results in connecting the construction companies
consisting of contracts and tendering
The catalyst that helps in connecting the construction companies in the tendering process.
Tendering is regarded as the process with the help of which bids are being invited from various
kinds of contractors who are willing to start any construction work8. The tendering process acts
7 Sarhan, S., Pasquire, C., & King, A. (2017). The concept of institutional waste within the construction
industry: a potential theoretical framework. Lean Construction Journal, 2017, 12-24.
8 Cao, D., Li, H., Wang, G., Luo, X., & Tan, D. (2018). Relationship network structure and organizational
competitiveness: Evidence from BIM implementation practices in the construction industry. Journal of management
in engineering, 34(3), 04018005.

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as a catalyst to build a good relationship between the clients and the contractors through
simplicity, clarity, accountability, and fairness.
3.4 Comparison of the crucial factors that result in differentiating construction
organizations, contracts, and tendering
The construction companies result in the execution of the infrastructural or building
works that are presented on the drawing sheets which are being prepared by the architects and
expert engineers. Those companies make a deal with the clients and carry out their construction
work9. When a group of people and common intention regarding any construction work then it is
known to be an agreement and when the agreement is enforced by law then it is known to
contract. Tendering is considered to be a process of bidding by the willing contractors for
carrying out the construction work within a certain fixed price.
4.0 Discussion of the important stages within the construction project and the
role of Building Information Modeling to inform various stages
The important stages in the construction project include the concept of a project,
designing, pre-construction stage, procurement stage, construction stage, and post-construction
stage. Building information modeling (BIM) helps in digitally constructing a virtual model of
building those results in managing the functional and physical information of any construction
project10.
9 Griffith, A., & Watson, P. (2003). Construction management: Principles and practice. Macmillan
International Higher Education.
10 Lu, Y., Wu, Z., Chang, R., & Li, Y. (2017). Building Information Modeling (BIM) for green buildings: A
critical review and future directions. Automation in Construction, 83, 134-148.

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4.1 Finding of the modern building processes and order in the current construction
industry thereby identification of the ways the organizations respond to other
sustainability requirements
The modern construction methods are the ways for proper planning and designing of the
construction projects thereby reducing the construction costs, time, and sustainability
requirements. The types of modern construction methods include:
1. Precast flat panel system.
2. Flat slab construction.
3. 3D volumetric modules11.
4. Concrete wall and floors.
5. Precast Cladding panels.
6. Precast concrete foundation.
7. Concrete formwork insulation.
4.2 Clarification about the agreement arranging strategies that are being used in the
smaller scale and full scale ventures
Contract planning methods are used for the creation and generation of structured work
depending on the system-oriented segment thereby connecting the macro and micro-projects. It
has been found that micro planning management deals with the practical site involvement which
results in projecting the application-oriented system integration12. The micro contract planning
deals with multiplied system associations.
11 Ghaffarianhoseini, A., Tookey, J., Ghaffarianhoseini, A., Naismith, N., Azhar, S., Efimova, O., &
Raahemifar, K. (2017). Building Information Modelling (BIM) uptake: Clear benefits, understanding its
implementation, risks, and challenges. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 75, 1046-1053.
12 Harris, F., & McCaffer, R. (2013). Modern construction management. John Wiley & Sons.

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4.3 Identifying the impacts of BIM on the operations and construction companies
Building information modeling (BIM) can be used by the construction designers for
initiating the prospect of effective work thereby managing the overall project. The impact of
BIM is associated with the construction programming and cost modeling approaches which help
in generating the work process interface that can be used for any successful completion of a
construction project13.
4.4 Examination about the advancement of development regarding plans,
development, and inside the agreements for large scale and miniaturized scale
ventures followed by the interrelationship with BIM
Innovation is considered to be a vast concept that deals with the system-oriented
association thereby creation proper interrelationship with the BIM. It has been found that BIM
results in improving the competitiveness of the organization as well as generating appropriate
product knowledge14.
4.5 Detailed analysis of the evolution of the construction industry concerning
innovative construction process and contracts
The innovative construction process, as well as the creation of the appropriate system
assistance, requires necessary planning with the implementation of photovoltaic glaze, 3D
modeling, and modular construction, self-healing concrete and predictive software15. The
13 Pishdad-Bozorgi, P., Gao, X., Eastman, C., & Self, A. P. (2018). Planning and developing facility
management-enabled building information model (FM-enabled BIM). Automation in Construction, 87, 22-38.
14 Kymmell, W. (2007). Building Information Modeling: Planning and Managing Construction Projects
with 4D CAD and Simulations (McGraw-Hill Construction Series): Planning and Managing Construction Projects
with 4D CAD and Simulations. McGraw Hill Professional.
15 Martinez-Aires, M. D., Lopez-Alonso, M., & Martinez-Rojas, M. (2018). Building information modeling
and safety management: A systematic review. Safety Science, 101, 11-18.

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appropriate designing procedure and management of the design integration focuses on
technological aspects for improving the quality of work thereby lowering the material costs that
are used during the time of construction.
5.0 Analysis of the development of suitable collaboration strategies within the
construction industry for supporting greater recognition of safety and health
The construction sites are considered to be the riskiest and physically challenging place
to work and about 3% of the total workers are found to be injured during the construction work16.
For overcoming that issue, the safety and health law in the UK has been designed with several
regulations and legislations which are going to protect the employees during the time of
construction work17.
5.1 Importance of safety and health for the construction process
Safety and health are regarded to be the most crucial consideration before starting any
construction project and the reason behind the fact is that the construction industry is prone to
various kinds of dangerous and hazardous situations. Moreover, UK statistics clearly show that
about 3% of overall building personnel in the UK are suffering from job-related injuries and
around 4% are suffering from job-oriented illnesses.
16 Ottosson, H. (2012). Practical project management for building and construction. CRC Press.
17 Chan, A. P., Javed, A. A., Lyu, S., Hon, C. K., & Wong, F. K. (2016). Strategies for improving safety
and health of ethnic minority construction workers. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 142(9),
05016007.

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5.2 Portrayal of the administration enactment that has benchmarked wellbeing and
security in the development business
Government legislation and regulations inside the construction industry is a much-needed
attribute as there is a high risk of life and death in this particular sector. One of the legislation is
known to be Health and Safety at Work, Act 1974 and this act clearly states that a duty has been
imposed on every construction worker to perform reasonable practice related to safety and health
measures18.
5.3 Role of communication and collaboration for safe operational practices
Collaboration and proper form of communication are much important to ensure safe
working practices in the construction industry. The roles of teamwork and communication to
make certain secure operational practices are as follows:
1. Improvement of worker safety.
2. Better coordination.
3. Improvement during the time of emergency response.
4. Better transparency.
5.4 Demonstration regarding the benefits of construction industries via alteration in
safety and health legislation
The ways through which construction industries have benefited by making changes in the
health and safety legislations are as follows:
1. Safety needs to be the priority of construction organizations.
18 Barraket, J., & Loosemore, M. (2018). Co-creating social value through cross-sector collaboration
between social enterprises and the construction industry. Construction management and economics, 36(7), 394-408.

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2. Proper training needs to be given to the workers of construction industries19.
3. After getting feedback from the employees, it is the duty of the construction
organizations to lookout their health and safety methods.
5.5 Evaluation of the impact of health and safety legislation
The effectiveness of safety and health measures within the building industries can be
improved by repositioning the employees health conditions20. After the initiation of safety and
health legislation, it has become much convenient for taking care of the security measures of
employees inside the construction industry.
6.0 Conclusion
After the end of the overall research, it can be concluded that assembling several
constructional works and allowing the long term prospect in a construction project can focus on
easily accomplishing various constructional activities. Taking care of the transportation segment
and moving of the machinery products used during construction work is taken into consideration
within the current construction industry thereby gaining business sustainability.
19 Lawani, K., Hare, B., & Cameron, I. (2017). Developing a worker engagement maturity model for
improving occupational safety and health (OSH) in construction. Journal of Construction Project Management and
Innovation, 7(2), 2116-2126.
20 Guo, B. H., Yiu, T. W., & González, V. A. (2016). Predicting safety behavior in the construction
industry: Development and test of an integrative model. Safety Science, 84, 1-11.

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7.0 References
Al-Yahya, M., Skitmore, M., Bridge, A., Nepal, M., & Cattell, D. (2018). E-tendering readiness
in construction: an a priori model. International Journal of Procurement
Management, 11(5), 608-638.
Barraket, J., & Loosemore, M. (2018). Co-creating social value through cross-sector
collaboration between social enterprises and the construction industry. Construction
management and economics, 36(7), 394-408.
Cao, D., Li, H., Wang, G., Luo, X., & Tan, D. (2018). Relationship network structure and
organizational competitiveness: Evidence from BIM implementation practices in the
construction industry. Journal of management in engineering, 34(3), 04018005.
Cartigny, T., & Lord, W. (2018). Evaluating social value in the UK construction
industry. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers-Management, Procurement
and Law, 172(1), 8-16.
Chan, A. P., Javed, A. A., Lyu, S., Hon, C. K., & Wong, F. K. (2016). Strategies for improving
safety and health of ethnic minority construction workers. Journal of Construction
Engineering and Management, 142(9), 05016007.
Enshassi, A., Ayash, A., & Arain, F. (2019). CONTRACTORS'AWARENESS OF ENERGY
MANAGEMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY IN CONSTRUCTION
PROJECTS. International Journal of Construction Project Management, 11(1), 39-57.

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Ghaffarianhoseini, A., Tookey, J., Ghaffarianhoseini, A., Naismith, N., Azhar, S., Efimova, O.,
& Raahemifar, K. (2017). Building Information Modelling (BIM) uptake: Clear benefits,
understanding its implementation, risks and challenges. Renewable and Sustainable
Energy Reviews, 75, 1046-1053.
Griffith, A., & Watson, P. (2003). Construction management: Principles and practice.
Macmillan International Higher Education.
Guo, B. H., Yiu, T. W., & González, V. A. (2016). Predicting safety behavior in the construction
industry: Development and test of an integrative model. Safety science, 84, 1-11.
Harris, F., & McCaffer, R. (2013). Modern construction management. John Wiley & Sons.
Kymmell, W. (2007). Building Information Modeling: Planning and Managing Construction
Projects with 4D CAD and Simulations (McGraw-Hill Construction Series): Planning
and Managing Construction Projects with 4D CAD and Simulations. McGraw Hill
Professional.
Lawani, K., Hare, B., & Cameron, I. (2017). Developing a worker engagement maturity model
for improving occupational safety and health (OSH) in construction. Journal of
Construction Project Management and Innovation, 7(2), 2116-2126.
Lu, Y., Wu, Z., Chang, R., & Li, Y. (2017). Building Information Modeling (BIM) for green
buildings: A critical review and future directions. Automation in Construction, 83, 134-
148.
Lyngso, S. (2017). Agile strategy management: techniques for continuous alignment and
improvement. CRC Press.

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Martinez-Aires, M. D., Lopez-Alonso, M., & Martinez-Rojas, M. (2018). Building information
modeling and safety management: A systematic review. Safety science, 101, 11-18.
Mengistu, D. G., & Mahesh, G. (2019). Challenges in developing the Ethiopian construction
industry. African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development, 1-12.
Ottosson, H. (2012). Practical project management for building and construction. CRC Press.
Pishdad-Bozorgi, P., Gao, X., Eastman, C., & Self, A. P. (2018). Planning and developing
facility management-enabled building information model (FM-enabled
BIM). Automation in Construction, 87, 22-38.
Sarhan, S., Pasquire, C., & King, A. (2017). The concept of institutional waste within the
construction industry: a potential theoretical framework. Lean Construction
Journal, 2017, 12-24.
Zulch, B. (2016). A proposed model for construction project management communication in the
South African construction industry. Acta Structilia, 23(1), 1-35.