Construction Project Information: A Comprehensive Report

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UNIT - 6
CONSTRUCTION INFORMATION

Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................3
LO1............................................................................................................................................3
P1............................................................................................................................................3
P2............................................................................................................................................4
LO2............................................................................................................................................7
P3............................................................................................................................................7
P4............................................................................................................................................7
LO3............................................................................................................................................9
P5............................................................................................................................................9
P6............................................................................................................................................9
LO4..........................................................................................................................................10
P7..........................................................................................................................................10
P8..........................................................................................................................................11
Conclusion................................................................................................................................14
References................................................................................................................................15
Table of Figures and Tables
Figure 1: The Construction Team............................................................................................12
Table 1: Table for Steel Cost.....................................................................................................7
Table 2: Table for non steel items cost......................................................................................7
Table 3: Table for Labour cost...................................................................................................8
Table 4: Total Expenses.............................................................................................................8

Introduction
This report consists of the information and detailing of the development of a construction
project. The construction information is mentioned first, which is related to the further
ongoing of the project. The base of the information is inclined towards the development of
the project, as in the particular scenario what type of information is to be used or what the
construction drawings, the cost analysis, the materials required, the structure of the
construction team are. The information provided in the report covers the basics of
construction information along with the relationship between the construction participants
and how they utilise that information.
LO1
P1
Pre - construction information is picking up force empowering organizations to use
information to improve basic leadership procedures, execute and plan projects adequately just
as foreseeing dangers. By using Building Informatics Modelling (BIM) organizations
approach savvy information that can spare time and cash while limiting waste. Programming
arrangements that give business insight and revealing devices, for example, there are software
which convey a precise outline of business' monetary position empowering exact
anticipating. The construction information in any project is as important as the planning of
the project. The importance can be seen in the following:
Limit waste – On the account of the various government surveys, million tons of waste is
generated in construction industries. Using the pre – construction information, one can design
the careful request of the gear and materials needed for the task, limiting the measure of
waste which will more often be created.
Manage costs successfully - Timely and precise data is fundamental to progress. In this, all
undertaking exchanges should be presented straightforwardly on the agreement record giving
live examination of agreement execution, productivity and income.
Limit delays - By keeping information of some construction project in content, construction
organizations can utilize staff and request the careful materials and gears required. Adding to

that, as construction ventures present numerous strategic difficulties, consistent checking and
exact estimating are fundamental to guarantee occupations are finished on schedule.
Forecasting precisely - Forecasting is fundamental to extend achievement, enabling one to
represent asset changes, work deficiencies and time periods. Without those expectations,
tasks can encounter a hike in expenses and noteworthy postponements. Subsequently, this
affects straightforwardly on future activities, risking the achievement rate and the market
position of the company. To dissolve these difficulties, it fundamental to estimate tasks and
exercises by ongoing execution on an every day, week by week or month to month premise.
Advance income - To make an exact figure one has to find out all approaches and outgoings,
considering in varying and fixed expenses. Precise estimating adds to quality spending plans,
which convert into streamlined income.
Keep up upper hand - Information driven planning give exact figures on past ventures, which
can enable the organisation to win contracts later on. Moreover, in observing where
enhancements are required and where patterns have diminished or expanded, it is conceivable
to help business execution and distinguish new development openings.
As indicated by Review in Harvard Business, information driven organizations are 5 percent
increasingly beneficial and 6 percent more productive than their rivals. On the off chance that
an organisation has not yet taken advantage of the maximum capacity of business knowledge
and examination, it is very important to consider these answers for improving income,
finding out and staying away from potential issues and discover open doors for effective
enhancements (Xperience Dynamics, 2016).
P2
There are known to be three types of construction information. They are –
Performance Information – it addresses the operations needs of installations. The project
outcome is targeted here, describing the functionality of the final resulting project. In this, the
architects provide inclinations to the contractors about the needs and the contractor
determines the most effective way to achieve the targets. This approach provides the

contractor flexibility for his constructional approach, but it also limits the amount of authority
the architect needs to maintain once the construction has begun (Hojati, 2018).
Prescriptive Information – this contains the descriptions of specific material which are
needed to be used and the installation operations for the same. It has three key contents –
 General Information – the requirements around the standards and codes
 Product Requirement – the product types needed on the basis of structural and
performance stipulations.
 Execution methods – the ways for installation and measuring the effectiveness of it
Prescriptive information puts a great burden over the architects rather than the contractors in
order to ensure effective installation.
Proprietary Information – this demands that there should be only one specified product
which should be used to install the setup. It is usually used if the part of the project needs a
particular type of performance which can be achieved by one particular product. And this
ultimately drives up the cost of the project (Goren, 2019).
Beside these three there is other documented information too included in a construction
project. They are:
Building Plans – these consist of simple artist’s description. It includes land diagrams with
the renderings of front, rear, and side elevations of project. Detailed plans for floor include
the exact placement for all the fixtures and the complete detailing of all exterior and interior
finishing.
Schematics – the building plans contain the detailed schematics. And the schematics includes
the coordinates and illustrations for the placement of underground plumbing and sewer
systems. They usually include structural lists of the project locations and the details for the
placement of electrical and mechanical systems. These also provide the detailed processes for
resolution of the different areas.
List of Materials – it is a manual for project which holds the valuable information related to
all the requirements and methods to get the job done. There are several copies of the list of
materials made in order to send to vendors, the site foreman and other contractors.

Amendments – there always might be the need for amending the plans, in cases for
remodelling a building or constructing it from the beginning. This might be because of
introduction of new regulations the by the city and the various permits (Melone, 2014).

LO2
P3
(a) Prepare a set of general arrangement drawings, selected details and door/window
schedules.
DRAWING
P4
Table 1: Table for Steel Cost
Sl.
No.
Material Quantity Cost per unit
($)
Total
($)
1 Steel rods for pillars 50 25 1250
2 Steel sheets for ducts 200 10 2000
3 Steel plate for windows 15 12 180
4 Steel plate for doors 8 10 80
5
6
Total Steel Cost
Table 2: Table for non steel items cost
Sl .No. Material Quantity Cost per unit
($)
Total
($)
1 Wooden panes 20 5 100

2 Glass Panes 20 8 160
3 Sand Stones bags 50 8 400
4 Nut and Bolts packet 10 5 50
5 Concrete bags 50 12 600
6 Plaster bags 10 10 100
7
Total Cost
Table 3: Table for Labour cost
Sl. no. Type of Labour Total
($)
1 Structural engineering labour 1000
2 Wood works labour 1200
Table 4: Total Expenses
Net cost of Project

LO3
P5
(a)Relate a set of construction drawings to a specification.
P6
The drawing is somehow not coordinated well. The mechanical part of the drawing is not
quite much relating with the electrical drawing o the construction plan. The ducts are not well
placed as the electric wirings are looking to be close inside the steel frame and beams.
The planks do lack proper detailing. The part of the window and door frames is not properly
mentioned and in place of that there are just some vague notes added in place of their actual
dimensional drawing.
The plan does seem quite incomplete. The project is a complex one with a lot of details to be
added including the mechanical designs, the electrical designs, the civil engineering designs,
the structural engineering designs and there are not all them present in the drawings section
which may lead to a lot of trouble for the architect who does not have much knowledge of it
and does his job with the only content provided to him.

LO4
P7
The following are the participants in a construction project and the information they produce
–
Client
The client produces the demands. He brings the requirement of how the building should be.
This could be enclosed in a document by him or just directly spoken to the contractors and
architects. The information provided by the client is the basis of all the work that happens in
the development of the construction project (UKEssays.com, 2018).
The Surveyor
Surveyor holds the information about the size, location, topography. Attributes over and
under the land on which the development is created.
Town Planer
Town player holds the information about the orderliness inside the layout of development for
different land uses. He collects the information about population, infrastructural facilities,
culture, political, health, socio economic and other people needs, i.e., the complete master
plan and layouts.
The Architect
Architects are responsible for the design of the building or structure needed to be built. He is
the creator of dimensions, designs, depths and developments. He holds the information of the
complete structure of the building and what goes where. He presents the drawings, sketches
and samples for the building.
Engineers
Engineers take the responsibility of keeping and maintaining the information related to
mechanical tools, electricity connections, plumbing operations, computational designs etc.
they also provide the information related to civil engineering deeds like the geological
information, the sketches, the drawings etc. (Jin et. al., 2017).

Quantity surveyor
Quantity surveyor has a plan of cost. The plan is carried out by the use of drawings, sketches.
He prepares the bill of quantities which are as accurate as the drawings and sketches made by
the architect (Vidovszky, n.d.).
Suppliers
The suppliers provide the information of availability and supplying of products and materials.
They hold the requirement lists with them and provide those materials and at last produce the
information regarding the bills and payment for those materials and products they supplied.
The Builder
He is the one who is in – charge of the building process. He holds the information of all the
other participants and creates a rough of his own out of it. he produces the actual building and
the physical conversion of the drawings, the sketches, the documents in the desired way.
Project Manager
The project manager produces the information related to the total deal of the project. He
creates the plan, the execution dates, the deadlines, the schedules, the working hours, the
material list approval etc (Anyanwu, 2013).
P8
The relationship between the working of the different bodies –

Figure 1: The Construction Team
The process begins with the Client. The client is the one who brings his ideas or desire to
have a building, or any other construction project. The client puts this desire or aim to a
project manager of a construction company or at times directly to a contractor. The project
manager has a team of every needed working hands and minds for the development and
completion of a given construction project (Helen, 2016). The project manager contacts the
contractor then, the contractor can be chosen by the project manager by his own choice or by
the recommendation of the client or any other party. The contractor receives the project
targeted plan and creates his own plan of how he is going to get it developed. The contractor
too has a lot of connections and workers under him. He may hire an architect or get the work
done by his own firm’s architect. The architect then creates the plan, the designs, the