Groundwater Management in Construction: A Project Report

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Individual Project
Managing ground water-dewatering &groundwater
control in construction site

Contents
LO1 Formulate a project that will provide a solution to an identified problem..............................4
P1 Select an appropriate construction-based project, giving reasons for your choice................4
P2 Identify the main components of a project specification........................................................5
M1 Explain why the project specification is of fundamental importance to a successful project
outcome........................................................................................................................................6
LO2 Manage a project within agreed timescales and specification, documenting the process
throughout........................................................................................................................................8
P3 Identify potential resources, costs and timescales..................................................................8
P4 Describe a range of appropriate techniques for generating realistic potential solutions......10
M2 Prepare and update a project management plan, using standard systems of time and
resource tracking........................................................................................................................12
D1 Evaluate the relationship between project identification, feasibility and project planning,
with consideration of the impact of project scope on time and resources.................................13
LO3 Evaluate potential project management solutions.................................................................15
P5 Explore project management strategies to determine suitability for a given project...........15
P6 Justify the selection of your preferred solution, making reference to your initial project
specifications.............................................................................................................................17
M3 Compares the outcomes of your initial planned resources, timescales, and costs against
actual outcomes.........................................................................................................................18
LO4 Produce a project report and deliver a presentation of the final project outcomes...............20
P7 Produce a written report identifying each stage of the project.............................................20
P9 Prepare a presentation of your final project outcomes, utilizing industry standard software.
...................................................................................................................................................24
M4 Present your final project outcomes and recommendations to a selected audience............28
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D2 Appraise your own performance in managing the project; draw conclusions and make
recommendations that would further improve your performance in the future.........................29
References......................................................................................................................................30
List of Figures
Figure 1: Project specifications.......................................................................................................7
Figure 2: Gantt Chart.....................................................................................................................12
Figure 3: Relationship....................................................................................................................14
Figure 4: Strategies........................................................................................................................16
Figure 5: Wellpoint........................................................................................................................21
Figure 6: Educators well method...................................................................................................21
Figure 7: Open sump method........................................................................................................22
Figure 8: Deep well method..........................................................................................................23
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LO1 Formulate a project that will provide a solution to an identified problem.
P1 Select an appropriate construction-based project, giving reasons for your choice.
The building industry plays a vital role in any economy. Sustainable building approaches have a
high capability to make an effective contribution to sustainable development. So, in accordance
with this entire concept, I decided the title and subject for my project is “Managing ground
water-dewatering and groundwater control in construction site”. In most of the scenarios, the
project can be affected by the groundwater due to the excavation, which is occurring below the
water table (GOLINIA, et al., 2015). Due to this problem, the function, design all facilities are
affected and because of this, the cost also changes which is a very major factor. The good
sustainable design provides a low cost for delivering the buildings and provides an attractive
design of the buildings for the business and society.
The frequent issues between the owner and the contractor are occurring due to the groundwater.
Dewatering may be harmful in so many cases for humans as well as for the environment. It also
creates problems between the humans in which third-party litigation is involved sometimes and
also damaged the nearby properties. Groundwater-related activities are regulated in so many
areas. In some cases, the authorities need some special procedures which would be so costly for
them.
Physical execution helps in to achieve the control of groundwater like, pumping from the wells
in which the groundwater is intercepted before reachingto the point of the excavation. In the case
of coarse-grained or open soil whose permeability is so high, physical cut off methods should be
used instead of the pumped well-watering dewatering system.
The cost factor depends on the design, planning and permitting cost of the environment. It also
depends on the equipment-based mobilization and demobilization which includes the WellPoint
deep well, installation cost, etc.
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P2 Identify the main components of a project specification.
Project specifications are required so that the standards and requirements of the construction will
be managed like codes of building and the rules and regulations of the government. With the
groundwater specifications, there are so many specifications that are required like codes of a
building which shows how the electrical updating has done for the data communication buildings
(Mohamed H.I., 2014). The groundwater can be utilized through different-different parts like
wells, tanks, tunnels, etc. among all these; the main important thing is the quality and long-term
storage of groundwater. There are some specifications that also focus on the shallow drainage,
conditions related to the sub-surfaces, waste disposal and artificial recharge.
There are some components involve in the specifications are:
Substructure: It is referred to as the uppermost extension structure which exists above the
ground level called baseline and its main purpose it to serves the structures intended use.
Superstructure: It provides the main support to the substructure below the level of the ground.
It is considered as the lower part of the construction which is used for the transmission of dead
load and many different loads. The superstructure is the part that is entirely above to its
basement.
Landscape: the landscape is considered as the main component of the specifications. It includes
the line, form, texture, tools, etc. in which the unity is gain by using these specifications very
efficiently so that the resultant is found in the desired landscape.
Fixtures and fittings: there is no particular definition is generate for the fitting and fixtures but
it can be said that fittings are referred as the constituents which are used the different-different
things and fitting are considered as the components which are not attached to other element but
they are used to attach the element like the screw and nail.
Finishing: Finishing is considered as the last step of any project or any construction. Finishing
includes texture, size, etc.
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M1 Explain why the project specification is of fundamental importance to a
successful project outcome.
The specification is defined as the planning or the pre-structure of the project or something.
Project specification can be divided into two parts:
Performance specifications: it depends on the requirements of the customers or clients.
Technical specifications: it shows the performance level to the clients or customers for the
technical purpose.
Reasons for which specifications are important:
1. It generates proper information regarding the project and construction.
2. It supports in providing the reference related to the quality and products that can be suitable
for applied (KWAK, et al., 2015).
3. The products for the manufacture and modifications can be defined through the
specifications.
4. Information related to the projects is required like installation, managing, testing.
5. For supporting the handover and running assets, the specifications classification is important.
6. The condition of overloaded through the extra information does not create any problem in the
model or the drawing representation.
7. It supports to fix the cost of the project or the construction for the performance, materials and
the working person.
8. It provides the detail for the legal disputes and minimizes the risk related to the project by
form contractual documents.
9. It assures the clients that they commissioned is being delivered and support to interpret the
client brief.
10. It is also used for the process of a soft landing, management, and plan for the lifecycle along
with the construction phase.
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11. It provides the answer to the on-site questions which saves the time of the client, contractor
and also saves the money.
12. The efficiency can be improved, provides the assurance to quality, and maintain the
consistency of the project by providing the facility to the build up a with office masters.
13. Office masters play a key role because it provides the facility to save the time of team and
money. That’s why the specifications are needed.
14. During the whole process of the construction phase, the specifications are used by the entire
project team.
15. The project audit trail uses the specifications and other variations and forms the part of
handover documents (Martin, 2002).
Figure 1: Project specifications
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LO2 Manage a project within agreed timescales and specification,
documenting the process throughout
P3 Identify potential resources, costs and timescales.
Resources are defined as the supply or the source which provides the benefit for the project and
has some utility. Generally, the classification of resources depends on their availability.
Resources are generally energy, services, knowledge, staff, for producing the benefits and easily
utilized of sources for the consumption (Mohamed H.I., 2014).
Resource planning: Resource planning is a particular area that deals with the combination in the
management of a project and uses all the resources which are necessary for the project. It also
manages the team works.
Important resources used in the groundwater constructions are:
 Agricultural chemicals
 Septic waste
 Landfills
 Hazardous waste sites
 Storage Tanks
 Atmospheric pollutants
 Underground pipes
 Road salts
Cost: The cost of the project is nothing but it is the amount of money that would be needed for
the resources and in completion of the project.
Cost planning: Cost planning is used for making the budget if a particular project. It can be
defined as the possible estimation of the amount of money that can be used in a particular project
and set the goal for the prospect cost flow.
Important factors for which the cost planning is required:
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 Labor
 Material
 Equipment
 Indirect cost
 Considerations of special risk
 Ratios and analysis
Time scale: It is the time period through which it can be found out how much time should be
taken in that process. It can also be referred to as the duration of time or the rate of the time
which passes during the project or for any construction.
The features of the community include:
 Advanced time series: it includes the functions of series analytical, queries of the last
operation-carries-forward.
 Data or information are recorded for solving the queries quickly
 Provide the method for optimized the performance like self-tuning-data-chunk.
Some time scale services are:
 Optimization of query and schema design
 Production development assistance
 Data lifecycle management will be provided automatically (Gersick, 1988).
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P4 Describe a range of appropriate techniques for generating realistic potential
solutions.
Problems are not happening all the time; they are opportunities for improving relations and
management. If the problems are on a small scale, then it can solve easily but if the problems are
on a large scale, then it takes time to solve out and it needs some extra efforts.
There are seven methods which are beneficial in the problem-solving process:
1. Find out the problems
 Make sure about the problem
 Always keep in mind that different people have different minds. So, think according to
them (GOLINIA, et al., 2015).
 Issues can be listed out according to interest.
2. Understand the interest of each individual
 It is the main step which can be like a simple problem.
 The main solution to this problem is to keep in mind everyone’s interest.
 Separate the names by listing the solutions.
 Be an active listener this time. Listen to each and everyone with the intention to
understand them (Marshall, 2013)
3. List down all the possible options
 It can be done by a creative mind or it's like a time for a bright idea.
 By evaluating all the options, choose out one option from the list.
4. Assess the options
 Evaluation of separations is separated through the selection of the option.
 Find out the plus point and negative points
5. Select an option which is beneficial
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 Choose the best option to maintain balance.
 Bundle out the different options for finding a satisfactory option.
6. Make a file of the conformity
 Write down all the information, all data, and suggestions.
 Never rely on memory.
7. Monitoring, evaluation and agree on the possibility
 Make the solutions for future use also because conditions can be changed in the
future.
 Opportunities can be made for the evaluation of the agreements and for their
implementation (Westland, 2018).
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M2 Prepare and update a project management plan, using standard systems of time
and resource tracking.
A Gantt chart is defined as the chart of the horizontal bar that represents the plans of a project
over time. Modern Gantt chart has the capability of showing both the things like status and the
condition whether who is responsible for that project. Gantt chart is nowadays become useful for
each industry like construction, manufacturing, etc. It is referred to as the front seat of a row for
any action related to the project. They can be in many forms- web-based software and good old
fashion paper (Mohamed H.I., 2014). It has some special features like
 Dates of starting and ending the task
 Project milestones
 Task dependencies
 A person assigned to each and every task
ID Task
Mode
Task Name Duration Start Finish PredecessorsResource
Names
Cost
0 Construction 38 daysFri 5/31/19Tue 7/23/19 £6,920....
1 1 Research 7 days Fri 5/31/19 Mon 6/10/19 £2,256.00
2 1.1 Survey 4 days Fri 5/31/19 Wed 6/5/19 Project manager,Project Sponser,Researcher£1,536.00
3 1.2 Data
Collection
3 days Thu 6/6/19 Mon
6/10/19
2 Project
manager,Researcher
£720.00
4 1.3 Milestone0 days Mon 6/10/19Mon 6/10/193 £0.00
5 2 Approval 7 days Tue 6/11/19Wed 6/19/19 £1,040.00
6 2.1 Proposal 2 days Tue 6/11/19Wed 6/12/194 Project manager£320.00
7 2.2 Approval 5 days Thu 6/13/19Wed 6/19/196 Project Sponser £720.00
8 2.3 Milestone0 days Wed 6/19/19Wed 6/19/197 £0.00
9 3 Design 9 days Thu 6/20/19Tue 7/2/19 £1,672.00
10 3.1 Location 4 days Thu 6/20/19Tue 6/25/198 Project manager,Researcher£960.00
11 3.2 Sketches 3 days Wed 6/26/19Fri 6/28/19 10 Designer,Developer£552.00
12 3.3 Blueprint2 days Mon 7/1/19 Tue 7/2/19 11 Designer £160.00
13 3.4 Milestone0 days Tue 7/2/19 Tue 7/2/19 12 £0.00
14 4 Excecution 12 days Wed 7/3/19Thu 7/18/19 £1,248.00
15 4.1 Set up 8 days Wed 7/3/19 Fri 7/12/19 13 Developer £832.00
16 4.2 Digging 2 days Mon 7/15/19Tue 7/16/1915 Developer £208.00
17 4.3 Pumps
and wells
2 days Wed
7/17/19
Thu
7/18/19
16 Developer £208.00
18 4.4 Milestone0 days Thu 7/18/19Thu 7/18/1917 £0.00
19 5 Testing 2 days Fri 7/19/19 Mon 7/22/19 £400.00
20 5.1 Pipe Testing1 day Fri 7/19/19 Fri 7/19/19 18 Project manager,Risk Manager£280.00
21 5.2 Unit testing1 day Mon 7/22/19Mon 7/22/1920 Risk Manager £120.00
22 5.3 Milestone0 days Mon 7/22/19Mon 7/22/1921 £0.00
23 6 Finishing 1 day Tue 7/23/19Tue 7/23/19 £304.00
24 6.1 Project
Submission
1 day Tue
7/23/19
Tue
7/23/19
22 Project
manager,Project
Sponser
£304.00
25 6.2 Milestone0 days Tue 7/23/19Tue 7/23/1924 £0.00
Project manager,Project Sponser,Researcher
Project manager,Researcher
6/10
Project manager
Project Sponser
6/19
Project manager,Researcher
Designer,Developer
Designer
7/2
Developer
Developer
Developer
7/18
Project manager,Risk Manager
Risk Manager
7/22
Project manager,Project Sponser
7/23
May Jun Jul Aug Sep
Qtr 2, 2019 Qtr 3, 2019
Figure 2: Gantt Chart
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