The Influence of Construction Method on Project Sustainability Report

This report delves into the influence of construction methods on project sustainability within the civil engineering domain. The report begins by identifying the core problem: the impact of construction methods on project sustainability, including labor shortages and project management challenges. Task 1 focuses on project identification, analyzing the shortage of skilled labor in the construction industry and its consequences, including the lack of material, incomplete sketches, lack of tools and equipment, and poor communication. The research explores methods for retaining labor, including recruitment strategies, employee engagement, and the use of technology. Task 2 examines the scope of the project, including deliverables, stakeholder analysis, costs, and timelines. It also identifies various techniques and solutions for addressing construction issues. The report highlights the importance of sustainable construction practices, the challenges of labor shortages, and the need for effective project management to ensure the successful completion of projects within budget and on schedule. The report aims to provide insights into how civil engineering can contribute to sustainable development by balancing environmental, social, and economic considerations.

THE INFLUENCE OF CONSTRUCTION METHOD ON
PROJECT SUSTAINABILITY
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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Task 1...............................................................................................................................................3
Task 2...............................................................................................................................................6
Task 3:...........................................................................................................................................14
Task 4.............................................................................................................................................17
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................19
References......................................................................................................................................20
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Introduction
Construction has always played an important role in building the infrastructure. It includes the
construction of Water dams, long and complicated tunnel, skyscrapers, bridges and a difficult
network of water for irrigations and the sewage facility given by Civil engineering. The
sustainability of the construction is the ultimate way of building the infrastructure to reach the
desired sustainable development. For designing and constructing any building, dams or any
infrastructure it uses the energy and water and other resources of the surrounding which is
related to the environment and it is directly or indirectly affects the living of the environment.
The purpose of this report is to know about the role of civil engineering in sustainable
construction towards achieving the sustainable development of society. And how it can keep
balance with the environmental and socioeconomic issues. Though sustainable construction
means how it satisfies the needs of the present without compromising with the resources of the
future.
Task 1
A) Project Identification:
They played an important part in building the growth of the organization they are related to.
Presently construction industry is facing a similar issue. They are having a shortage of skilled
labor to provide the best services to meet the growth. The construction industry is unable to
attract skilled labor to meet the desired demand. According to the studies, almost 20-32% in the
construction industry are age 50-59 older and only 5-12% that are younger. Many construction
industries have held many programs and planned many schemes collaborating with the state and
local government to attract new and young talent in the construction industry. The disadvantage
of lacking skilled labor is not only that it will not able to meet the desired goal of growth but it
will also let us not win with our competitors.
Many industries are likely to grow over the time period but the construction industry is lagged
behind in the growth. They have no sign of improvement for many decades. It has numerous
issues that affect construction project work. These are the few factors of construction that affect
productivity.
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 Lack of material. The lack of material is noted as the most crucial and important issue of
the construction. The material which workers need or the quality of the material is not
satisfying. In many cases, project managers have no knowledge of the right materials
which are going to be used.
 Incomplete sketches: The drawing or the sketches play an important part in productivity.
Incomplete drawing causes a delay in the revision and clarifications of the drawing and
detailing.
 Lack of tools and types of equipment: Tools and equipment are other important factors
without it work are impossible to do. Lack of maintenance and revisions of the tool led to
the use of the old and outmoded equipment. which results in an insufficient number of
machines are being used for the projects.
 Poor communication: This issue majorly allows improper work to happen. To avoid this
one or the manager should not only verbal communication but for clarity charts,
guidelines, manual procedures should be done.
b) Research Methods
In a sector where labor shortage is a major issue, retaining the labor can be quite a task. Building
a monumental project requires a team of well-skilled labors that are dedicated as well as a team
player. The construction industry is a billion-dollar industry. With the loss of labor, a company’s
project not only comes to a standstill but it drains out its liquid asset. It is extremely important
for a company to follow some guidelines to retain its labor until the completion of the project.
Companies of any stature have gone through this major drawback at least once in its project
lifeline. There are numerous reports that show the decline in the curve of job retention in the
construction sector. A couple of steps could be followed to try to curtail down this major issue in
this sector. Changing one’s recruitment strategy would create an immense difference in this
scenario. Instead of hiring workers in conventional ways, a company can get in touch with
agencies that help with the recruitment of skillful labors. There are multiple agencies that are
registered and work on a commission basis for the said purpose. Getting in a contract with a
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hiring firm can help to fill in the spots that are left vacant by the labors during an unnotified
situation. Companies tend to forget that hiring labor isn’t just a done deal. It has to find measures
to keep the laborers interested, loyal, and motivated towards the employer.
C) Research Feasibility
Reviewing a company’s hiring policies and the reasons as to why a laborer has quit could help to
figure out the issue that a company often tends to overlook. Changing the scale of payment for
the laborers would be an added bonus. There are companies that don’t pay its workers a decent
wage. Money is the best motivator of all. Winning a worker’s trust and loyalty comes with
paying them good wages. Boost in salary would help to cut down the rate of workers dropout.
Cross-training workers could help them to develop their skills and work methods. With the
advancement of time and technology, one’s training modules need to be updated. Investment in
such training programs needs to be initiated to show the workers what the company expects of
them. It not only boosts morality but helps to increase the productivity of the laborer. Regular
interaction with the laborers could help to understand the requirement and drawbacks that a
worker face at the working site.
Resolving those drawbacks would definitely help to gain their side. It is the duty of the company
to provide safety and security to its workers. Multiple stories have been covered on laborers
committing suicide due to financial insecurities. Giving a worker’s health and emotional
condition a priority is paramount to a healthy working environment. Proper wage and incentive
structure would help to avoid such a major drawback. Engaging with the workers is the key to
building a strong bond between a worker and its employer. Various measures have been opted by
the companies to know the whereabouts of its workers. Geofencing is one such technique. In this
system, a worker has to punch in and out. This measure helps to manage a team and maintain the
safety of a worker. When workers are working at multiple locations it gets extremely difficult to
maintain every detail of a laborer, from its payout to other work details. Investing in hiring
efficient and skillful managers would help to keep track of every break, work details, payout, and
other details related to a worker. Maintaining a time tracker that is cloud-based that reduces
human error in recording
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every single detail related to a worker of that company. With all the stored details a company has
to plan out the strategies to overcome the shortcomings, identify the gaps related to manpower,
and work on it to increase the efficiency.
d) Brief and Specification
In the construction sector, every individual in the business is interlinked. The impact of labor
loss in the construction business has been a major problem. Everything that is related to this
business, be it, finance, time, material, people, client or the stakeholders, are at risk with this one
loss. A big construction project has many stakeholders involved. Millions get invested in the
completion of one project on time. Loss of labor not only hampers work but pushes the deadline,
wastage of material and resources, and thereby causing loss of investment. With the loss of time
and material, rising costs have immensely hampered the goodwill of this sector. According to
studies, many big construction projects are on hold due to this one plight. It has become a real
challenge for the investors as well as the construction companies to complete a project within the
deadline without facing labor loss issues at least once in the project lifeline. This negative
approach has affected companies, schools, firms related to civil engineering. People have
become skeptical of joining this profession due to the lack of security. Companies must switch to
better planning and labor policies to restore faith in this sector.
Task 2
a) Scope of the project
Construction method is considered as one of the essential components that facilitates in
accomplishing respective construction tasks within limited period of time. This research supports
construction industry in minimizing the risk of accident and failure as far as possible. The
sustainability of project is depending upon the skill employees and implementation of advance
techniques so that respective deliverables and elements can be completed within definite time
period. There are range of tools and techniques that are required to explore the broad aspects of
construction method so that positive changes within construction operation can be implemented
positively.
Resources
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Functional Resources
● Authentication
● Audit Tracking
● Regulatory requirement
● Administrative functions
Non-functional resources
● Maintenance
● Availability
● Reliability
● Security
Deliverables names Description Owner Status
Preparation of project
planning
In this steps, an
effective planning has
been developed that
help in tackle
construction issues
and problems for
sustainability in
construction industry
Project manager Complete
Collection of all
requisite information
and data
Accidents and death
within workplace are
collected along with
several construction
methods
Maintenance and
Technician
In-progress
Analysis of collected
data
Different journals and
newsletter have been
analysed to make sure
risk of failure can be
Data Analyst In-progress
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reduced positively for
sustainable
development.
Development of an
effective framework
to employee more
labour
This is one of the
important deliverable
of the project in
which respective
labour is encouraged
to make sure
productivity and
feasibility can be
enhanced.
IT Engineer In-progress
Table 1: List of deliverables
(Source: Created by the researcher)
Stakeholder Register
Stakeholders Influenc
e
Interes
t
Responsibilities
Sponsor High Medium It provides all necessary resources to complete the
project within estimated schedule
Maintenance and
technicians
High High The potential issues and problems both technical and
general are majorly concerned by this department for
sustainability in construction industry.
IT engineer Medium Mediu
m
This stakeholder helps in analysing the data and
information with the help of necessary software and
tools, which has been looked by IT engineer.
Project manager Medium High It monitors the entire tasks of the project and update
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all the on-going tasks to the respective stakeholders to
make sure each task or element can be delivered
positively.
Data analyst High High This stakeholder has the major responsibilities in the
project to analyse all the information to ensure that
maximum benefit can be gathered positively
Table 1: List of stakeholders
(Source: Created by the researcher)
Costs
Activities Cost Estimate
Approval of all legal documents related to
project
1450 Dollar
The utilisation of appropriate tools and
techniques
250 Dollar
Collection of appropriate data and information 2415 Dollar
Development of a firm framework for data
security system positively
1544 Dollar
Timescale
Key Activities Start date End date
Identification of stakeholder
and project initiation
8/25/2019 9/2/2019
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Development of firm
framework or procedure to
make sure each task can be
completed within fixed
deadline
9/23/2019 10/10/2019
Role and responsibilities of
associate stakeholders or
employees are need to defined
clearly
10/11/2019 10/20/2019
Implementation of definite
policy and regulation so that
shortage of workers can be
eliminated
11/27/2019 12/3/2019
Table 3: Timescale
(Source: Created by the researcher)
b) Identification of different techniques and solution for construction issues
There are range of issues and problems that are involved in the project that reduce the
productivity and sustainability of project. One of the major challenges or issues in achieving the
sustainability of project is labor shortage that needs to tackle so that productivity and feasibility
of project can be enhanced gradually. Apart from labor shortage, there are some other risks and
challenges that are required to tackle, which have been listed below:
Risks Likelihood Consequences Level of impact
Financial Possible Minor Medium
Technical Unlikely Major High
Accessibility Likely Moderate High
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There are several ways through which this labor shortage can be tackled wisely so that
productivity and sustainability issues can be tackled positively. Some are listed below:
Expand recruitment efforts
Training is required to provide to all associate employees and resources so that skill and
experience employees can be recruited. This approach will help in enhancing the productivity
and feasibility for sustainable growth. In UK, about 26% employees do not have adequate
knowledge and skill about construction methods so that maximum
Priories work safety
Work safety is one of effective and reliable way to tackle construction issues that is labor
shortage by fulfilling the needs and demand of consumers. This approach facilitates in enhancing
the productivity and effectiveness of report so that sustainability in construction industry can be
achieved. In addition, it has been evident that risk of accident and death in construction site is
more than 25 % that enforced project manager to monitor each and every task vividly to
minimize the risk of failure and issues positively.
Automated process
Another method to reduce the risk of labor shortage by implementing new and innovative tools
within construction industry to make sure labor shortage can be tackled vigilantly. One of major
advantage this process is risk of accidents and death get reduced. On the other hand, automation
process improves the productivity and feasibility of construction project to make sure maximum
positive result can be obtained.
Activities Cost Estimate
Expand recruitment efforts 980 Dollar
Priories work safety 650 Dollar
Automated process 1050 Dollar
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c) Ongoing project management plan
The above work breakdown structure implies a systematic approach to research for a positive
change in retail companies. This approach facilitates in enhancing reliability and feasibility of
research through allocating task and activities to respective employees or team members based
on their credibility. The implementation of this approach helps in reducing the negative impact
on research and rick of failure. The work break down supports research in exploring different
attributes of waste management along within its impact on retail companies so that the negative
impact on the environment can be minimized gradually.
Figure 1: Work Breakdown structure
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Figure 2: Gantt chart
(Source: Created by the researcher)
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Task 3:
The evolution of a project management approach helps a project manager by giving a wholesome
and proper structure that would help them to evaluate effectively the project performance. This
study discusses the causes and issues that lead to the development of a project evaluation
process. It also examines the process of evaluating concerning methodologies, the elements and
the factors that help in the successful evaluation of the project.
A)
Stakeholder Register
Stakeholders Influenc
e
Interes
t
Responsibilities
Sponsor High Medium It provides all necessary resources to complete the
project within estimated schedule
Maintenance and
technicians
High High The potential issues and problems both technical and
general are majorly concerned by this department for
sustainability in construction industry.
IT engineer Medium Mediu
m
This stakeholder helps in analysing the data and
information with the help of necessary software and
tools, which has been looked by IT engineer.
Project manager Medium High It monitors the entire tasks of the project and update
all the on-going tasks to the respective stakeholders to
make sure each task or element can be delivered
positively.
Data analyst High High This stakeholder has the major responsibilities in the
project to analyse all the information to ensure that
maximum benefit can be gathered positively
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Table 1: List of stakeholders
(Source: Created by the researcher)
B)
Contract is one of the important aspects of this tenders that provides all requisite resources and
tools so that respective task can be accomplished on time. In this project, different stakeholders
have been selected who are expert in different areas such as commercial building stakeholders,
general are building contract and civil building contract. These stakeholders help in
accomplishing the Salt River coal project by compliance with advance technology and
techniques that reduce the risk of failure. Pamphlet, staff meeting, official briefings and
exchange of instant messages through cell phones are used as a communication medium so that
requisite information can be exchange to commence the task.
These stakeholders have all the resources such as staff design, architectural, engineers and
technicians that eventually reduces the risk of failure. The business approach and strategy of
MCC is comparatively highly effective to include local bodies such as Queensland Development
Code MP3.3 and Queensland Development Code MP 4.1. There are range of factors and
attributes of project that facilitates in assessing available resources and tools for successful
accomplishment of project. The water treatment plant includes a pump in facility from road
tankers through a filtration unit followed by a UV disinfection system. A pressurized water
reticulation system will be installed to deliver filtered water to all taps and outlets throughout the
camp.
c)
The sustainability of project is depending upon the skill employees and implementation of
advance techniques so that respective deliverables and elements can be completed within definite
time period. Finding of fact related to the research topic is essential in research work. Hence, the
qualitative data collection technique has been adopted for evaluating the issues and cause of
research systematically (Nassaji, 2015, p.7). In order to complete the project study, a quantitative
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analysis method has been considered for data analysis. Some questions have been developed for
a survey among the employees and other stakeholders of the company. Data collection is
considered as one of the important attributes of research that help in determine relevant tools and
techniques that help in understanding the significance of customer experience on business. There
are ranges of methods for data collection such as primary and secondary in which different
sources have been explored to get authentic and reliable data. Primary research has been selected
to understand the importance and significance of customer satisfaction on the progressive
development of the company. The primary research has been categorized into two parts that
include qualitative and quantitative research methodology. Primary quantitative research
methodology has been selected for this research in which a survey is conducted so that adverse
effective of improper waste management can be minimised as far as possible.
Key Activities Start date End date
Identification of stakeholder
and project initiation
8/25/2019 9/2/2019
Development of firm
framework or procedure to
make sure each task can be
completed within fixed
deadline
9/23/2019 10/10/2019
Role and responsibilities of
associate stakeholders or
employees are need to defined
clearly
10/11/2019 10/20/2019
Implementation of definite
policy and regulation so that
shortage of workers can be
eliminated
11/27/2019 12/3/2019
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Task 4
a)
Project initiation
Project initiation is elucidated as a starting phase of any project under which all project activities
are prepared. The civil engineers need to prepare a chart of all activities that need to be achieved.
In this project management, the activities need to be developed by engineers according to
regulation and safety. The primary activities under this project are:
 Approval from the stakeholders are need to be defined
 Identification of project requirements
Planning of project
This process is considered as one of the main project management processes. Proper planning is
essential for starting the project. Planning is required for addressing all the project requirements
such as budgets, scope as well as timelines (Zhang et al. 2015, p.52). The civil engineers need to
develop a project schedule with the help of project planning. In this project, both engineers and
workers need to be engaged in deriving proper project planning. In this phase, the potential
activities are-
 Identifying project scope
 Setting project timelines
 Allocating project resources or budgets
Project execution
In this process, the civil engineers need to execute the project in order to address all the project
objectives. The objectives include implementing regulation and safety program, providing safety
awareness to the workers and introducing risk measurement tools within workplace. In the
execution process, all the workers need to carry out their responsibilities within given timeline.
The activities in this process are:
 Developing project schedule
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 Implementing risk management tools
 Providing tasks and responsibilities to workers
Monitoring and controlling of project
In this phase, all project activities are monitored and controlled. This process is important task
for responsible project managers to check the ongoing process. The project activities are
controlled by some protocols, which are made by project managers. In addition, the project
manager needs to check the validation of all project activities. In this phase, the project manager
needs to use adequate and essential measurements in order to control all the activities. The main
activities of this project are-
 Maintaining protocol for project activities
 Monitoring all the activities
 Checking validation of all project activities and deliverables
Closure of project
After completing all project activities, the project manager needs to implement a system in order
to close the project. In this phase, the manager checks all the activities are met. After closing the
project, the project deliverables are handed over to clients. Moreover, the project evaluation
process takes place after closing the project. In this evaluation process, the validation of all
activities, project deliverables as well as timelines are checked by the service provider. In this
phase, the activities are-
 Implementing system for closing project
 Evaluation of project deliverables
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Conclusion
It can be concluded that the sustainability of project is depending upon the skill employees and
implementation of advance techniques so that respective deliverables and elements can be
completed within definite time period. With the advancement of time and technology, one’s
training modules need to be updated. Investment in such training programs needs to be initiated
to show the workers what the company expects of them. Many construction industries have held
many programs and planned many schemes collaborating with the state and local government to
attract new and young talent in the construction industry. The disadvantage of lacking skilled
labor is not only that it will not able to meet the desired goal of growth but it will also let us not
win with our competitors.
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