Site Management Assignment

Part A

Scenario

Your company has been appointed contractor on a design and build basis for the office development shown on the three drawings (attached at the end of this document). This means that your company has the overall responsibility for the management of site operations, including the co-ordination of safety and health.

You have been designated by your company as the person who will be responsible for managing the trade package associated with the erection of the in-situ concrete frames for the two office blocks. Carefully examine the drawings (see appendix A1 of the project in order to gain an understanding of the construction and layout of the in-situ concrete frames to the office blocks) and the site processes necessary for their construction.

Specific Requirements

You are required to:

  1. Prepare a site plan to an appropriate scale showing how you would organize the site to include entry and exit points, administrative and storage areas, plant positions, and movement corridors, etc., during the phase of the project when the concrete is being constructed [max size 1 sheet of A3].

  2. Comment briefly [approx. 300 words] on how your layout reflects good practice in terms of health and safety and the efficient utilisation of resources.

  3. Describe and justify the safety and health measures that must be implemented for the erection of the in-situ concrete frames [approx. 600 words].

 

Part B

 

Scenario

The table shown in Appendix B contains a list of operations relating to the construction of a two-storey block of flats to be constructed for a Housing Association. The contract has been let under the JCT Design & Build Contract and the contract period is 14 weeks.

Specific Requirements

You are required to:

  1. Produce a construction program (Gantt Chart) for the entire project [max size 1 sheet of A3].

  2. Produce a resource histogram identifying the total number of workers on site each week of the contract period [max size 1 sheet of A3].

  3. Produce a revised construction program to take account of your inability to employ two carpentry gangs. In the revised program, the maximum number of carpenters you will have for the project is one [max size 1 sheet of A3].