Construction Introduction of Design stage
As the discussion in the previous sections implies, the planning stage usually involves considerable back-and-forth deliberation of several alternatives, as […]
Management of Construction
The management of construction is an enterprise that involves many people with diverse interests, talents and backgrounds. The owner, the design professional and the contractor comprise the primary triad of parties, but others, such as subcontractors, material suppliers, bankers, insurance and bonding companies, attorneys and public agency officials, are vital elements of the project team whose interrelated roles must be coordinated to assure a successful project. Throughout the project life cycle, from the time the owner first contemplates launching a construction project to that celebrated time, many months or years later, when the completed project is ready for use, the tasks carried out by the various parties vary in type and intensity. In this book, we consider the roles and responsibilities of the many parties at each phase of the construction project life cycle. The primary focus here is on the construction contractor, who carries the lead responsibility for the on-site installation work and all of the associated planning and followup. It is important, at the same time, to understand how other people and organisations contribute to project success.
Construction Design development
Design development activities flow naturally from, and are based on, documents produced during schematic design. In Figure 3.2, note the
Construction Cost estimating
As suggested above, the major effort in tender preparation for a lump-sum/fixed-price or unitprice/ measure-and-value contract is the development of
Construction Introduction to the form of the contract
During this final stage of the design phase, all of the previous effort is transformed into documents that will form
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Construction Elements of net project cost
Direct costs are those costs required to conduct operations that result directly in the installation of some component of the
Construction Invitation to tender
Unless the projects contractor has already been selected, owners must publicise the availability of their projects to prospective tenderers. The
Construction Cost estimates
The cost estimates prepared during the planning and design phase are the responsibility of the design professional, unlike those prepared
Construction Drawings
Drawings have already been produced as part of the schematic design and design development efforts. However, the task during the
Construction Cost-estimating software
The process described above for compiling construction cost estimates might be described as simple, routine, time consuming, even boring, but also