Construction worker

1. Role of project manager on construction projects A project manager is someone who capable of managing the project professionally. Project manager has various responsibilities in a project such as time managing, organizing, planning etc. The role of project manager in a construction project doesn’t confined to a single task, he have different role at the same time. For example he is the one who plan and execute the whole work as per the project requirement in accordance with client’s…

the structural integrity of the building but also to consider the buildability of the structures with regard to health, safety and welfare of everybody in the influence of the structures. This consideration should be done prior to construction work, during construction, while the structure is undergoing maintenance and at normal operation time. Health, safety, and welfare also continue throughout the lifespan of the said structure, that is during the structure removal after its design life.…

Washington DC: 11th Street [The Need] Bridges are no different than any other form of infrastructure, eventually they break down and need to be either repaired or replaced. Inspection occurs at least every two years, yet bridges are often pushed to their absolute limits of usability. In Washington DC, the 11th Street Bridge Project aims to replace two bridges built in the 1960s with three new bridges. With these bridges having been in place for nearly 50 years, there were numerous issues. For…

to plan, how to design, how to manage work, that too in a short period of four weeks showed me a real picture of the construction. My training was of “Construction of Dwelling Units including Allied Services for Officers” in Visakhapatnam. I had an exposure to various faculties of Construction Management during the program. I was benefited immensely by being a part of the construction management and the structural erection teams, though for a short period. And there I got a clear idea about the…

The construction industry is considered to be one of the most dynamic and complex industrial environments (Loosemore et al., 2003; Wild, 2002). It is a “project-based” industry within which individual projects are usually built to client needs and specifications (Bresnen, 1990; Loosemore et al., 2003). A key feature of the industry is that the final product and/or service is not transportable and must be built at the point of its usage (Fellows et al., 2002). Furthermore, the working life of the…

“wave of reform.” (osha.gov) The factory failed to comply with the current safety laws and “the fire escape collapse under the weight of the fleeing workers.” (famous-trails.com) Many additional safety concerns were found and proven that if they were up to date then less workers would have passed away. As a result of the fire, new liability and worker…

Introduction This assignment is mainly about the objectives, scope & strategy of a real- life project. A project is a piece of planned work or an activity that is finished over a period of time and intended to achieve a particular aim (project Meaning, 2015). A project is unique as it is not a daily routine operation, but a specific set of operations designed to accomplish a singular goal. Therefore, a project team often includes people who don’t usually work together, some might from different…

GOAL SETTING Learning styles Learning styles is different ways to look at learning and it is usually based on your strengths, weaknesses and preferences. There are three styles of learning: Auditory, which is relating to hearing, visual, which is relating to seeing or sight and tactile, which is the connection of senses of touch. My learning style that got the highest for the quiz was tactile with 40% and the others, auditory and visual both 30%. This means it is easier for me to learn in hands…

many infrastructure and housing projects are under construction currently. It is also expected that the growth of export segment of industry. For very long time, in Gujarat the industry sector has been rich as compared to other regions of India. There were 20,050 factories and 2,56,000 small scale industrial units as on 2001. Currently the cotton textile and non metallic mineral production industry provides employment to 31.46% of the total workers in industry. Gujarat is one of the biggest…

profession should be a social profession, in which no individual possess the title of architect but society and communities all have the knowledge of its service. In her writing “The Hunger games: Architects in danger”, she views the architect as a worker with connection to social relation, similar to Deamer. Carrio splits her writing into two parts that serves as a case study. Firstly, configuration of today’s profession, as individual became more stable economically and began to code their…