CONSTRUCTION PROCESS

Question 1

The Building process involves

Answer 1

-the handling of materials and equipment
-the positioning of the said materials and equipment to produce the desired completed whole.

Question 2

Participants in the process

Answer 2

-The design team (Architects, Engineers).
-The construction team (Mechanical, Electrical)
-Support services

Question 3

The Design Team

Answer 3

-The employer [Pays the cost of the work and organise the construction project. ]

-The architect [Often Design and supervise the erection of the building]

-The quantity surveyor [Deals with construction cost and communication on behalf of the employer.]

-The consulting engineers [Provide their own special expertise ].

=Structural Engineers  (They look  
   designs from a practically of 
   construction point of view 
   through design of the 
   structure. )

=Civil Engineers  (Are 
   responsible for design and 
   supervision of civil and public 
   works engineering. )

=Building Services Engineers  ( 
  Are responsible for the 
  designing the environmental 
  conditions that are required in 
  today's modern buildings. )

=Electrical Engineers  ( Design 
 and supervise all Electrical 
 installations.)

Question 4

The Construction Team

Answer 4

-The main contractor
-The subcontractors
=Mechanical
=Electrical
=HVAC
=Plumbing
=Painting
=Flooring
-Site managers
-Site foreman
-Tradesmen

Question 5

Support Services

Answer 5

-Clerk of works ( Employed on
behalf of the contractor.)

-Building Control Officer ( Employed on behalf of the local authority to ensure that the building plans and proposals comply with building regulations.)

-Interior Designers ( Develops the internal shell of the buildings to provide good aesthetic and working conditions.)

Question 6

The Main Contractor

Answer 6

-The contractor’s construction
=personnel include:
=Senior Management –
directors, contracts managers;
=Estimators;
=Planners;
=Buyers;
=Plant managers;
=Temporary works designers;
=Site management – engineers,
surveyors, H&S O, project
managers;
=Site foremen
=Tradesmen; and
=Site operatives.

Question 7

Example of a Divisional Structure of a Contractor

Question 8

Tradesmen

Answer 8

-Masons (are people who work with stone, burnt clay bricks, concrete blocks)
-Carpenters (Work with timber)
-Plasterers (They work with plaster, form a layer of platers on interior wall)
-Plumbers (Installs or repairs piping systems)
-Electricians (They install and repair electrical infrastructure)
-Glaziers (Glazier is a construction professional who selects, cuts, installs, replaces, and removes residential)
-Groundworkers (they clear the site, lay foundations, install drainage and other pipework, and may build roads.)
-Painters (applying paint, pigment, colour or other medium to a surface)
-Roof tillers (cover roof structures with roof tiles, slates or shingles to form waterproof
surfaces.)
-Scaffolders (are professionals who put up and take down scaffolding and working platforms on construction sites and other projects)
-Steel fixers (Fixers determine size, shape, quantity and location of concrete reinforcing metal)