REPORTER: EARL BRYAN M.

PARREÑO
Topic: The Construction Industry

What is construction industry?

 The branch of manufacture and trade based on the building,
maintaining, and repairing structures. This includes drilling and solid
mineral exploration.

CONSTRUCTION: A DYNAMIC INDUSTRY

The construction industry is divided into three major area:

 Building construction - involves erection of a building on a piece of

property.

 Heavy Construction - is the term used for larger infrastructure projects,

such as highways, bridges, canals, dams, subway, tunnels, utility piping
systems, water control construction, and communications networks.

 Industrial construction – refers to the buildings of large-scale

manufacturing, and processing plants or utility installations.
Project phases
Project conception by owner

Pre-design planning

Building design drawings and specifications

Bidding and negotiation

Pre-construction planning

Construction

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