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Ques & Answers of Mock Site Man
Ques & Answers of Mock Site Man
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The bar chart lists activities and shows their programmed start, finish and
Duration. Activities are listed in the vertical axis of this figure, while time since project
commencement is shown along the horizontal axis. During the course of monitoring a
project, useful additions to the basic bar chart include a vertical line to indicate the current
time plus small marks to indicate the current state of work on each activity.
Bar charts are particularly helpful for communicating the current state and
schedule of activities on a project. As such, they have found wide
acceptance as a project representation tool in the field. For planning purposes, bar charts do
indicate the precedence relationships among activities.
3. The Critical Path Method (CPM)
Arguably the most widely used programming technique is the critical path
method (CPM) for programming, often referred to as critical path
programming. This method calculates the minimum completion time for a
project along with the possible start and finish times for the project activities.
The critical path itself represents the set or sequence of
predecessor/successor activities that will take the longest time to complete.
The duration of the critical path is the sum of the activities’ durations along
the path. Thus, the critical path can be defined as the longest possible path
through the ‘network’ of project activities, as described earlier. The duration
of the critical path represents the minimum time required to complete a
project. Any delays along the critical path would imply that additional time would be
required to complete the project.
1. Safety Control
Safety represent increasingly important concerns for project managers. Failures in
constructed facilities can result in very large costs. Even with minor defects, reconstruction
may be required and facility operations impaired. Increased costs and
delays are the result. In the worst case, failures may cause personal injuries or fatalities.
Accidents during the construction process can similarly result in personal injuries and
large costs. Indirect costs of insurance, inspection and regulation are increasing rapidly
due to these increased direct costs. Project managers have always got to try to ensure
that the job is done right the first time and that no major accidents occur on the project.
Safety during the construction project is influenced by decisions made during the
planning and design process. Some designs or construction plans are inherently difficult
and dangerous to implement, whereas other, comparable plans may considerably reduce
the possibility of accidents. For example, clear separation of traffic from construction
zones during roadway rehabilitation can greatly reduce the possibility of accidental
collisions. Beyond these design decisions, safety largely depends upon education,
vigilance and cooperation during the construction process. Workers should be
constantly alert to the possibilities of accidents and avoid taken unnecessary risks.
In large organisations, departments dedicated to safety might assign specific individuals
to assume responsibility for these functions on particular projects. For smaller projects,
the project manager or an assistant might assume these and other responsibilities. Safety
assurance is a concern of the project manager in overall charge of the project in addition
to the concerns of personnel, cost, time and other management issues.
Safety inspectors will be involved in a project to represent a variety of different
organisations. Common examples are inspectors for the local government's building
department, for environmental agencies, and for occupational health and safety
agencies. In addition to on-site inspections, samples of materials will commonly be
tested by specialised laboratories to ensure compliance to regulatory standards.
3.8.1 Liability on Contractors
Construction is a relatively hazardous undertaking. There are significantly more injuries
and lost workdays due to injuries or illnesses in construction than in virtually any other
industry. These work related injuries and illnesses are exceedingly costly. Included in
the total are direct costs (medical costs, premiums for workers' compensation benefits,
liability and property losses) as well as indirect costs (reduced worker productivity,
delays in projects, administrative time, and damage to equipment and the facility). In
contrast to most industrial accidents, innocent bystanders may also be injured by
construction accidents. Several crane collapses from high rise buildings under
construction have resulted in fatalities to passer-by. Prudent project managers and
clients would like to reduce accidents, injuries and illnesses as much as possible.
As with all the other costs of construction, it is a mistake for clients to ignore a
significant category of costs such as injury and illnesses. While contractors may pay
insurance premiums directly, these costs are reflected in bid prices or contract amounts.
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Delays caused by injuries and illnesses can present significant opportunity costs to
clients. In the long run, the clients of constructed facilities must pay all the costs of
construction. For the case of injuries and illnesses, this general principle might be
slightly qualified since significant costs are borne by workers themselves or society at
large. However, court judgements and insurance payments compensate for individual
losses and are ultimately borne by the clients.
Various measures are available to improve jobsite safety in construction. Several of the
most important occur before construction is undertaken. These include design, choice of
technology and education. By altering facility designs, particular structures can be safer
or more hazardous to construct. For example, parapets can be designed to appropriate
heights for construction worker safety, rather than the minimum height required by building
codes.
Educating workers and managers in proper procedures and hazards can have a direct
impact on jobsite safety. The realization of the large costs involved in construction
injuries and illnesses provides a considerable motivation for awareness and education.
Regular safety inspections and safety meetings have become standard practices on most
job sites.
Pre-qualification of contractors and sub-contractors with regard to safety is another
important avenue for safety improvement. If contractors are only invited to bid or enter
negotiations if they have an acceptable record of safety (as well as quality performance),
then a direct incentive is provided to insure adequate safety on the part of contractors.
During the construction process itself, the most important safety related measures are to
insure vigilance and cooperation on the part of managers, inspectors and workers.
Vigilance involves considering the risks of different working practices. In also involves
maintaining temporary physical safeguards such as barricades, braces, guy lines, railings, toe
boards and the like. Sets of standard practices are also important, such asthe mandatory rule of
wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) whenever one is within site boundaries.
POLICY STATEMENT
Trinity Construction Plc (Hereinafter to be known as ‘The Company’) through the Chief
Executive and senior management accepts its responsibility as an employer for ensuring
as far as is reasonably practical; the health, safety and welfare of all it employees
(regardless of status) while at work, and any other person who may be affected by its
acts, work activities or services.
Additionally, the Company recognises that high standards of Health and Safety
performance not only preserve human and physical resources, but also reduce costs and
exposure to liability.
OBJECTIVES
The Company’s objectives in fulfilment of this Policy are:
To develop a positive Health And Safety culture in all activities that will secure the
commitment and participation of all employees, trainees and board members and the
control of risks.
To adopt a planned and systematic approach to Health and Safety that identifies and
assesses the risks created by work activities or service provision with the aim of
eliminating or controlling the risk as far as is reasonably practical.
To develop, maintain and operate within standards (i.e. Policies, procedures and
codes of safe working practice) which will at least meet statutory requirements for
Health and Safety and protection of the environment.
To provide adequate resources to implement the Policy.
To ensure that mechanisms are established, and are used for joint consultation with
Health and Safety representatives and to provide them with assistance and facilities
to enable them to carry out their function.
To monitor, review and audit Health and Safety performance so as to ensure that
standards are maintained.
To ensure all employees are properly informed of their responsibilities for health
and discharge them effectively, and are encouraged to contribute and participate in
the prevention of accidents and protection of health.
Ques. #3
The role of the site manager on site has of responsibility form as early as taking possession of the site
to after site establishment and beyond.
• The site manager must visit the site to gain some insight in preparing or evaluating the
proposal of its layout for erecting temporary facilities and the field office, by verifying:-
• access roads and water
• electrical and other service utilities in the immediate vicinity
• He can also observe any interferences of existing facilities with construction and develop a
plan for site security during construction.
• He must pay particular attention to environmental factors such as drainage, groundwater and
the possibility of floods.
• Of particular concern is the possible presence of hazardous waste materials from previous
uses as cleaning up or controlling hazardous wastes can be extremely expensive.
• Based on the contract’s health and safety policy, the site manager has to ensure strict
adherences wherever possible, and to consult with the relevant authorities when in doubt
• Vandalism and trespass are common problems and every effort should be made by the site
manager to ensure that the site is secure throughout the active contract duration, particularly
where large temporary openings may be necessary.
• The manager must ensure that there are experienced skilled workers on the site to do the job.
Discovery and subsequent confirmation of inexperienced workmen on site, akin to a major
safety breach, may result in the immediate stoppage of site works pending HSE
investigations, with hefty fines and possible imprisonment of the contractor’s top
management for failure in exercising good supervision and control that led to a statutory
breach.
• These are issued to allow certain types of work in a control procedure which may be issued
for virtually any nature of works such as hot works, roof works, confined spaces, mechanical
and electrical works, excavation works, piling works etc. They are issued by and returned to
senior site management and enables the site manager to maintain a close track of when
potentially hazardous work is being carried out and by whom, so as to ensure a safe method
of work
Site Procurement
Many people on a construction site are involved in procurement processes, so it is necessary
to ensure that the Project Manager is fully aware of what everyone is doing in this process as
he is responsible for all cost expenditure and value on a project
Site Staff recruitment
It is unlikely that the company will be able to fill all the site staff positions from internal
transfers and so the site manager will have to recruit and train other staff members.
Documentation
Documentation enables communication of intent and consistency of action. Its use
contributes to:
• Achievement of conformity to customer requirements and quality improvement
• Provision of appropriate training
• Repeatability and traceability
• Provision of objective evidence, and
• Evaluation of the effectiveness and continuing suitability of the quality management
system.
The following types of document are used in quality management systems:
• Documents that provide consistent information, both internally and externally, about
the organisation's quality management system; such documents are referred to as
quality manuals
• Documents. that describe how the quality management system is applied to a
specific product, project or contract; such documents are referred to as quality plans
• Documents stating requirements; such documents are referred to as specifications
• Documents stating recommendations or suggestions; such documents are referred to
as guidelines
• Documents that provide information about how to perform activities and processes
consistently; such documents can include documented procedures, work instructions
and drawings
• Documents that provide objective evidence of activities performed or results
achieved; such documents are referred to as records.
Each organisation determines the extent of documentation required and the media to be
used. This depends on factors such as the type and size of the organisation, the
complexity and interaction of processes, the complexity of products, customer
requirements, the applicable regulatory requirements, the demonstrated ability of
personnel, and the extent to which it is necessary to demonstrate fulfilment of quality
management system requirements.
Information Documentation - If a strict quality objective is to be followed, it should
follow that all quality inspection is fully documented. This, although time consuming,
can lead to cost saving in the future. If appropriate records are kept then they act as
proof of compliance and as a source for avoiding unnecessary remedial work should a
subsequent omission error occur. Often if one omission is discovered a client will ask
for proof that this has not been a systemic fault and if this cannot be provided then he will open up
the works to inspect for him self that the error does not reoccur. Proper information can prevent this.
Ques. #5
(1)Common scaffolds
Scaffolds are either of a timber or metal (steel or aluminium) construction.
As the use of timber scaffolds is fast becoming obsolete in many countries,
focus shall be on the metallic systems.
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Despite being temporary structures, the design of scaffolds follows the
principles laid down for permanent structures. There must be no deviation
from sound structural principles. There is generally enough variety in
standard scaffold equipment to erect a platform to suit most work
requirements. Scaffolds are sometimes used for purposes other than access
(e.g.) as falsework supporting a formwork system (to be discussed later)
during concreting processes.
Two types of scaffold system commonly used in the industry (i.e. ‘Putlog’
and ‘Birdcage’) shall be further explained.
Putlog scaffolds
Putlog scaffolds are basically continuous segments of direct access and
working platforms erected around the perimeter face of a structure. This
system relies on vertical support from the structure against which they are
built, thus eliminating the need for rear support members in common
scaffold setup using pipe members (Figure 9.13), as through/wall-ties will
anchor the scaffold to the supporting walls.
Putlog scaffold is the most commonly seen site access (by the public)
in both retrofitting and new-build projects around the world.
Birdcage Scaffolds
Birdcage scaffolds are commonly used for access to soffit or ceiling, as well
as to provide heavy-duty and sturdy falsework support for horizontal slab
casting. Due to its modular assembly and adjustable members, the entire
mass of support components can be easily shaped to provide horizontal
support to massive areas, whilst promoting a more uniformly distributed
loading pattern throughout.