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| Weight | 500 g |
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| Author | TM Holroyd |
| Publisher | ICE Publishing |
| ISBN Number | 9780727732071 |
| Year | 2003 |
Contents
1. The state of the industry 1
Constructing the team – The Latham Report 2
Contract strategy, 2
The design process, 3
The contract choice for clients, 5
Selection and tendering procedures, 6
Issues which determine performance, 8
Teamwork on site, 11
Dispute resolution, 13
Rethinking construction – The Egan Report 14
The need to improve, 15
Client dissatisfaction, 16
The ambition for UK construction, 17
The scope for improvement, 19
Improving the project process, 21
Repeated processes, 21
An integrated project process, 22
Focus on the end product, 22
Design for construction and use, 32
Standardisation, 35
Technology as a tool, 35
Better regulation, 36
Long-term relationships, 36
Reduced reliance on tendering, 38
Summary 39
2. The health and safety issues 43
The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 43
The Management of Health and Safety at Work
Regulations 1992 44
The Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1992 45
The Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 46
Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations 1992 47
Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment)
Regulations 1992 47
Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 47
The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 1994 50
The Construction (Health, Safety and Welfare)
Regulations 1996 56
Lifting items that are too heavy 65
Lifting or working in an unsuitable manner 66
Deafness and ear problems 67
3. The business requirement 69
Successful construction management 69
Allocation of risk, 70
Contract strategy and risk assessment 71
The brief 71
Procurement for large process/power plant projects 76
The contract choice for clients 77
Designs and drawings 79
Bill of Quantities 82
Specifications 88
From client to end user – and back again 90
Client, 90
Architect/designer, 95
The main contractor, 97
Sub-contractors (including specialists), 99
Direct labour – that employed directly by the
main contractor, 100
Feedback, 101
Sensible targets and sensible intentions 103
Effective resourcing 105
Labour, 105
Plant equipment and tools, 107
Materials, 111
Sub-contractors, 112
Successful construction 114
4. Good practice in the construction process 119
Pre-contract work 119
Tender handover, 119
Project start-up meeting, 120
Other preparations, 121
Site establishment, 122
Temporary works, 124
Demolition 124
At tender stage, 125
The demolition survey, 125
Preferred method of working, 125
Method statement, 126
Public protection, 126
Preferred sequence of demolition, 126
Excavation 128
Confined spaces 130
Concreting 131
Preparation for concrete, 132
The concrete mix, 132
Placing of concrete, 133
Concrete curing, 134
Concrete additives, 135
Completion of concreting, 135
Formwork 136
Release agents, 136
Construction joints, 136
Fixing formwork, 137
Cleaning formwork, 138
Grout checks, 138
The wall or column kicker, 138
Checking formwork, 139
Timber formwork, 139
Typical problems, 140
Steel formwork, 140
Reinforcement 144
Scaffolding 147
Regulation 5 – safe places of work, 147
Regulations 6 and 7 – precautions against falls, 147
Regulation 8 – falling objects, 148
Effective scaffold erection, 148
Dismantling scaffolding, 150
Brickwork 151
Problems with brickwork, 152
Trenches and pipelaying 153
Safety checklist, 154
Pipelaying, 157
Backfilling of trenches, 157
Dealing with existing flows (mains), 158
Erection of structures 159
5. The future 161
Education and training 161
Research and development 162
From idea to reality 165
Consultants 167
Bridges 169
Road construction 169
Treatment plants 170
Concrete box reservoirs 171
Drainage 172
River and marine works 172
General construction 173
Engineering services 174
Mechanical and electrical installations 174
Shopping malls, 174
Business parks and premises, 175
Purchasing, 175
References 177
Index 181
