Site Management for Engineers

Contents
Chapter 1 The tender 1
The contract documents, 2
Working from first principles, 7
The elements of price, 9
Calculating rates for work items, 13
Information available in a tender build-up, 17
Site supervision and preliminaries, 17
Other items included in the bill and the
tender, 21
Programmes, 22
Overheads and profit, 23
Summary, 23
Chapter 2 Health and safety 25
Legislation, 26
The Construction (Design and Management)
Regulations 1994. 31
Where are accidents going to occur?, 39
The statistics, 41
The company approach to health and safety, 44
The site approach to health and safety, 45
Site safety training, 47
First Aid provision and training, 47
Welfare provision and maintenance, 48
Consequences, 49
Other regulations, 52
Other sources of information, 55
Chapter 3 Construction techniques 57
Demolition, 57
Excavation, 61
Concreting, 78
Formwork/shuttering, 83
Reinforcement, 94
Scaffolding, 95
Bricklaying, 99
Trenches and pipelaying, 101
Piling, 108
Chapter 4 Materials 119
The tender, 119
The construction programme-materials
availability, 120
Materials planning schedules, 121
Materials requisitions, 121
Delivery to site, 124
Storage on site, 126
Minimizing waste, 129
The manager and materials supply, 129
Possible problems with suppliers
and products, 131
Chapter 5 Plant, equipment and tools 139
Definition, 139
The tender, 140
Plant planning schedule, 141
Site preparation, 142
Plant orders, 144
Plant safety and security, 147
Effective use of plant, 149
Controls on use, 151
Chapter 6 Labour and staff 153
The tender, 153
Direct labour, 154
The cost of direct labour, 154
Actions to be taken when employing
direct labour, 156
Disciplinary and grievance procedures, 156
Staff, 163
Staff costs – the tender, 163
The manager’s personnel function, 164
Training, 165
Developing your people, 171
Chapter 7 Sub-contractors 175
The tender, 175
Health and safety considerations, 176
Selection, 177
Types of sub-contractor, 178
Checks on adequacy, 179
Pre-award meeting, 180
Site progress meetings, 180
Summary, 180
Chapter 8 Planning and organization 183
Health and safety, 184
Organizing the work, 185
Site establishment, 188
Chapter 9 Resourcing the work, setting up systems,
setting out 193
Resourcing, 193
Systems and communications, 197
Setting out the site, 202
Summary, 206
Chapter 10 Controlling cost, quality and progress 207
Cost, 207
Quality, 213
Progress, 221
Summary, 223
Chapter 11 Managing and developing the team
and yourself 225
Leading the team, 226
Setting the vision, goals and targets, 227
Meetings and briefings, 228
Reviewing team progress, 230
Managing your time, 230
Managing your resources, 232
Developing individuals, 233
Feedback, 234
Developing yourself, 234
Chapter 12 Relationships 237
Relationships with subordinates, 237
Relationships with collegues, 240
Relationships with your boss, 242
Relationships with clients, 244
Chapter 13 Meetings 247
The good meeting, 247
Preparation, 248
Groups working together, 249
Meeting etiquette, 249
Presentations, 250
Leading meetings on site, 251
Contributing to meetings, 254
Other types of meeting, 255
Summary, 257
Chapter 14 Getting paid and paying 259
Money in-money out, 259
The method of measurement, 260
Mensuration: money in, 261
Mensuration: money out, 268
The final cost: clearing the site, 269
The final record: the health and safety file, 270
Endnote 271
Useful documents 273
Standard and other publications, 273
Legislation, 274