E4014 Construction Surveying

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E4014 Construction Surveying

• Job Organisation and Control

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Construction Authorities

• Major differences between construction and other
  types of production are
• all construction jobs are unique
• length of the job is limited
• generally more labour intensive
• locations vary

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Construction Authorities

• Head Office
• investigation and design functions
• specialised technical support for construction
• overall control of plant purchase
• financial control
• administrative and clerical services
• particular services
• computer software expertise
• photography
• publicity
• forward planning

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Construction Authorities

• District Office
• manage construction in the district
• employ technical staff
• engineers
• draughtspersons
• surveyors
• laboratory technicians
• construction technicians
• small clerical staff
• costing section

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Job Supervision

• The transformation of the designers plans and
  specification into the reality of a completed
  construction project requires some degree of
  supervision of the work as it progresses

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Supervision v Inspection

• SUPERVISION
• implies direct control of the execution of work
• consequent responsibility for it
• INSPECTION
• checking on completed sections of work
• implies a lesser level of responsibility

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Supervision v Inspection

• A supervisor can direct the workers to perform
  work in a certain way
• an inspector can merely say whether, in his/her
  opinion the work has been done satisfactorily
• a foreman in charge of day-labour forces carries
  out supervision
• an engineer or inspector may inspect the work
  done on behalf of the client

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Supervision v Inspection

• A site engineer employed by the contractor
  carries out supervision
• a resident engineer acting on the clients behalf
  carries out inspection

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Supervisor

• A person who directs the conduct of work
• site manager
• site engineer
• general foreman
• sub-foreman
• leading hands
• the term supervisor is normally reserved for
  the level of sub-foreman or above but not as
  senior as the site engineer

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Supervisors Role

• To direct and control the operations for which
  he/she is responible
• to ensure the standard of workmanship is
  sufficiently high
• achieve the required rate of progress and
  facilitate progress wherever possible
• maintain harmonious relationships between the
  workers and the workers and their unions

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Supervisors Role

• Keep an accurate record of progress and report on
  this to his/her superiors
• to solve any construction problems within his/her
  capacity and refer others to others for prompt
  attention
• carry out the orders of his/her supervisors

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Supervisors Authority

• Supervisors authority may be greater than that
  of the general foreman but less that that of the
  Site Engineer
• supervisor should always be careful not to
  undermine in any way the authority of the
  foreman, sub-foreman and leading hands over their
  workers and the respect they command

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Engineers Role

• Depends on
• who they are employed by and what function they
  perform in that organisation
• whether they visit the site or is engaged
  full-time on site

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Engineers Role

• employed by constructing authority or a firm of
  consulting engineers engaged by the client
• role is to design and/or inspect the works
• employed by the contractor
• role is to plan construction and solve technical
  problems associated with the work
• may even directly supervise some operations