Construction Essays

Planning for Material Deliveries in Construction
Example essay. Last modified: 3rd Jul 2018
Introduction: Construction projects are becoming progressively larger and more complex in terms of physical size and cost, hence the risks and potential for losses require better control. Project management has ev...

Welfare Facilities During Construction Work
Example essay. Last modified: 2nd Jul 2018
Introduction: Hughes and Ferrett, 2008 have defined that health is the protection of people from illness due to the materials, processes of procedures used in the workplace while safety defined as the protection of...

Management Principles in the Construction Industry
Example essay. Last modified: 2nd Jul 2018
Introduction: Task 1 – Management Techniques (1.1, 1.2, 1.3) Define and attribute three established definitions of management Fredrick Taylor observed that workers were often working beneath their potential a...

Strategy For Sustainable Construction 2008
Example essay. Last modified: 2nd Jul 2018
Introduction: According to OGC Guide (2003), sustainability includes environmental, social and economic factors, and construction affects all three areas. HM Treasury launched a three-year Sustainability Action Pla...

Building Maintenance Management Systems
Example essay. Last modified: 2nd Jul 2018
Introduction: Building maintenance management just like the “Cinderella” of construction industry. This is because building maintenance management team has to do various job and bear the function of oth...

Lightweight Aggregate for Concrete Blocks
Example essay. Last modified: 2nd Jul 2018
Introduction: 3R Reduce, reuse, and recycle. Almost everyone has heard those three words but the environment that we live are getting more polluted each day. In Malaysia, there is as annual production of over 4 mil...

Building Nsanje Port on Shire Zambezi Waterway
Example essay. Last modified: 2nd Jul 2018
Introduction: Project Description Malawi is a landlocked country that relies on Mozambican ports on the Indian Ocean for transportation of imported and exported goods. The project will open new doors for Malawi and...

Report on Procurement Process for Holiday Development
Example essay. Last modified: 2nd Jul 2018
Introduction: 1.0 Introduction This report has been prepared to discuss the procurement options available to All Star Property Development for the proposed holiday development in Tring. 2.0 Project Details 2.1 Gene...

Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems (OHSMS)
Example essay. Last modified: 2nd Jul 2018
Introduction: An Occupational Health and Safety Management System (OHSMS) may be defined as “a series of processes which provide a framework, for managing occupational health and safety (OHS) responsibilities...

Health and Safety at Work Act 1974: An Overview
Example essay. Last modified: 2nd Jul 2018
Introduction: Substructures are anything constructed below DPC or ground floor level for example foundations or cellar floors on social housing or even tunnels for commercial use. Substructure legislations include ...

Toll Road Development in Indonesia
Example essay. Last modified: 2nd Jul 2018
Introduction: In Indonesia, road is classified into Public Road and Toll Road. Public road means the road provided for general traffic. Road itself mean land transportation infrastructure that comprises all parts o...

Construction Plan for Business Expansion | Case Study
Example essay. Last modified: 20th Jun 2018
Introduction: BEJAY GILOI YAPP Task 1 SENARIO 1 Building economics is a small part of a much larger subject of environmental economics whereby it consists of the application of the techniques and expert...

Acoustics and Sound Insulation Methods
Example essay. Last modified: 20th Jun 2018
Introduction: Acoustics and Sound Insulation ABSTRACT Acoustics is the study of sound. The knowledge of this field is necessary as it helps in creating peaceful surroundings. The technical knowhow of sound insulat...

Costing a Building Construction Project
Example essay. Last modified: 20th Jun 2018
Introduction: SALUM NASSOR MOHAMED Task 1 Identify and further describe any five (3) components of cost in the building construction? Cost is a calculation which can be calculated by evaluating the actual cost...

Importance of Project Management in Construction Industry
Example essay. Last modified: 20th Jun 2018
Introduction: Task 1 Advantages of the client using project management approaches to secure their aims and objectives for the project; Creating the concise and method for the entire task, including where subsidiz...

Analysis of Tractors and Tractor Engineering Features
Example essay. Last modified: 20th Jun 2018
Introduction: Which tractor will serve you best? Contrary to popular belief, tractors are used in much more than agricultural work. Tractors are used in mowing, land-clearing, landscaping, construction, excavation,...

Principles of Construction Management
Example essay. Last modified: 20th Jun 2018
Introduction: Contents (Jump to) 1. Gulick’ 7 Functions 2. Fayol 3. Management Theories 4. Challenges Managing People in Construction 5. Conclusion 6. Bibliography Word Count - 2070 1. Gulick’ 7 Funct...

Policy on Social and Affordable Housing in Ireland
Example essay. Last modified: 20th Jun 2018
Introduction: 1.0 What is Social and Affordable Housing? 1.1 Social Housing: Definition According to the Irish Council for Social Housing (2010), “Social Housing can be broadly defined as accommodation provid...

Cost Management in Construction
Example essay. Last modified: 20th Jun 2018
Introduction: Client expect from the project manager to manage costs in a precise and responsive approach. It is essential, during the design progress, the project manager to have the ability to supervise a project...

Professional Ethics in the Construction Industry
Example essay. Last modified: 20th Jun 2018
Introduction: Introduction The business news headlines of ethical meltdowns of global companies such as Enron, WorldCom, and Tyco, which now have become synonymous with greed, serve as a key reminder to the compani...

Building Materials Market in Vietnam
Example essay. Last modified: 20th Jun 2018
Introduction: This part of the research provides a deeper view on Vietnam building materials industry with concentration on the recent business situation of construction and building materials market. Information ...

Code of Ethics and Safety in Engineering
Example essay. Last modified: 20th Jun 2018
Introduction: Abstract With a safe product, we have no worries of using it because there is no risk that going to occur. But we must know that nothing in this world is perfect. Any accident can happen to any one of...

Construction Method Statement Example
Example essay. Last modified: 20th Jun 2018
Introduction: 1.0 Introduction This Construction Method Statement describes the development of six houses in three identical semi-detached blocks on a plot of land. The document will suffice for the majority of wor...

Measurement Take Off Works Techniques
Example essay. Last modified: 20th Jun 2018
Introduction: 1. A new trainee Quantity Surveyor has been provided for you by your Senior Quantity Surveyor and asks you to train him and get his assistant for your work. Now you are planning to give him measureme...

Roles and Responsibilities in Construction Project
Example essay. Last modified: 20th Jun 2018
Introduction: Task 1. Describe the roles and responsibilities of all parties involved in the planning and design phases. Owner An owner is the person who owns the project and has full authority to control the whole...