Construction Essays

Management Responsibilities at Tesco
Example essay. Last modified: 2nd Aug 2018
Introduction: In this study I try briefly to focus on the super market company, Tesco, with emphasis on the operational responsibility of a facility manager, legal, health and safety (H&S) obligations, adminis...

Risk Assessment Strategy of Eco Town
Example essay. Last modified: 2nd Aug 2018
Introduction:   Contents (Jump to) 1. Introduction 2. Stakeholders Objectives and Concerns Primary Stakeholders Secondary Stakeholders 3. Critical Success Factors 4. Risk Assessment Strategy Defining the Bounda...

Competitive Advantage of a Construction Company
Example essay. Last modified: 2nd Aug 2018
Introduction: Assume that you manage a company – ABC Construction, which your company has the scale similar to YTL. By using 5 forces model (and any other analysis tools), access your competitive advantage in ...

Factors Contributing To Building Defects
Example essay. Last modified: 2nd Aug 2018
Introduction: Defects occur in building for a variety of reasons. This is perhaps not surprising when one considers the wide range of materials and techniques used in the construction of building, differences in co...

Specification for a Concrete Footpath
Example essay. Last modified: 2nd Aug 2018
Introduction: PUBLIC SAFETY The area was taped and coned of so no traffic could intrude. The excavation was fenced off with orange fencing so no pedestrians could have access. EXCAVATION: Excavate total area to...

Construction Industry In India | Profile
Example essay. Last modified: 2nd Aug 2018
Introduction: The present study reports profile of construction industry in India. It points that construction industry is one of the oldest industries providing ample employment to the people from village level to...

Safe System of Work for Equipment at Height
Example essay. Last modified: 26th Jul 2018
Introduction: Introduction Construction industry’s industrial accidents is more than other industries. The accident rate per 1000 workers was 35.9. Among which the highest number of deaths involved in working ...

Causes of Deterioration in Buildings
Example essay. Last modified: 26th Jul 2018
Introduction: In this report I’m mainly focusing on deterioration in buildings, needs of planned, cyclical and reactive maintenance, relationship between design, construction, maintenance and cause of dilapid...

Channel Tunnel Construction: Project Management
Example essay. Last modified: 26th Jul 2018
Introduction: The Channel Tunnel is considered to be the largest private sector infrastructure project of the twentieth century. It is a fixed link transportation system comprising twin rail tunnels with an additio...

Quality Assessment System in Construction
Example essay. Last modified: 26th Jul 2018
Introduction: 1.0 Introduction Quality assessment system in construction industry is a system or method to measure and evaluate the quality of workmanship of a construction work based on the relevant approved stand...

Prefabricated Buildings: Advantages and Disadvantages
Example essay. Last modified: 26th Jul 2018
Introduction: There are many different types of construction buildings such as residential, commercial or industrial. Industrial buildings are mainly used for manufacture & warehousing, offices, showrooms...

Health and Safety Legislation in Malaysia Construction
Example essay. Last modified: 26th Jul 2018
Introduction: Malaysia construction industry is the higher fatalities compared with among all the industry in Malaysia table 1 Occupational accident by sector for the category of death from 2009 April to 2011 April...

Construction Productivity Measurement Techniques
Example essay. Last modified: 26th Jul 2018
Introduction: The construction industry remains one of the few most labour intensive industries in the developed world. It is therefore imperative to understand the measure of construction labour productivity. Furt...

Terms of a Construction Contract
Example essay. Last modified: 26th Jul 2018
Introduction: Construction Contract What component parts are required for the formation of a contract? There are four components which are essential for the formation of a contract. They are: Offer, Acceptance, Co...

Foundations and Earthworks Problems
Example essay. Last modified: 26th Jul 2018
Introduction: a) There are four types of foundation loads as follow: Firstly, live loads. Live loads is produced by the users of a home. Example, people, furniture, storage items. The affects of the load is exert ...

Project Management of School Building Construction
Example essay. Last modified: 26th Jul 2018
Introduction: Beck Catholic Sports College is a blended Roman Catholic optional school and 6th form situated in the Walton zone of Liverpool, England. The school is named after George Beck who was Archbishop of L...

Methods of Estimating For Cost Planning in Construction
Example essay. Last modified: 26th Jul 2018
Introduction: In the Construction industry, cost planning is a vital management process for control the overrun cost of project and gets maximum returns to the client within client agreed budget. Generally Quantity...

Design Phases in High Rise Building Foundation
Example essay. Last modified: 26th Jul 2018
Introduction: Problems in foundation engineering are the selection of suitable beds and foundation for high rise building is one of the known problems in high rise building. In no of cases it has been discovered th...

Features in Igloo Construction
Example essay. Last modified: 26th Jul 2018
Introduction: Introduction Due to the freezing temperature in winter seasons, some people would prefer to take shelter inside houses where fireplace can warm the body. These houses are commonly built made of eith...

Environmental Impact Assessment for Airport Construction
Example essay. Last modified: 26th Jul 2018
Introduction: This report is about the environmental impact assessment (EIA) for the evaluation and consideration of building a new airport for Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to replace the existing Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah ...

Single Stage Selective Tendering
Example essay. Last modified: 26th Jul 2018
Introduction: The method of single stage selective tendering involves finding contractors, possibly from previous experience, and asking them to submit tenders for the project at hand. Because you choose your contr...

Construction Industry Benchmark Report
Example essay. Last modified: 26th Jul 2018
Introduction: Construction Industry Benchmark The Review of the UK Construction Industry Benchmark Reports The first and foremost major report that reviewed the performance of the UK construction industry was enact...

British Legal Framework For Construction Health and Safety
Example essay. Last modified: 26th Jul 2018
Introduction: In 1974 in Great Britain, the parliament adopted the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (HSWA) which became the major piece of legislation at work for health and safety matters in the country. Th...

Causes of Concrete Failure
Example essay. Last modified: 26th Jul 2018
Introduction: Concrete and steel are materials commonly used in building construction. Concrete is formed by mixture of aggregates which are sand and stone, and bonded together by water and cement with the proper r...

Time and Cost Performance in Construction
Example essay. Last modified: 26th Jul 2018
Introduction: One of the most essential problems confronting the water and sanitation sector in the northern region of Ghana is performance of cost and time. In most cases time overruns occur in the donor-funded pr...