LO1 Evaluate construction information to determine quality requirements

Student Name/ID Number

Unit Number and Title

21 Site Supervision & Operations

Academic Year

2022 - 2023

Unit Tutor

Assignment Title

Site Report

Issue Date

15/03/2023

Submission Date

08/05/2023

IV Name & Date

D. B. Ivison, 5^th March 2023

Submission Format

The submission is comprised of:

• Report (3000 – 3500 words)

Unit Learning Outcomes

LO1 Evaluate construction information to determine quality requirements

LO2 Prepare a report on defects and recommended remedial actions

LO3 Assess a pre-construction Health & Safety plan for a given construction project, in relation to local and national regulations

LO4 Discuss methods for evaluating and improving the performance of site staff.

Assignment Brief and Guidance

You are working as a Site Engineering Technician, for a medium-sized civil engineering contractor. You have been asked to prepare a report on site operations for a medium sized project that is nearing completion. You can select a project based on your experience or a project of your interest, such as a residential or commercial office project, that meets the following requirements.

 In this report, you are asked to:

● define the quality requirements for the project based on drawings and specifications;

● explore the relationship between quality and statutory requirements;

● evaluate the impact of changes in project quality necessary to meet statutory requirements;

● identify and produce a schedule of defects for the project;

● explore remedial actions to address defects;

● discuss the difference between latent and patent defects and their implication for remedial action;

● ascertain the implications of patent defects, identified through schedule of defects and construction information, for defects liability.

In addition, you are asked to review the preconstruction health & safety plan for the project and include in your report a:

● discuss the importance of construction design management and the local and national health & safety requirements for construction projects;

● evaluate the impact of health & safety violations on construction projects;

● provide examples of methods for promoting a positive approach to health & safety on site;

Finally, your report should:

● describe the methods for evaluating team member performance and recommend training and development strategies to improve performance;

● evaluate the relationship between equality and diversity and performance management;

● analyse the relationship between performance management and health & safety legislation.

Instructions and guidance to candidates

Your report should be submitted as an A4 PDF document. You are encouraged to include drawings, diagrams, charts, photos, etc. that may support the work within the report. LO1 Evaluate construction information to determine quality requirements

Note: All information sources and resources, including websites used to complete this assignment must be stated and correctly referenced in the document and/or presentation. No credit will be given for wholesale copying from information sources and checks for plagiarism may be made on your submitted work

Additional Notes: -

• Please access HN Global and presentation slides on Croydon College Moodle for additional resources support and reading for this unit. For further guidance and support on report writing please refer to the Study Skills Unit on HN Global www.highernationals.com
• The word limit for this report is a general guidance- You have some flexibility to adapt this as you see fit.

Pass

Merit

Distinction

LO1 Evaluate construction information to determine quality requirements

D1 Review construction information and schedules of defects to ascertain patent defects and the implication for defects liability

P1 Define quality requirements for a given project through the review of drawings, specifications and schedules P2 Explore the relationship between project quality requirements with statutory requirements

M1 Evaluate the impact of potential changes in project quality requirements that are necessary to meet statutory requirements

LO2 Prepare a report on defects and recommended remedial actions

P3 Identify defects for a given construction project and produce a schedule of defects

P4 Explore remedial actions necessary to address identified defects

M2 Discuss the difference between patent and latent defects and their associated implications for remedial actions

LO3 Assess a pre-construction Health & Safety plan for a given construction project, in relation to local and national regulations

D2 Give examples of methods for promoting a positive approach to Health & Safety for a construction team

P5 Discuss the importance of construction design management for ensuring site safety

P6 Discuss local and national requirements for Health & Safety in relation to construction projects

M3 Evaluate the impact of Health & Safety violations on construction projects

LO4 Discuss methods for evaluating and improving the performance of site staff

D3 Analyse the relationship between performance management and Health & Safety legislation

P7 Describe the methods for evaluating the performance of team members

P8 Recommend training and development strategies to improve performance

M4 Evaluate the relationship between equality and diversity and performance management in the construction industry