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    Construction Supervision Qc + Hse Management in Practice: Quality Control, Ohs, and Environmental Performance Reference Guide
    Construction Supervision Qc + Hse Management in Practice: Quality Control, Ohs, and Environmental Performance Reference Guide
    Construction Supervision Qc + Hse Management in Practice: Quality Control, Ohs, and Environmental Performance Reference Guide
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    Construction Supervision Qc + Hse Management in Practice: Quality Control, Ohs, and Environmental Performance Reference Guide

    By Mark Urizar and El-Sayed Abdel Halim

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    This is the third book of the series that has documented best practice within the building industry, detailing the many processes required to procure buildings. The first book, titled City of Layers: Reconfiguring the Built Environment for Sustainability, outlines how buildings can be procured sustainably. The second book, titled The Project Managers Checklist for Building Projects, Delivery Strategies and Processes, details how design and procurement processes should be planned and managed. This third book focuses on construction, post-design, and procurement. It outlines how the planned and desired outcome in terms of quality can be achieved safely whilst minimising harm to the environment.
    Each book was formatted for operational use for specific projects, providing a roadmap of information with checklists that also doubles as a valuable and portable paper trail, adding value to the projects quality assurance processes. On completion of project, this book, complete with project notes, can provide a historical record of what was considered and what was done at each phase of the project life.
    This third book, titled Construction Supervision: QC + HSE Management in Practice, details the in-practice monitoring and controlling aspects of construction works. It outlines what should be considered as the supervision process is planned and what should be actioned as construction works proceeds. In writing this book, the hope is such knowledge will enable practitioners to focus on doing the required things and ensuring the things are done as right so construction liabilities and risks are minimised/mitigated, and thereby, substantial value is added to what is done, benefiting both the project and society at large.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherXlibris AU
    Release dateFeb 25, 2015
    ISBN9781503502383
    Construction Supervision Qc + Hse Management in Practice: Quality Control, Ohs, and Environmental Performance Reference Guide
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    Mark Urizar

    Mark Urizar FAIA, B.Arch, PMP, MBA, MAppSc, Leed-AP Architect, project and design manager El-Sayed Abdel Monem Sayed Abdel Halim BSc Civil, PMP, MAPM Engineer, project and construction manager

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      Construction Supervision Qc + Hse Management in Practice - Mark Urizar

      Copyright © 2015 by Mark Urizar; El-Sayed Abdel Monem Sayed Abdel Halim.

      Library of Congress Control Number:   2015901823

      ISBN:   Softcover   978-1-5035-0237-6

                   eBook        978-1-5035-0238-3

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted

      in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system,

      without permission in writing from the copyright owner.

      Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Thinkstock are models,

      and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

      Certain stock imagery © Thinkstock.

      Rev. date: 02/24/2015

      Xlibris

      1-800-455-039

      www.Xlibris.com.au

      610092

      CONTENTS

      Foreword

      Abbreviations and Terms

      Chapter 1 Project Management in Construction

      Construction Projects

      Construction Supervision

      The CS’s Role

      Monitoring, Recording, and Reporting

      Certification of Construction Works

      Project Knowledge Areas (Q-STC-CHRIPS)

      Quality Management

      Scope Management

      Time (Schedule) Management

      Cost Management

      Communication Management

      Resource Management

      Risk Management

      HSE (Health, Safety, and Environment)

      HSE Control

      Chapter 2 6D (Data, Information, and Decision-Making)

      Performance Monitoring and Management

      Chapter 3 Phase 1: Pre-Construction—Initiating and Planning the Supervision Works

      The Construction Supervision Management Plan

      Purpose

      Key Assumptions

      Key Inputs and Essential References

      CS’s Requirements at Each Phase of Construction

      Phase 1: Pre-Construction Phase

      Phase 2: The Construction Phase

      Phase 3: The Closing Phase

      Establish QSE Requirements

      CC-QSE Management Plan Submittal

      Chapter 4 Phase 2: The Construction Phase—Monitoring the Works

      Monitoring for Compliance

      Communicating with CC

      Meetings

      Recording and Reporting

      Notices and Instructions

      Approval Notices

      Acceptance Notice

      Permission-to-Use Notice

      CC Construction Phase Work Submittals

      ITP (Inspection and Test Plan)

      Shop Drawings

      SWMS (Safe Work Method Statement)

      Incidents, Accidents, and Events

      Chapter 5 Performance Management

      1D (Data Gathering)

      2D (Data Processing)

      3D (Described Information)

      4D (Described-Information Processing)

      Work Activity 4D Information Presentation Example

      Building Activity 4D Information Presentation Example

      Location Activity 4D Information Presentation Example

      Project Activity 4D Information Presentation Example

      5D (Defined Knowledge)

      6D (Decision-Making)

      Chapter 6 Phase 3: The Closing Phase of Construction

      Cx (Commissioning) Works

      The CxA (Commissioning Agent)

      The Cx Management Plan

      Purpose of Cx Plan

      Key Inputs and Essential References

      Role and Responsibilities

      System and Equipment to Be Commissioned

      The Cx Staged Process

      Outputs

      Cx Checklists and Notices

      Cx-CA (Corrective Action) Notice

      Defect-and-Omission Management

      CC Final Submittals

      As-Built Drawings

      O&M (Operation and Maintenance) Manuals

      Completion and Post-Completion Activities

      About the Book and Authors

      Front cover: Labourers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia using a primitive yet innovative way to bend spiral stirrups for circular columns.

      An in-practice example of how difficult tasks are accomplished on-site.

      Help me find a place outside this world so I can move the Earth. And when I find this place, why should I share it with you? Use knowledge to find your own way there, as this, my friend, is how you succeed.

      Project Title (for single project use): ………………………

      FOREWORD

      Imagine being tasked with supervising the construction of a new city, erecting more than 1.5 million square meters of designed spaces. Added to this is the responsibility of ensuring complex technologies are appropriately embedded throughout the many complicated structures, all requiring compliance with strict quality standards. Such a project existed, named the King Khalid Medical City (KKMC), located in Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and this book was written in preparation for that project.

      The size and scope of the project give a fair indication of the complexity involved and effort required. The KKMC project was valued in the billions of dollars, and the scope included the construction of many parts:

      • main hospital building with latest medical services

      • administration wing with training facilities and conference centre

      • staff and visitor residential tower buildings

      • community centre with mosque

      • multi-storey car park linked to the main hospital building, administration wing, and residential towers.

      The many parts of the construction scope and ultimately the ‘city’, like most other similar projects, had a fast-track programme and, thereby, a rapidly approaching completion date. Substantial upfront planning was therefore required, not only to ensure resources were in place and activities were appropriately scheduled, but also to ensure that processes were in place as to how data and information was to be managed. Once work started, it would be difficult to manage any change, considering that a continued focused effort would be required to ensure what was done and how it was done were in accordance to specification and, most importantly, to ensure errors were minimised and rework and delays avoided.

      Key to monitoring and controlling construction works is the role of the construction supervisor. The construction supervisor (or CS as referred to in the book) is often an independent third party who is appointed to verify works, confirm what is done is in accordance with contract requirements, and ensure that the specified outputs are achieved. As explained in this book, construction supervision becomes most effective when it is appropriately interfaced and synced with both site activities and management oversight as this provides the means to make effective and ongoing performance decisions based on what is occurring on-site. And with effective decision-making, the work effort can be directed towards doing the right things at the right time.

      The construction supervision practices and methodology outlined in this book are applicable to both the consultant and contractor as both are tasked with supervising the works undertaken. This book details how the supervision role could be planned and utilised, listing the many aspects that should be considered as construction works proceeds and as they are completed. It provides useful references with a checklist of what needs to be done along each step and phase of the construction path, from pre-construction to commissioning of completed works and post-construction or closing phase. It also outlines what ‘raw’ data to be collected from site activities; how it should be processed, interpreted, interrogated; and how it should be used to assess work performance, thereby making appropriate informed decisions. Construction supervision is, after all, a role that oversees construction works in order to ensure the right things are done to the required standard and, where required, also provide the means to make timely informed information that can ensure the required performance is achieved.

      ABBREVIATIONS AND TERMS

      Below are the list of abbreviations and terms used throughout this book.

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