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BUILDING CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT

Activity 1

You have been instructed by the managing director of your company to prepare a site visit

report for a proposed industrial development scheme in Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia.

You arrive on site in the late afternoon and have approximately three hours of daylight in

which to conduct your investigations.

Question

a) Working individually for 10 minutes, prepare a list of items you consider relevant forthe formulation of the report which will be used for tender assessment, pre-tender

planning and pricing the scheme.

b) From the items identified in a) select three which you feel will have the greatestimpact on construction operations.

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SUGGESTED CHECK LIST FOR PRE-TENDER SITE SURVEY

PROJECT TENDER NO.

DATEPREPARED

BY

SITE INVESTIGATION

1 Availability of site

2 Location distance from:

2.1 Head office/traveling time

2.2 Local transport services

3 Access to site

3.1 Road width

3.2 Existing access

3.3 Crossings

3.4 Temporary roads

3.5 Traffic intensity

4 Working space available for:4.1 Offices, canteen, stores

4.2 Bulk material storage, handling

4.3 Construction purposes

4.4 Plant (and recovery)

5 Services/location:

5.1 Toilets

5.2 Water

5.3 Electricity5.4 Telephone

5.5 Any available from client?

6 Nature of ground:

6.1 Surface

6.2 Bore Holes

6.3 Levels

6.4 Piling

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7 Site Clearance

7.1 Trees

7.2 Streams

7.3 Existing Items7.4 Excavations: room for plant

7.5 Tips and charges distance

LOCAL CONDITIONS

8 Availability of local labour:

8.1 Type, quality

8.2 Inducement paid in area

9 Nearest Labour Exchange

9.1 Address

9.2 Other contact details

10 Damage to existing properties:

10.1 Adjacent buildings

10.2 Roads

10.3 Footpaths

10.4 Photographs if necessary

11 Local Resources

11.1 Builders merchants

11.2 Sub-contractors

11.3 Plant hire services

12 Other large contracts in area

13 Name and address of adjacent property

Owners/occupiers

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SECURITY

14 General security requirements

14.1 Fencing: hoarding

14.2 Fans14.3 Lighting

15 Watchman/guard dogs

15.1 Playgrounds

15.2 Schools

15.3 General area

OTHER CONDITIONS

16 Special conditions: implications of:

16.1 Penalty/bonus clause

16.2 Work in phases

16.3 Special insurances

17 Items requiring special attention

when pricing

18 Possibility of flooding

19 Fire precautions

20 Work to be done by Client

21 Other firms tendering

22 Additional information