In civil engineering terms, construction could be defined as the process or art of constructing or building a structure by putting together the sub-structure into one complete main structure as a whole (one unit). Construction works that involved in certain site project could be in small or large scale with respect to contract costing and requirement.
Firstly let’s have a look on who is commonly involve in civil constructions. There are three major workforce involved; the Client who acted as the owner of the project, the Consultant who acted as the client representative and the quality controller of the project, and lastly the Contractor who acted as the doer or the builder with total compliance of contract requirement and specification.
Construction works in civil engineering involve:
• works that connected with pre-preliminary works such as site investigation, preparation, and setting-out,
• clearing, excavation or landscaping works in conjunction with construction works,
• assembling or installing prefabricated components for utilize at construction site,
• demolition work or removal work, partially or totally of the involved structure.
Construction works also involve:
• works like erection, extension or structural alteration, conversion, fitting-out, renovation, repair, refurbishment, commissioning,
• reversal works like disassembling or decommissioning works,
• workforce efficiency in terms of manpower’s, machinery, plus materials, and utilities.
- Shasta Dam (Image via Wikipedia)
Maintaining the quality of works in construction is essential, and all three major workforces must work together in order to preserve it by means of responsibility and commitment. Construction technical standard is an established norm or requirement in a form of formal document, which contains establish uniform engineering or technical criteria, methods, procedures and practices. Simply to say, if it’s involving people and safety then this is a must for every construction body to follow. British Standard (BS) and American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) are the most recognizable technical standards in the world.
Construction of any structure could not be done by simply using the human strength and guts. This is how they do it in ancient times. Remember the Great Wall and Giza? Therefore we need machinery like bulldozer, excavator, roller compactor, motor grader, mobilize crane, dump truck, concrete mixer, piling rig machine, and etc.
Civil engineering construction requires lots of work and involvement of all parties in order to provide a quality life and safety to us all…
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