TASK 2: CONSTRUCTION AND HANDOVER

FICTIONAL SCENARIO

Following your design teams successful proposal for the temporary pavilion (see below)St. Edward Homes have asked your Design Team to prepare a proposal for the site management compound for Phase 6A works. This will be presented during a workshop with the preferred principal contractors. Your proposal should take into consideration a phasing strategy for the Phase 6A build works allowing for public access to both Green Park Station and the adjacent temporary pavilion. 

The vision behind the temporary pavilion is to provide a public facing attraction working in concert with the sales and marketing team and is based on positive experience from other major developments. It is proposed to provide a small restaurant / bistro in the pavilion to be run by leading chefs on a 4 week rotation during the construction period. The temporary pavilion will be situated adjacent to the new railway station.  

YOUR TASK FOR PART A  – CONSTRUCTION

• Select a site management compound to fit into your programme of work. You should nominate your access points taking into account the surrounding traffic systems. 
• Using the plan, equipment, and constraints given, demonstrate your initial site set up for the Development including the following: 
  • 100m2 of site offices / ablutions / reception / sub-contractors offices 
  • 200m2 compound(s) for material storage (50m2 short term /150m2 long term storage) 
  • 50m2 Marketing Suite 
  • Delivery and site Access 
  • Safe routes in and out of the building 
  • Mobile Crane Lifting zone(s) 
  • 100m2 Material disposal area 
  • Visitor centre

Please show the areas of the above items on the attached site layout plan and show how your access and crane strategies work. 

YOUR TASK FOR PART B – HANDOVER

Assume in each of the PART B situations that you are the principal contractor. Prepare an answer to the questions below. 

1/ Excavation commences on site, and immediately it is clear that the ground conditions differ significantly from the GBR. You receive a call from the site foreman saying they have uncovered a series of unexpected buried obstructions. Unfortunately the client was visiting site when these were found, and he is on the phone the next minute, demanding there can be no delay to the contract. What action do you take? 

2/ The bathroom pods for six floors on residential block G have gone in without a hitch, and you are expecting the next batch any day, when disaster strikes! As you are browsing twitter at lunchtime, you see a series of tweets claiming that the bathroom pod manufacture company has gone into administration. What do you do? 

3/ A maintenance contract has been agreed with the principal contractor, who will take responsibility of the plant and services for an initial period of three years. State:

• Which sub-contractors might be involved and explain why? 
• The basis of the contract; 
• The effect of the maintenance contract on the construction contract; 
• After completion there are complaints of noisy fans. The residents group have been in contact highlighting sleep deprivation from multiple residents. What action do you take? 

DELIVERABLES

Download the site layout plan above and mark up by hand or using online software of your choice. Submit your marked up site layout plan for part A as a PNG, JPG or PDF and written responses  to part B as a Word file.

Click here to download the Site Layout and Overall Development Plan

SUBMIT TASK 2