The following ranges apply:
Learning Outcomes 1 and 2
• Project data:
- conditions of contract
- bills of quantities
- specifications
- detailed drawings
- health and safety plans
- time-scales
- contractual risks, obligations and scope of works
• Construction, installation and work methods:
- sequencing of work and integration of work
operations
- organisation of resources (people, plant, materials,
finance)
- construction and installation techniques
- temporary works
- prefabrication and standardisation (volumetric pods,
panelised hybrid)
- health, safety and welfare
- new materials and technologies
• Alternative sources:
- the client
- consultants
- contractors
- sub-contractors
- suppliers
- regulatory authorities
- technical literature
- trade literature
- organisational expertise
• Identify work methods:
- standard lists and procedures
- investigative research
• Technical and project criteria:
- materials & component performance and availability
- structural forms
- phased occupancy
- fire protection
- access
- plant, equipment & people capability
- traffic generation and management
- environmental factors
- transportation
- waste and sustainability
- seasonal weather conditions
- buildability
- value engineering
- protection of archaeological and historically valuable
resources
- third party obligations
- other related programmes
- community benefits, including skills and training
• Analyse:
- method study
- work study
- production analysis
- benchmarking
Learning Outcomes 3 and 4
• Resources:
- people
- plant and equipment
- materials and components
- sub-contractors
- information
• Programmes and schedules:
- bar charts
- network analysis
- critical path
- time change
- action lists
- method statements
• Clarification and advice - from:
- the client/client’s representative
- consultants
- project team partners
- practice research
- technical publications
- trade literature
- management
• Analyse - using:
- method study
- work study
- production analysis
• Technical and project requirements:
- materials & component performance and availability
- structural forms
- phased occupancy
- fire protection
- access
- plant, equipment & people capability
- traffic generation and management
- environmental factors
- transportation
- waste and sustainability
- seasonal weather conditions
- buildability
- value engineering
- protection of archaeological and historically valuable
resources
- third party obligations
- other related programmes
- community benefits, including skills and training
• Produce:
- manually
- electronically
Learning Outcomes 5 and 6
• Systems to monitor and record:
- visual inspection
- resource records
- site inspection reports
- contractors’ reports
- certified payments
- written and graphical records of actual work
against programmed work
- site meetings
- key performance indicators
- organisational procedures
- management reports
- benchmarks
• Programmes:
- bar charts
- network analysis
- critical path
- time change
- action lists
- method statements
- project expenditure forecasts
• Resources:
- people
- plant and equipment
- materials and components
- finance
- time
- specialist services
- public utility services
- information
• Quantify:
- method study
- work study
- production analysis
- cost implication
• Circumstances:
- resource shortages
- design problems and constraints
- industrial disputes
- lack of essential construction information
- construction errors
- inclement weather
- physical constraints
- legal
- environmental
- contract variations
- force majeure
• Revise:
- revise programme
- agree new completion dates
- initiate contract claim
This unit must be assessed in a work environment, in accordance with the ConstructionSkills‘ Consolidated Assessment Strategy for Construction and the Built Environment.
Assessors for this unit must have verifiable, current industry experience and a sufficient depth of relevant occupational expertise and knowledge, and must use a combination of assessment.