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Civil Engineering Projects Supervision

Civil Engineering · Level 6  ·  7 Chapters

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Chapters

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Implement Project timelines
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Execute construction project quality control
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Coordinate project site activities and human resources
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Manage project cost
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Coordinate project labour
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Implement project contract
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Manage construction materials, plant, tools and equipment
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What Civil Engineering Projects Supervision covers: 87 main topics in 7 chapters

1. Implement Project timelines

  1. 1.1 Meaning of statutory bodies
  2. 1.2 Types of statutory bodies and their legal requirements
  3. 1.3 Types of project approvals
  4. 1.4 Project approvals procedures
  5. 1.5 Functions of statutory approval documents
  6. 1.6 Project work schedule
  7. 1.7 Classification of project activities
  8. 1.8 Inter-relationship of project activities
  9. 1.9 Definition of project time programme
  10. 1.10 Project work programming tools
  11. 1.11 Process of allocating activity timelines
  12. 1.12 Importance of reviewing previous similar jobs
  13. 1.13 Sources of information
  14. 1.14 Project planning management phases

2. Execute construction project quality control

  1. 2.1 Definition of quality
  2. 2.2 Code of professional conduct and ethics
  3. 2.3 Importance of quality in a project with preference to eco- friendly practices
  4. 2.4 Contract documents
  5. 2.5 Project activities
  6. 2.6 Site dynamics
  7. 2.7 Development of quality checklists
  8. 2.8 Project quality plan
  9. 2.9 Project quality control plan
  10. 2.10 Work quality inspection
  11. 2.11 Principles of work quality control
  12. 2.12 Site information documentation methods
  13. 2.13 Features of a project quality report using digital reports where applicable
  14. 2.14 Report writing

3. Coordinate project site activities and human resources

  1. 3.1 Legal frameworks (County authority regulations, NEMA, WARMA, NCA, OSH)
  2. 3.2 Environmental Management Policies
  3. 3.3 Communication channels
  4. 3.4 Safety and security inspections
  5. 3.5 Project site security
  6. 3.6 Project risk analysis and management
  7. 3.7 Report writing

4. Manage project cost

  1. 4.1 Project budgeting
  2. 4.2 Analysis of contract documents
  3. 4.3 Cost risk analysis
  4. 4.4 Project activities
  5. 4.5 Resource schedules
  6. 4.6 Procurement laws and regulation
  7. 4.7 Material handling and wastage management
  8. 4.8 Warehousing and storage
  9. 4.9 Resource utilization monitoring tools
  10. 4.10 Resource utilization analysis
  11. 4.11 Project resource utilization report
  12. 4.12 Project cost variation
  13. 4.13 Variation and price fluctuations analysis
  14. 4.14 Features of a project financial report
  15. 4.15 Preparation of a project financial report

5. Coordinate project labour

  1. 5.1 Code of professional conduct and ethics
  2. 5.2 Definition of project human resources
  3. 5.3 Identification of legislations affecting the management of human resources (labour laws)
  4. 5.4 Communication channels
  5. 5.5 Project human resource requirements
  6. 5.6 Human resource planning process
  7. 5.7 Review of the human resource plan
  8. 5.8 Staff welfare
  9. 5.9 Human resource record keeping
  10. 5.10 Confidentiality of information
  11. 5.11 Retention policy

6. Implement project contract

  1. 6.1 Identification of contract documents and their functions
  2. 6.2 Types of contracts
  3. 6.3 Law of contract and tort
  4. 6.4 Conflict management
  5. 6.5 Regulatory bodies
  6. 6.6 Process of approval
  7. 6.7 Development of a project documentation register
  8. 6.8 Updating project register
  9. 6.9 Confidentiality of the information in the register
  10. 6.10 Security of the register
  11. 6.11 Project stakeholders
  12. 6.12 Project work plan
  13. 6.13 Project works inspection plan
  14. 6.14 Projects work inspection report writing
  15. 6.15 Communicating channels
  16. 6.16 Project implementation report

7. Manage construction materials, plant, tools and equipment

  1. 7.1 Building Plant, Tools, and Equipment
  2. 7.2 Types of Building Materials
  3. 7.3 Standard Material Schedule
  4. 7.4 Standard Material Rates
  5. 7.5 Types of Equipment
  6. 7.6 Standard Equipment Schedule
  7. 7.7 Verification of Materials
  8. 7.8 Recording
  9. 7.9 Issuing of Materials
  10. 7.10 Plant, Tools, and Equipment Maintenance

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