General contractors supervise part or all of a construction project. General contractors may specialize in all or some types of construction. Usually, a construction project specializes in one or many types of building like commercial, residential, or industrial. General contractors manage and hire subcontractors while acting as the primary contractor with construction clients. General contractors can be hired by business and property owners, construction management firms, and other construction companies.
HSE does not have responsibility for environmental health matters. If the smoke is causing a public nuisance you can contact your local authority Environmental Health Department. Their website will have details of how to do this, and their phone number will be in the phone book.
Local authorities and the Environment Agency usually do not allow open fires on construction sites. If a fire has been allowed it must be lit away from other combustible materials, trees and undergrowth. It must be attended by a worker and it must be put out before workers leave site each night.
Hard costs in construction are tangible costs that can be quantified and are related to the physical construction, to include labor and material, whereas soft costs are expenses that are not directly related to construction costs.
Included in hard costs are all of the costs for the visible improvements like grading, excavation, concrete, framing, electrical, carpentry, roofing, and landscaping. Hard costs contrast to soft costs which are those related to non-physical elements.
HSE does not have responsibility for environmental health matters. If the smoke is causing a public nuisance you can contact your local authority Environmental Health Department. Their website will have details of how to do this, and their phone number will be in the phone book.
Local authorities and the Environment Agency usually do not allow open fires on construction sites. If a fire has been allowed it must be lit away from other combustible materials, trees and undergrowth. It must be attended by a worker and it must be put out before workers leave site each night.
HSE does not have responsibility for environmental health matters. If the dust is causing a public nuisance you can contact your local authority Environmental Health Department. Their website will have details of how to do this, and their phone number will be in the phone book.
The five stages of construction are:
- Initiation
- Planning
- Execution
- Monitoring
- Completion
To optimize the investment in your construction management services, it is best to get your construction management provider involved as early in the process as possible. Your construction management provider has technical expertise in the field of construction and can offer additional value to your project the sooner they are a part of your project team.
Construction management is a professional service that uses specialized project management techniques to oversee the planning, coordinating, monitoring and controlling of a construction project from beginning to end. Construction management may be provided by a general contracting firm as part of the services offered. There are also construction management firms that provide management services.