Page 36 - Built Expressions - Online Construction Magazine - November 2014 Issue

Cover Feature Proper use of appropriate equipment contributes to • High quality standards Economy, Quality, Safety, Speed and Timely completion • Importance of keeping the Time of the Project. Schedules. • Optimum use of Material, Manpower and Finance. • Shortage of skilled and effcient houses and other buildings; urban type of Construction Equipment Manpower. infrastructure (including water supply, required for the Project. Considering To maximize the effciency sewerage, drainage); highways, roads, the various aspects of the utility of of mechanized construction, a ports, railways, airports; power systems; particular Equipment, the Contractor continuous cycle of transportation and irrigation and agriculture systems; has to economically justify whether to assembly with each type of member telecommunications etc. Covering as it purchase the Equipment or to hire it. must be used to build superstructures. does such a wide spectrum, construction The amount invested in the purchase of Through repetitions of this cycle, becomes the basic input for socio- Equipment should be recovered during it should be possible to build economic developmentBesides, the the useful period of such Equipment. superstructures quickly and without construction industry generates In case of large construction projects, interruption. To develop mechanized substantial employment and provides a proper use of appropriate equipment construction systems, the machine growth impetus to other sectors through contributes to economy, quality, systems and material systems to be backward and forward linkages.It safety, speed and timely completion of incorporated must be examined, and is, essential therefore, that, this vital a project. the confgurations of the building activity is nurtured for the healthy components must be systematized and growth of the economy. Need for Mechanisation classifed. Proper use of appropriate equipment The need for Mechanization arises due contributes to Economy, Quality, to the following reasons: why Mechanisation Safety, Speed and Timely completion • Magnitude & Complexity of the Whether a construction contract is unit of the Project. As construction Project price, lump sum, or cost-Plus; whether equipment forms an important part • Projects involving large quantities of the construction project is to be of any construction process, it is not material handling. linear (Concept-Design-Procurement- always desirable or possible for the • Complexity of Projects using high Construction) or fast tracked (Design- Contractor to own each and every grade materials Build), the cost of construction is a major factor in all projects. Major factors that impact construction costs are materials, labour, equipment, overhead, and robin-klose.dewp-contentuploads to 40% of the total project cost. proft. The cost of equipment for civil engineering projects can range from 25 It is important for design engineers and constructors to be knowledgeable about equipment. construction Construction equipment is an integral part of the construction process and cost of construction is a function of operation. The equipment spread selected for a specifc construction operation is critical to the success of a project. Characteristics like Repetitiveness, Health hazards, Lack of skill, Accuracy, Location, Accessibility etc also to be taken into account while making a selection. A majority of building construction projects experience cost over-runs. Proper planning, involving construction PG 36 Built ExpressionsBuilt Expressions Vol: 3 Issue: 11 November 2014 PG 36