Enforcing Fire Prevention Checklists for Site Offices and Stores on Construction Projects

Fire is one the major risks that is encountered on construction projects that will usually cause harm for both persons and property. Formal fire prevention review and assessment should be done on periodical basis at construction projects. The inspection should cover fire prevention practices in place at the construction site Read more…

Capturing and Documenting As-Planned Schedule, As-Built Schedule and Periodical Updates Needed for the After-the-Fact Schedule Delay Analysis Methods on Construction Projects

On construction projects, schedule delay claims that affect the project completion date are becoming a common event. Those are the delays that are beyond the contractor’s control. The events that entitle the contractor to delay claims are normally specified in a contract provision. For example, in the FIDIC Red Book, Read more…

Monitoring, Evaluating, and Reporting Construction Performance by Trade and Level for High-Rise Towers

Those involved in the construction of high-rise towers usually like to have an easy-to-understand report that shows the overall project performance on a single page. Of course, by doing so, they want to sacrifice the quality and trustworthiness of the reported performance data. There also could be the requirement to Read more…