Risk Involved in Construction Works
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Ahsanullah University of Science & Technology
Department of Civil Engineering
Course Name: Construction Project Management
Course No.: CE401
Assignment: Risk Involved in Construction Works.
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Submitted by
Shaibal Ahmed
ID: 09.02.03.049
4rd Year 1nd Semester
Section: A
1. Overview
Construction business is expanding all over the world with the growing economy and demand of countries in order to facilitate the habitation of ever increasing population.
Construction work involves usage of a large combination of machinery and human resources who works in unison to create new buildings and sites.
The raw materials which are generally used for construction purposes are:
• Cements • Bricks • Stones • Steel • Iron bars • Grids • Reinforced concrete cement mixtures and various other materials.
All these materials are heavy to handle and need special skills and machinery to mix them and transport them to their actual places of usage. Buildings which are high rise need equipments like elevators’ cranes and hangers to place the required material at their respective places.
One of the possible complications in an ongoing work of construction is accidents and safety hazards on the workforce involved in construction work. As a student of construction management it is prudent for us to understand the possible setbacks and safety procedures which are important to follow at a construction site.
It was observed in post incident investigation that the reason why the workers were moving below the direct impact zone of a falling object because the crew members were not aware of the movement and there was no warning sign placed in that area. As a safety procedure it is required that whenever any potential dangerous activity takes place in construction sites workers are required to be warned.
So in recent years it has become very much important to discuss about the different measures
Ahsanullah University of Science & Technology
Department of Civil Engineering
Course Name: Construction Project Management
Course No.: CE401
Assignment: Risk Involved in Construction Works.
[pic]
Submitted by
Shaibal Ahmed
ID: 09.02.03.049
4rd Year 1nd Semester
Section: A
1. Overview
Construction business is expanding all over the world with the growing economy and demand of countries in order to facilitate the habitation of ever increasing population.
Construction work involves usage of a large combination of machinery and human resources who works in unison to create new buildings and sites.
The raw materials which are generally used for construction purposes are:
• Cements • Bricks • Stones • Steel • Iron bars • Grids • Reinforced concrete cement mixtures and various other materials.
All these materials are heavy to handle and need special skills and machinery to mix them and transport them to their actual places of usage. Buildings which are high rise need equipments like elevators’ cranes and hangers to place the required material at their respective places.
One of the possible complications in an ongoing work of construction is accidents and safety hazards on the workforce involved in construction work. As a student of construction management it is prudent for us to understand the possible setbacks and safety procedures which are important to follow at a construction site.
It was observed in post incident investigation that the reason why the workers were moving below the direct impact zone of a falling object because the crew members were not aware of the movement and there was no warning sign placed in that area. As a safety procedure it is required that whenever any potential dangerous activity takes place in construction sites workers are required to be warned.
So in recent years it has become very much important to discuss about the different measures
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