Preventing Falls in Construction WHAT IS OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH (OSH) IN CONSTRUCTION? “Occupational safety and health (OSH) is generally defined as the science of the anticipation‚ recognition‚ evaluation and control of hazards arising in or from the workplace that could impair the health and well-being of workers‚ taking into account the possible impact on the surrounding communities and the general environment. This domain is necessarily vast‚ encompassing a large number of disciplines
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NICMAR ASSIGNMENT COURSE NO.- PGPM-13 “CONSTRUCTION PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT” PREPARED BY : ROHIT KAMARAJU COURSE : PGPM -- 13 Reg. No. : 210-02-31-8000-2112 ASSIGNMENT NICMAR / SODE OFFICE 1. Course No. - PGPM 13 2. Course Title - Construction Personnel Management 3. Assignment No. - One You are a Project Manager on a site where works for 3KM long Tunnel has been undertaken. The site is remote and takes about 2 days travel to nearest town
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Name: Abubakr Mohammed Assessor Name: Paul Mohammed Sustainable Construction Learner Name: Abubakr Table of Contents Task 1 (P1) Six features of the natural environment that suffer as a result of bad practice………..…. 3 Task 2 (P2) 4 different forms of global pollution arising from construction projects ……………….....5 Task 3 (P3) 4 different forms of global pollution arising from construction projects....‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚‚. 7 Task 4 (M1) pote
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LEAN OPERATIONS & JIT Lean Operations – moving towards the elimination of all waste in order to develop an operation that is faster more dependable‚ produces higher quality products and services and operates at a low cost. In general‚ Lean can be viewed as a philosophy of operations management‚ i.e. it gives a clear view which can be used to uide the way operations are managed in many different contexts. Several techniques are used to support this philosophy. (JIT techniques) The Lean approach
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The Lean In Panel discussed how women can succeed and overcome the adversities of sexism in the workplace. The Lean in Panel consisted of four women who have found success in the workplace as a woman. This discussion relates to both chapter 3 and chapter 9‚ which discusses human resources management‚ workplace diversity‚ and employee development. One topic that I found to be very interesting was in regards to compensation. Dean McTiernan discussed the issue of wage inequality‚ stating that statistically
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to be forgotten about and never fully implemented. To avoid this‚ businesses should set detailed goals in the business plan and come back to them regularly. While business plans tend to follow a traditional structure‚ the lean startup methodology can be an alternative. The lean startup methodology focuses on business model validation‚ opportunity identification and feasibility and business plan development. The business model validation is a critic by personnel like investors‚ customers‚ and employees
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SCM 460 GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN STRATEGY Dr. Alex Rodrigues Logistics / Manufacturing Interface & Lean Logistics Class Topics • Topic 1: – • Describe the steps of Design For Logistics (DFL) Topic 2: – Understand the philosophy of Lean Manufacturing/Logistics Procurement Perspectives • Continuous Supply: Stockouts of raw materials or components can stop production and result in extreme cost. • Minimize Inventory Investment: One goal of modern procurement is to maintain continuous supply with
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are using to accomplish such a business strategy is the implementation of the Toyota Production System (TPS)‚ also called lean manufacturing. Lean Manufacturing is best defined as a management philosophy that focuses on reducing waste in all business processes. Although it originates from a time when the Toyota of today was a manufacturer of power looms‚ in its modern form‚ lean was pioneered by Toyota Motor Co. in the 1950’s‚ when it dared compete with U.S. automakers who at the time dominated a
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Geometric constructions involve drawing geometric shapes that satisfy certain requirements (onlinemathlearning.com). The main focus in construction is on equidistance and co-linearity. This is done through the use of certain tools namely the compass and the straight edge. It is used to construct angles‚ planes figures and segments. This mathematical skill is applicable in many fields such as architecture‚ engineering and construction just to name a few. Base on the fact that geometric construction
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case talks about John Smithers and his experience with the new Six Sigma Program at Sigtek. The program was implemented by the parent company of Sigtek and Smithers and a colleague‚ Sam Murphy‚ were both selected to learn about this program from Telwork (the parent company) and then run the program to teach about change to the employees at Sigtek. Problems: The main problem that is seen in this case study is the fact that the Six Sigma program that was implemented to bring change was not working
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