Construction In Practice For Sustainable Developments

Key points regarding decision made

This report depicts the role of professional project management practices in the field of construction industry. From some real life example the lessons that have been learned in details are elaborated in this paper. For this project I was assigned to identify the practicality and in depth analysis of all the projects.  Although the rest of the project team members have also supported me throughout to gather information accordingly.

From the construction perspectives it has been determined that, council constraints as well as building regulations are the main actors which plays vital role play in sustainable development for giving benefits to the environment (Walker 2015). It construction company chosen for this report is Next construction and the main focus of this company is to provide higher and long term investment so that the consumers can gain effective benefits.

The project team members have took active participation and accordingly active contribution in the successful implementation of the assessment. However due to time limitation some major issues were identified.  In addition to this, another concern of this company is to design an eco friendly environment for the consumers through selecting accurate properties like glazing. From the practices of Next constructions it is defined that, many passionate and experienced experts are contributing their skills for the successful design and development of the new Urban design project.  

The background of Next Construction Company is also elaborated in this report section considering the employees experiences and individuals contribution for each project. The aim of the company is to meet the growing demand of consumers within estimated cost and time. The company is focused to accommodate all consumers within the best construction practices. They are also focused to complete the project within the estimated budget. For completion of this specific purpose proper cooperation from the team members is very much crucial.  It is also learned that the company offers different services such as project management, engineering solutions, design solution, construction and project solutions etc (Kerzner and Kerzner 2017). It is learned that, this is not the first project of the company but also the company has also conducted some successful project previously such as Como project that is located in Riverwood, a Jewel project which is located in WentWorth Point with a 256 units, Apex project that is located in Zetland. This is learned that accomplishing these project SMART project goal is set by the project manages and the project executives.  

It has been learned from the Riverwood Como project that, the total cost estimated for this project is $50,000,000 and the used system is complaint AS3600. The unique components those are used in this project include hebel panel walls and precast concrete. In order to complete the project within estimated time it became mandatory for the company to follow modular construction method of constriction.

It is determined that the project manager should develop a cost structure before the implementation and design of the project. The professional details of the project associates or the stakeholders are also elaborated in this project. After analyzing the personal and professional skills and knowledge of the project team members it is defined that most of them are highly experienced (Fleming and Koppelman 2016). During the design and development of the construction projects they have also maintained council constraints and building regulations accordingly.  the relevant regulations those are chosen for the construction project include environmental planning and assessment regulations (2000), environmental planning and assessment act 1979 infrastructure planning policy 2007 etc. The regulations of industrial nose policy are also considered by the NSW environmental protection authority.

Lesson learned

The details construction outlines of the buildings are considered in this report. In this project all the buildings are 20 storied and are consist of residential apartment, 4 level basement, two story podium, social amenities that are open to the local residents etc (Lock 2016). The designs of the residential buildings are all developed considering the modern life style of the human. The design of these projects is developed considering the environmental issues as well as special requirements. The other concerns of these projects are to make pollution free and eco friendly environment. However, after analysis of this report some issues associated to these projects are also identified in terms of pollution and poor waste control management system. Another major action that the project manager should have considered before designing the project includes special acoustic design (Grover and Froese 2016). It is learned that, in the residential projects another issue is rapid impact generating from the gym area. In order to design and develop a customer friendly building, feedback are also gathered from the consumers as it is thought that their concern will only be able to design the building in such a way which can reach the consumers objectives.

Apart from this some professional project management tools and techniques are also considered for successful design and development of the construction projects. With the help of these tools a large project can be breakdown in to small parts and for each of the parts individual resources will be assigned. It is the role of assigned resources to accomplish their roles successfully within the allotted cost and time (Mok, Shen and Yang 2015). It is also learned that, the time for all project segments must be designed based on their complexity and some needful external conditions. Before final implementation of the project a target client set should be set for ea c of the projects. In addition to this, value management technology, forecast efficiency are the two other conditions should be considered for the construction projects. Construction tendering is another important aspect of construction project management must be thoroughly considered for the successful implementation of the construction project.

Mainly it is learned that for designing any construction project the project management phases are strictly needed to be considered by the project heads. It will help the company to implement error free and successful projects. 

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