CONSTRUCTION

ENGINEERING

TOPIC 1
INTRODUCTION
 Learning outcome
• Produce construction sequence
procedure according to construction
stage and building components.
• Respond to construction technology
according to new method and equipment
available for current construction
situation.
• Select the most effective method for
certain types of construction.
 Overview on Construction
• Definition: the massive, worldwide effort to build
various types of structures and facilities.
• Accomplish by assembling materials, parts, and
systems into the major subsections of the
structure; the finished structure itself then
becomes part of the building stock necessary for
the conduct of business and life.
• The building we occupied, roads we drive on and
bridge that we cross all are made by the activities
of the construction.
• Major purposes are to contain shelter,
transport, and manufacture, communicate,
or provide recreation.
• A basic industry that fulfills human needs.
• Construction types: single/small scale, large scale
 The construction cycle

PLANNING

DESIGNING

Initiate Obtain site Survey site Design and engineer Make working Drawing and
project project specifications

MANAGING

Contracting Manage Construction Obtain Workers Obtain materials and equipments

CONSTRUCTING

BUILDING STRUCTURE

Prepare to Do earthwork Build Foundations Prepare Superstructure Enclose

build structure
INSTALLING SYSTEM

Install Install climate Install plumbing Install Install communication

transportation control system systems electrical system
system systems

FINISHING PROJECT

Insulate Enclose Interior Finish Structure Landscape Site

SERVICING

Transfer project
Changing Using

Alter Install Restore Demolish Operate Maintain Repair

 Types of Construction
• Construction industry sectors are
usually separated into the
following for categories:
• Residential
• Commercial building
• Infrastructure and heavy construction
• Industrial
 Residential
Construction Sector
• Comprised of individual homes, small
condominiums, and apartment complexes.
• Uses fairly low technology and readily
available technology.
• In small or individual house construction,
normally a one-person company will serve
as a general contractor. This general
contractor will then hire subcontractors to
do special jobs/task.
• Construction for the other large residential
such as entire housing developments,
apartment buildings and condominium
normally executed by large and well
establish Construction Company with in-
house professionals and workers.
 Commercial Building
Construction Sector
• Commercial building
sector includes;
• office buildings,
• large apartment
complexes,
• shopping malls,
• theaters,
• schools, universities,
and
• hospitals.
• Usually can be either
private or public funding. Hospitals building requires a
• Typical designs special knowledge of the activities
and/or specialization held inside tend to technically
complex in design and require
involved in the tight quality control during
construction construction.
 Infrastructural and Heavy
Construction Sector
• Construction in infrastructure and
heavy highway sector enables the
distribution of goods and people.
• Examples; roadways construction,
dams, bridge etc.)
• The projects are designed principally
by civil engineers and build by heavy
construction contractors who have
engineering backgrounds or support.
• Most of these types of projects have a
high level of complexity and normally
are publicly funded because they are
build to served the public’s needs.
 Industrial Construction
Sector
• Examples: steel mills, petroleum refineries, chemical
processing plants, and automobile production
facilities are defined by the production activities
within the facilities.
• The design and construction were depends on the
need of the process and production equipment.
• Mostly, these facilities are privately funded and also
can be from public fund which depends on the
respective country/nation.
• This sector was also required specialized in design
and construction due to its complexity and high
level of technology used for the production.
 Construction Team
OWNER

PROJECT

DESIGN MANAGEMENT CONSTRUCTION

(Design professional) (Construction Manager/ (Constructor)
General Contractor)

Architect Subcontractors

Engineers Suppliers
 Construction Team
• The construction team is headed by a
coordinating organization, often called a general
contractor, which takes the primary responsibility
for executing the building and signs a contract to
do so with the building user.
• The cost of the contract is usually an agreed
lump sum, although cost-plus-fee contracts are
sometimes used on large projects for which
construction begins before the contract
documents are complete and the building scope
is not fully defined.
 Building Construction
• Is a man-made structure used or intended for supporting or sheltering any use or
continuous occupancy.

• In general, building can be classified according to their usage namely;

• Agricultural buildings – barn, chicken house, green house, silo, and farm
house etc.
• Commercial buildings- bank, hotels, office buildings, restaurants,
supermarket etc.
• Residential Buildings – apartment blocks, condominium, dormitory, house
(bungalow, detached house, links house etc.)
• Educational buildings – collage, school, library, university, concert hall etc.
• Government buildings – City hall, embassy, fire station, parliament etc.
• Industrial buildings – factory, power plant, mill etc.
• Military buildings – barracks, castle, tower, defensive wall etc.
• Parking and storage – aircraft hanger, garage, storage silo, warehouse etc.
• Religious buildings – Mosque, pyramid, pagoda, temple etc.
• Transit stations – Airport terminal, bus station, metro etc.
• Other – stadium, marina, hospital, low energy building, triumphal arch, etc.
 Building Construction
• In fact, whatever it shapes and heights, every
building is composed of some common
elements:
– Foundations
– Floors
– Walls
– Roof
– Windows and doors
– Stairs and ramps
– Surface finishes
– Services
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