Guidance of Construction Progress Report

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Construction progress report

Construction progress reportsare prepared regularly (often monthly) by the contract

administratorduring the construction phase and issued to the client. They will

generally be a summary of the reports received and discussions held at construction

progress meetings.

Construction progress reportsmay be a combination of minutes of construction

progress meetingsand reports received during those meetings, with key issues

highlighted in an accompanying cover note. Alternatively they may be a re-written

version of that information prepared specically to suit the client!sre"uirements.Construction progress reportsmight include#

A summary of the progress made in each key area of the pro$ect.

Analysis of progress against the programme

An e%planation of the causes of any delays.

&rogress photos.

Analysis of key performance indicators.

An assessment of any "uality issues.

'eather reports.

An assessment of any health and safetyissues.

eports of any issues with neighbours (such as noise, dust, vibrations, rights

of light, access, safety etc). eports abouto-site fabrication and o-site payments.

*arned value analysis.

An assessment of any design issues.

An assessment of any other issues that need to be addressed and proposals

for addressing them.

Any instructions re"uired from the client.

+ook ahead to the ne%t period (including specic re"uirements for progress

photos during the ne%t period, which may include o-site fabrication photos).

n construction managementpro$ects, the construction managerholds

regular construction progress meetingswith the clientand consultant team,

however they will also hold regularconstruction progress meetingswith trade

contractorsto discuss on and o-site progress against the programme and to co-

ordinate the release of information. t may sometimes be appropriate for these

meetings to take place at the trade contractor!s premises. Construction progress

reportswill then be prepared for the client.
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imilar reports may be prepared on management contractpro$ects in relation

to works contractorprogress.

Key performance indicators KPI

/ey performance indicatorscan be used to#

0onitor costs.

Track progress.

Assess clientsatisfaction.

dentify strengths 1 weaknesses.

Compare performance across and between pro$ects.

Assess specic areas of a pro$ect such as sustainability, safety, waste

management etc.

t is important that key performance indicatorsare identied in tender

documentationand that the regular provision of the information re"uired to

assess key performance indicatorsis a re"uirement of the contract. This may

re"uire the provision of sub-contractorinformation where performance on

specic packagesis to be monitored.

/ey performance indicatorsmay be of particular importance where

the contractstipulates that the contractorwill be rewarded or penalised based on

their performance relative to certain indicators.

*%amples of key performance indicatorsthat can be used on construction pro$ects

include#

Cost vs budget.

&ro$ect progress relative to milestones.

2umber of complaints.

2umber of incidents 3 accidents.

The number of working hours spent on dierent aspects of the works. The use of materials (for e%ample the amount of concretepoured).

The number of defects.

The amount of waste generated and the amount of recycling.

The number of variations.

/ey performance indicatorsare also a means to helpwith the rapid comprehension

of the current nancial position. /ey performance indicatorssummarise the
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comparison of gures against thebudgetedvalues and also industry benchmarks

that are published from the result of inter-rm comparison reports.

/&!s to track protability may include#

Turnover by director 3partner.

Turnover by fee earner. &rot by director3partner.

&rot by fee earner.

nly genuinely important performance indicators should be monitored so that it

does not simply become a time consuming paper e%ercise.

/ey performance indicatorscan also be used more broadly as part of a bench-

marking e%ercise to assess the performance of one pro$ect relative to another, to

assess businesses compared to others within the industry and to assess the

performance of the industry as a whole relative to the rest of the economy

Health and safety for building design and construction

To helpdevelop this article, click !*dit this article! above.

4uildings can present a great number of possible risks both in construction and

operation. There are many duties placed on those commissioning, designing,

constructing and operating buildings to control those risks.The legislation aecting health and safetyin design and constructionfalls under

the 5ealth and afetyat 'ork etc. Act through regulations that include#

The Construction (6esign and 0anagement) egulations.

The 4uilding egulations.

The 0anagement of 5ealth and afety at 'ork egulations.

The 'ork at 5eight egulations.

The +ifting perations and +ifting *"uipment egulations.

The Construction (5ead &rotection) egulations.

The 'orkplace (5ealth afety and 'elfare) egulations.

The 'ork in Compressed Air egulations. The &rovision and 7se of 'ork *"uipment egulations.

The 8as afety (nstallation and 7se) egulations.

The Control of ubstances 5a9ardous to 5ealthegulations (C55).

The 0anual 5andling perations egulations.

The Control of 2oise at 'ork egulations.

The Control of :ibration at 'ork egulations.

The Control of Asbestos egulations.
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5ealth and afety (Consultation with *mployees) egulations.

eporting of n$uries, 6iseases and 6angerous ccurrences egulations.

A full list is available in the appendices of 5* 5ealth and safety in construction,

although some of the regulations listed in the publication have since been revoked

following revisions to the The Construction (6esign and 0anagement) egulations in;


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Rights to light

ContentshideD

E ntroduction ; nterpretation ? 0easurement F bstruction @ ules of thumb G emedies = ecent considerations H Bind out more

H.E elated articles on 6esigning 4uildings 'iki H.; *%ternal references

ntroduction

The right to lightin the 7/goes back to general property law relating

to easementsthat date back to 'illiam :. The Ancient +ights +aw became

superseded by the EH?; &rescription Act. 24 n the 7A all such rights and laws

were abolished following the introduction of electric lighting.

Rights to lightgenerally become an issue when a new development, or proposed

development aects the access to light of an ad$oining property. Rights to lightalso

apply to obstructions caused by trees, hedges and so on, but there are no rights to

lightfor open ground.

Rights to lightcan be the result of !easements!, or can be Inuisance> issues#

&rivate nuisanceregulates interference with a persons right to en$oy land, or

some right in connection with that land. uch interference must be Iunreasonable>to constitute nuisance.2uisancecan be remedied by an

in$unction, abatementand 3 or damages.

An easementis a a right which a person has over land owned by someone

else. Aneasementcan be created by e%press grant (for e%ample it may be set out

in a conveyancedeed), by necessity (for e%ample if there is only one means of

access to a site) or by prescription (the act has been repeated for at least ; comfortable use and en$oyment of

a dwelling, or Iordinary>benecial useand occupation of other buildings.

The levels of acceptable light have not been ob$ectively "uantied and are instead

assessed on a case by case basis by the courts. 5owever, KsuJcient light according

to the ordinary notions of mankindL and Ktangible deprivation to a buildingL are

arguable e%pressions that have earned substantial feesto the legal and surveyingprofessions and given rise to specialists and e%pert witnessesin this eld.

0uch depends on#

The measurement of light.

&roof of its diminution.

The damage caused by obstruction.

0easurement

t is now relatively straight forward to measure, or model lighting levels on working

planes within buildings and to assess whether there is currently ade"uate light to

perform tasks such as reading, or whether there will be once a proposed

development is constructed.

2atural light to a building can be achieved in dierent forms and provide varying

light power#

kylights M capturing light from the higher sky :ertical window light M capturing light from the lower sky

6ormer light

+antern light

loping cove light

4orrowed light.
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8la9ingcan have variable translucency such as#

bscure glass

Tinted low emissivity glass

Brosted glass

Clear glass

'indows can be of dierent si9es, heights and "uantity and serve varying room

si9es with natural light. 8enerally the larger the area served by a window the more

value can be put on to the window.

bstruction

The obstruction of light between an internal space of the dominant property and the

sky by a servient property is generally caused either by either#

5eight of an oending structureand de facto its width.

r pro%imity and de facto its width.

The general law on easementdoes not allow a servient property to benet in value

at the e%pense of the dominant property if the latter has en$oyed uninterrupted

rights for twenty years or more.

ules of thumb

The !F@ degree rule!, which may be used to assess planning applicationsfor

developments impacting on windows, is not used to assess rights to light.

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The most likely remedy to a loss of a right to lightis an in$unction. Courts do not like

to awarddamagesin such cases, as this could be seen as a developerbeing able to

Ibuy> the rights of another. 5owever if damagesare awarded, they may be based

on#

The use and purpose (historical) of the rooms aected by the infringement.

The loss of natural light power over the aected by the obstruction.

The additional value to the property of the servient oender. This may be a

proportion of thedevelopersprots, where the proportion relates to the amount of

Noor space that thedevelopercould not have built if they had not infringed on

the right to lightof their neighbour.

Any loss of residual valueto the dominant property

The law and possible remedies surrounding rights to lightare not straight forward.

There are complications in relation to some Crown land, statutory bodiesand compulsory purchase, and under certain circumstances developerscan

obtain light obstruction notices. f it is possible that a development will

encounter rights to lightissues, a right to lightconsultantcan be appointed to give

e%pert advice.

n practice the dominant property by means of an interlocutory in$unction can hold

up a development for a very long time while it takes its case to court. Time is

money and the delay while the legal case goes through the courts, particularly if it

is appealed, can bring everything to a halt. o a negotiation takes place with the

dominant owner>s team having a pretty good idea of the value of the infringement

to the servient owner and a deal is done or the design is changed to step back any

light obstructing structures.

ecent considerations

A right to lightby prescription may be lost if a person submits to a loss of light for a

year before making a claim. This means that complaints should be made "uickly,

and repeated fre"uently to ensure that the right is not lost before a claim is made.

5owever, the recent case of 5/7/ (C5C) +td v 5eaney(;


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arned !alue for construction contracts

*arned value analysisis a techni"ue used to assess pro$ect progress by comparing

the amount and cost of work that was planned to have been done by a particular

stage with the amount that has actually been done and what it has actually cost.

This gives a good indication of how the pro$ect is progressing compared to what was

planned and enables forecasts to be made aboutthe eventual cost and time that will

be re"uired to complete the pro$ect.

Typically earned value analysisis carried out for each of the packagesthat make up

the pro$ect. Actual outputs are measured against planned outputs (often on a

weekly basis) using the units that individual companies use to price and measurework. This provides an opportunity to investigate discrepancies and take remedial

action where necessary. t also provides a fairly accurate insight into the

nancial wellbeingof packagecontractorsand provides early warning of a shortage

of resources or of an ineJcient use of resources.

The key is to measure actual resource against planned resource using the

production units by which estimates have been produced in order to price a tender.

This can be#

5ours worked per week.

2umber of workersper week. :olume of say concreteper week per person.

7nits %ed per week per person.

These items can be plotted weekly to alert the user to trends and allow them to

investigate causes. Burthermore it provides an overall general picture of

labour productivityfor each monitored operation.

Carrying out this sort of analysis re"uires that pro$ect planning is broken down

into packagesand that tender documentationis drafted to re"uire contractorsto

supply the information re"uired.
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