FT Building Sur (THUR) '24-25 - Identify the factors which affect building costs by Brian Foy https://padlet.com/bfoy2020/fs1cl5jwagbmasu0 What resources are required on my construction project? en-us 2025-01-30 10:45:12 UTC 2025-02-13 09:58:57 UTC hello@padlet.com Labour bfoy2020 https://padlet.com/bfoy2020/fs1cl5jwagbmasu0/wish/3309663474

  • Location?

  • Weather?

  • Productivity?

  • Delays?

  • Overtime / bonus?

  • Accommodation?

  • Travel?

  • Subsistence?

  • Type of work?

  • Heritage skillsets?

  • Tool allowances?

  • H&S / PPE?

  • Site security?

  • Insurances?

  • Clothing allowances?

  • Training / tickets?

  • Welfare facilities?

  • Hourly rates?

  • Skillset?

  • Experience?

  • Holiday entitlements?

  • Size of the workforce?

  • Sickness?

  • Sub contracting

  • Agency staff?

  • Delivery issues?

    • ]]>     2025-01-30 11:38:45 UTC https://padlet.com/bfoy2020/fs1cl5jwagbmasu0/wish/3309663474     Materials bfoy2020 https://padlet.com/bfoy2020/fs1cl5jwagbmasu0/wish/3309663620

  • Quantity of materials?

  • Quality of materials?

  • Client's specification?

  • Higher spec / higher cost?

  • Location?

  • Deliveries?

  • Storage?

  • MMC / off site construction?

  • Imports? Taxes?

  • Bulk orders / discounts?

  • Sustainability?

  • Carbon footprint?

  • Damages?

  • Waste?

  • How the material is stored?

  • Poor workmanship?

  • Defective work?

  • Theft?

  • Inflation?

  • Just in time approach to construction?

    • ]]>     2025-01-30 11:38:55 UTC https://padlet.com/bfoy2020/fs1cl5jwagbmasu0/wish/3309663620     Plant / Machinery bfoy2020 https://padlet.com/bfoy2020/fs1cl5jwagbmasu0/wish/3309663924

  • Fuel?

  • Accessibility?

  • Breakdowns

  • Maintenance?

  • Hire / Buy plant?

  • Delays?

  • Down time?

  • Delivery / transportation?

  • Trained operators?

  • Banksman?

  • New plant more efficient?

  • Size of the plant?

  • Low emissions zones?

  • Infrastructure?

  • Reliability of range?

  • Pollutions / spill kits?

  • SEPA?

  • Oversailing with cranes? Requesting permits?


    • ]]>     2025-01-30 11:39:14 UTC https://padlet.com/bfoy2020/fs1cl5jwagbmasu0/wish/3309663924     Project or site specifics bfoy2020 https://padlet.com/bfoy2020/fs1cl5jwagbmasu0/wish/3309664319

  • Location Rural / urban / City

  • Infrastructure? Country less busy? City congestion?

  • city will have multiple routes to site? One ways systems bus lanes?

  • Temporary traffic management? Road closures?

  • Parking issues

  • Off peak deliveries / overnight deliveries??

  • More space for deliveries in country?

  • Temporary roads?

  • Utilities - Gas / electricity / water?

  • Temporary services required in rural areas

  • Issues with service strikes?

  • Uncharted services?

  • Hand excavation required?

  • New build / refurbishment of an existing building?

  • Listed building restrictions on how the work is undertaken?

  • Brownfield site / greenfield site?

  • Hazardous materials? Asbestos?

  • Existing works / buries obstructions?

  • Contamination?

  • Flooding issues / water table levels?

  • Proximity to rivers?

  • Noise restrictions in urban areas?

  • Wildlife considerations?

  • Conservation areas?

  • Historic finds?

  • WW2 bombs?


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