Site Organisation and Supervision (SOS)

1. Contractor's Preparation

2. Site Production

3. Control Process

4. Practical Examples

• What is Construction Management? (3:37) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pc40yA0eyZo
• How to Construct a Fishbone Diagram (9:21), http://youtu.be/AT4hdB3UcMk
• Site Organisation and Planning [videocassette 29 min.], Qi Training, Swindon, Wilts, 1990. [AV 690.11 S62  VHS]

• SOS examples: Optimal Tower Crane Locations, Company Structure, Organisation Patterns, Span of Control, Method Statement and Plant Scheudule, Pre-tender Programme, Ishikawa Diagrams [PDF]
  

• Kwakye, A. A., 1997. Construction Project Administration in Practice, Chp. 9, Longman, Harlow, Essex. [624.068 K98 c]
• Tang, S. L., et al., 2003. Modern Construction Project Management, 2nd ed., Chps. 6 and 9, Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. [624.068 M689][ebook]
• Chapter 6 Resource Management and Planning
• Chapter 9 Site Administration and Control
  

• Case Study: HKU Kadoorie Biological Sciences Building (the section on Site Planning)   http://civcal.media.hku.hk/biosci/default.htm
• Case Study: HKU Medical Complex (the section on Site Planning)  http://civcal.media.hku.hk/medical/default.htm
• Case Study: 2-storey Prefabricated Building at HKU (the section on Site Planning)  http://civcal.media.hku.hk/prefab/default.htm
• Ishikawa diagram - Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishikawa_diagram
• Method statement, http://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Method_statement
• Programme, http://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Programme