| dc.description | This project report presents the various aspects of construction management practice
undertaken by the Amal Construction Company (ACC), the author working as the Contractor’s
Design Team and Assistant Project Manager, along with other project participants during the
construction of the Inland Revenue Department office located in Area 1, Shacabka, Hargeisa
City, Somaliland. It provides insight into the project management knowledge and the process
of the execution of the project. | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | This report mainly gives an account of the procedures taken during design and implementation
including environmental and health requirements of the Construction of Inland Revenue
Department Office in Hargeisa, Somaliland. This project report entails the construction
methodology used and aspects of construction project management practice exercised by the
author while part of the contactors team during and later worked as project management
assistance during the construction of Inland Revenue Department Office in Hargeisa,
Somaliland. It further details contract administration during the execution stage and the
application of project management knowledge areas during project implementation. The
knowledge areas discussed at length include cost, quality, and time and communication
management. The construction methodology adopted by the contractor at every stage of the
works has also been discussed at length in this report. The substructure of this project was
designed to support 3 story building in the future. The superstructure of the masonry work
includes site clearance, leveling, setting out, Earthwork, excavation of the foundation walls and
column footings; construction of rubble stone foundation walls, column footings, neck
columns, ground beams, and the ground floor slab. The project involved the construction of
Inland Revenue Department Offices, although the substructure was designed to carry a 3 story
building but at the time the project scope was to build only the ground floor. Construction
projects involve a diversity of skills that comes from the diversity of professions, specialists,
and suppliers that are involved in the process from inception to end. Successful implementation
of a project can only be achieved with good project management practices in place. Failure to
have proper project management monitoring and control systems can easily result in poor
relationships, disputes, and cost overruns on a project. During the execution of this project as
the contractor’s team and project manager associate, many valuable findings were helpful as
regards project management. Some of which include but not limited to; organized and efficient
record-keeping was learned, this is because for every action taken as a site engineer, it had to
be supported in writing, payment for extra quantities. Materials with a long lead time and yet
on the critical path should be purchased way much ahead and lastly Information flow on a
project was determined how efficiently the contractor can meet his timelines. And variations
had to be backed up with records such as measurement sheets, written instructions, and the
like. | en_US |
