VITAL STEPS IN SUCCESSFUL CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS (PART 1)
Why Contractors always being hunted whether can or cannot they successfully completed a construction project? There is one reason why they always being hunted by the issue.
First of all, regardless whether it new contractor or experienced contractor, the common mistake that they repeatedly do is failure to properly plan. The question is why? The number one issue is usually contractors are so obsessive to have as much job as they can. It is because in construction business, generally the more jobs the contractor has, the more income it mean to them. Hence, when such logical was to be taken for granted it often hidden other vital item from the contractor to make proper planning.
Let us elaborate more on the logical of the statement "More jobs the contractor have means more income to them". The statement is true in the sense that each and every project a contractor can secure, there had been estimation on how much the profit the will make. However estimation on the profit alone does not mean that a construction project will be successfully completed as stipulated in the contract agreement.
That is where Construction or Project Planning taken place.
Bellow are few steps that contractor need to be consider before they bid for a project.
- The contractor current work Load,
- Available cash flow or financial status,
- Available plant, machinery and equipment,
- Available competent staff,
- Knowledge on site condition prior to participating in a particular tender.
All though, all the five (5) listed factor is merely at the finger tips of the contractor knowledge but it always being neglected when there are to obsessive to win a tender.
The next step in construction or project planning that becomes the heart of Construction is Work Program.
What is work program? In brief, a work program is a list of task or job that needs to be done in order to successfully complete a construction. In a work program, normally it will show the information as when to start and to finish. It also carried out the information of dependency between tasks to task. On the resources part it will show what and how many manpower, equipment, plant and machinery needed for a particular task to be successfully completed as required. With a work program, a contractor will be able to see how much the construction cost (for Labors, Equipments, Machinery and Plants) he has to pay for.
For all construction related contractor, Engineers, Architect and any construction personnel, the information above is merely a guide from my own experienced. It does not intend to mislead anyone but if it does, I do apologies.
