O.W.E.

ON
BUILDING
CONSTRUCTION
PRESENTED
BY:
TIASA MITRA,
MRIDULA GHOSH &
DIPANJAN SEN.
 INTRODUCTION
When building a house, ideally, the
weather will be perfect, all the materials
will arrive on time and intact, and the
trades people will be ready and on time.
Unfortunately this is a very rare occasion.
The weather could take a turn for the
worse, materials could be late or items
missing, the electrician could be held up
at another job, or any number of things
could go wrong. The point is that building
a house can be a chaotic event.
 OBJECTIVE
Reducing the environmental impact of the construction process
begins with managing necessary demolition responsibly. Many
materials can be salvaged for reuse or collected for recycling,
often by specialized waste receivers. These services can actually
save money for the contractor or owner, because transportation
costs and dumping fees are reduced and some items are worth
cash.

Protecting the site from undue damage to soils, vegetation and air
quality and preventing stormwater contamination during
excavation and construction is the second part of responsible
construction.

The third part is ensuring that construction waste is minimized,

recyclables are recovered and toxic releases on site are minimized.

The final part is ensuring that building occupants are protected

from construction-related health hazards during renovations, or
during first occupancy after completion.
 METHODOLOGY
At first we browsed the internet to get
the sites for building and construction.
We then collected the required
information for our project.
Then the slides were prepared on power
point.
The slides were then sorted accordingly.
 GET STARTED
1. Financing: Before we start anything we must talk with
our bank to make sure that we are able to get the money
needed to complete the house.
2. Plans: You could either find a suitable building lot and
then a plan to suit the lot, or if money is not a problem and
you have your heart set on a specific plan, first get your
plans and then a lot to suit the plan.
3. Subdivision: The developers often control many
aspects of what goes into their subdivision. You must
decide if their building scheme is within your budget and
lifestyle. Most subdivisions will have to approve of your
building plan before you may apply for a building permit.
4. Lot: Put an offer on the lot, subject to financing and in
certain subdivisions subject to the building scheme. 5.
Estimates: Get cost estimates from all the sub trades
needed to complete the job.
6. Financing: Arrange suitable financing.
7. Building permit: After your plan has been approved by
the developer of the subdivision take your plans and a Plot
Plan to City Hall for the building permit.
8. Getting Organized: While you are waiting for the
permit you have time to get organized
TEN STEPS TO A SUCCESSFUL
BUILDING PROJECT
1.TO BUILD: first we have to decide in our mind
to build or not to build. If to build then we have
to follow the steps.
2.BUILDING PROGRAM: Before a new building, a
building addition or a building remodel project
can be designed, the design requirements must
first be established and documented. The
document containing the detailed requirements
for the design is called the Building Program.
Building Program will include information such as
design criteria, area & space requirements,
relationship of spaces, equipment, site work,
budget and schedule requirements
3.SURVEY AND ANALYSIS OF EXISTING
CONDITION: if a building site has already been
selected then a site survey will be required.
4.PROJECT ADMINISTRATION AND
MANAGEMENT: good project administration &
management will be represented by a proactive
approach to communications and coordination
of engineering and other design professionals
during the design phase.
5.SITE DEVELOPMENT: Site Development
Planning and Site Utilization Studies can be a
critical element in the overall design of a
facility. On phased projects, for example, a
master plan may be required in order to
optimize the utilization of the site
6.DESIGNE:for a small project a single
designer or architect may have the ability
to complete the entire set of design &
construction but for a larger project it is
not possible.
7.NEGOTIATION FOR THE
CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT: after the
construction documents have been
prepared, and the authorities having
jurisdiction over the project have
approved the plans, the next step is to
hire a general contractor to construct the
project.
8.CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION: after
the construction contract has been
awarded to a general contractor, the
contract must be administered in order to
insure that it is constructed per the
contract documents.
9.POST CONTRACT SERVICES: after the
construction of a project, additional
facility-related services are often desired
by an owner. Services such as Operation
& Maintenance Program Review, Building
Commissioning, Record Drawing Services
and Warranty Review can add value to
the success of a building project.
10.SUPPLEMENTAL SERVICES:.
Supplemental Services are available to
meet special requirements of some
building projects. Tenant related services,
furnishings & equipment services, arts &
crafts procurement, graphic design,
renderings, scale model construction,
photography, life-cycle cost analysis and
energy studies are among the many
supplemental services that can be
provided to meet project requirements.
 ANALYSIS
Before we choose a plan, we should take into account
our lifestyle and our budget. It is very easy to go over
budget or choose a plan that looks ideal on paper, but
does not suit our family.
There are many design books on the market or we
could hire an architect or a home designer to design a
house for us.
We must make sure that we have enough copies of
our plan, 10 would be really nice. our building permit
will take 2 or 3 copies and we will probably have to
leave a plan at our place of lending. That leaves us
with 6 or 7 copies . Many of the sub traders need a
plan to price out their work, so we must make sure
we remember who has a plan and get it back when
they are finished with it.
Most subdivisions will require a set of plans.
 CONCLUSION
We would here by like to conclude that if
all the steps of construction are followed
from the very beginning to the end then
the whole work can be completed quite
easily avoiding all sorts of unfavorable
situations.