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Mr. Amaresh Prasad has published a Civil Engineering handbook titled “Hand Book of Project Management and Safety for Civil Engineers”
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Hand Book of Project Management and Safety for Civil Engineers
by Amaresh Prasad (2 reviews, add another)
Genre: Engineering
Language: English
Details: 88 pages, 5.5 inch x 8.5 inch size Price: Rs.175.00 + shipping
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(Amaresh Prasad)
Amaresh Prasad can be contacted at: amareshprasad2007@rediffmail.com
B. Tech. (Civil), MIE (India), CE (India)
Amaresh Prasad is Civil 1986 pass out from Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. He has more than 22 yrs Experience in Civil Infrastructures and Real Estate Projects. Currently he works as General Manager-Projects at Inspira Infrastructure Limited, Mumbai.
His bio-data is attached here Amaresh Prasad.pdf
He is currently located in Mumbai, Maharashtra (India) and works as General Manager-Projects for Real Estate, Infrastructures and SEZs (Special Economic Zones) with Inspira Infrastructure Ltd (IIL), Mumbai
About Hand Book of Project Management and Safety for Civil Engineers
Background:
* In view of globalization, it has now become unavoidable to re-structure the existing Project Management Practices to meet the challenges of world class standards for Construction Industry from Concept to Commissioning under Indian Circumstances.
* At the time of planning itself, it has to be ensured that the plans are implementable and easy for operation and maintenance meaning thereby user friendly.
* The difficulty anticipated during Implementation need be captured at the stage of Planning, so that it does not come as shock and surprise during Implementation and Schedule of the Project is also not affected adversely.
*Construction Industry involves use of large number of skilled and unskilled workers under the direct control of Construction Supervisors who are either Engineers or Non-Engineers with or without any structured on-job training.
* The skilled and Un-skilled workers are drawn from different regions with varying working capabilities and competence factors.
* The Workers frequently change the sector or field of working making it extremely difficult to extract required output from them.
* Construction Supervisors are the front liners who control and guide the workers, who use their hands to create wonders in Real Estate and Infrastructures.
* It is regretted to note that construction industry in our country had been an unorganized sector for years together without much focus on training and development needs of bottom level managers i. e. Construction Supervisors and Field Engineers on whose shoulders the Projects rest.
* Safety and Quality of structures depend largely on the skill and competence of Supervisors who are directly in contact with workers to guide and control them.
* Construction Supervision is generally done by Supervisors or Junior Engineers and overseers acting as Level-1 or Level-2 Supervisors depending upon the nature of task.
* Supervisors (both general and technical) involved in Construction Supervision are generally deprived off structured job training on quality, safety and schedule compliance. They are generally under pressure to give high priority to Schedules and other factors like Safety and Quality come subsequently in many cases.
Note:
* In view of above factors the systems designed for the Project should be understandable to bottom level Managers i. e. Supervisors who directly control the Workers.
* There is an urgent need to provide a set of handy tools to Civil Engineers and Project Professionals to enable them to refer in day to day activities of Project.
* All the necessary tools for Project have been compiled in the shape of Check List and being presented as Hand Book of Project Management and Safety for Civil Engineers.
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Book Review:
The Development of Construction Industry in India has witnessed many fold growth in the last decade, but the bottom level human resources involved in Construction Supervision and Project Management, have not been updated with requisite degree of structured job-training for skill development on Quality, Safety and Schedule Compliance.
Large pool of Bottom Level Managers has been in place in the Process of Project Management to cope up with the demand and there is no sufficient time left out for any knowledge updating, except for the recession in the last one year.
Attending professional courses in the institutions is also not practicable for majority of Project Professionals due to many unavoidable circumstances associated with Construction Industry including physical and commercial factors.
The Hand Book is the easiest and handy tool for them to refer and it has been created with sole purpose to improve the sense of technical vigilance.
* This Hand Book is a set of handy tools, which can be easily carried and used as a Diary by Civil Engineers and Project Professionals for their daily reference and guidance in Project Management.
* The contents of the Book are based upon practical experience in the construction field, which are generally encountered in day to day working but left out at the time of planning.
* The purpose of Hand Book is to create awareness among the Project Professionals who spend most of their time for Planning and Implementation at site.
* The book will help them refresh the activities and keep them mentally involved in the process of construction and they will be able to provide vital inputs in Planning and Engineering including Scheduling and Tendering.
* The Hand Book will also help knowledge sharing and preparedness within the Project Team and enable them to take right decisions in case of any urgent tasks or in case of Emergency.
* This Book will also help to maintain high standard of Quality and Safety at site which is not up to mark and requires a lot of efforts under present circumstances.
* The Hand Bank with set of Check Lists, is very much essential not only for successful planning and implementation of Project but also for smooth operation and maintenance of facilities after commissioning of the Project. Operation and Maintenance of Civil Engineering products is a challenging task in our country as being experienced on Public Road and ,therefore need to be addressed from the concept Stage of the Project.
* It involves active participation of team members at all levels, as it develops the sense of ownership for one and all involved in the process of Project Management.
* It helps taking appropriate action in advance so that there is no adverse impact on Cost and Schedule of the Project.
* It also helps to improve the mental horizon of people involved in planning and implementation process at a very early stage.
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