CON101 Communication in the Construction Industry Assessment 1 | OP

CON101: Communication in the construction industry – Assessment 1 

Learning outcomes

This assignment assesses the following learning outcome:

• LO1: Describe roles and responsibilities within the construction industry.

Instructions

• This assignment consists of two tasks. Submit your answer in one document.
• Create a header with your name, student number and assignment number, and number your pages.
• Write the name and number of the task you are answering.

Submission

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Assessment Scenario for Task 1

Your company often has new clients who are confused about who will be involved in their project, and what their responsibilities are.

Your boss has asked you to prepare a document that will help new clients understand the roles and responsibilities of different stakeholders in the construction industry within a traditional procurement model. 

Task 1: Roles and responsibilities within the construction industry 

Prepare a report for new clients that clearly communicates and demonstrates the roles and responsibilities of the listed stakeholders (see below) within a traditional procurement model.

Your report should be in a Word document and set out in a standard report format, but it should include visual aids, such as flow charts, where appropriate to illustrate the connections between the roles and responsibilities.

You are encouraged to research outside the teaching material to provide an in-depth report for new clients. But make sure your document is clear and concise so it’s useful for new clients.

You must describe the roles and responsibilities of each of the following stakeholders:  

1. Client
2. Designer  
3. Main Contractor 
4. Sub-Contractors 
5. Consultants 
6. Suppliers 
7. Regulatory Bodies.

Assessment Task 2:

Roles and responsibilities in action Read the case study about the building of the Rutherford Regional Science and Innovation Centre (RRSIC) at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, then complete the following:

a) List the names of the following stakeholders in the RRSIC building project: 
i. Client 
ii. Designer 
iii. Main contractor 
iv. Sub-contractors or suppliers v. Consultants.

b) The design team in the RRSIC project described it as a ‘collegial effort’ where the team’s willingness to solve issues together was ‘central to overcoming the many challenges the job threw at them.’ (Steel Construction New Zealand, 2017).

Describe three other examples from the RRSIC case study which show stakeholders working well together on this project. State the stakeholders involved and how they collaborated to produce a good outcome. 

LO1: Describe roles and responsibilities within the construction industry

TASK 1:

Create a document for new clients that clearly communicates and demonstrates the roles and responsibilities of key stakeholders within a traditional procurement model.

Task 2

Task 2b

Describe three examples of stakeholders working well together on the RRSIC project.

Sub-total 2b: ___ / 15

TOTAL TASK 2: ___ / 20

TOTAL MARK FOR AS1: ___ / 100