BSc (Hons) Construction Project Management and Quantity Surveying Construction Process Management Coursework Submission Deadline: Friday 4 th December 2915 16:00hrs This assessment contributes 50% of the marks for the above module 1. TASK This work is to be carried out individually, both tasks to be completed by all students. Part A and Part B have equal marks allocated. Part A: A development of 15 homes is to be carried out in Cuddington Cheshire. The houses form phase 1A of the development. The pdf “brochure” of the development provides detailed information about the project. See details in the appendix below and at URL: http://www.taylorwimpey.co.uk/newhomes/north+west/edengrange/layout/ You are to produce a production method statement for the construction of the 15 houses, forming Phase 1A of the development, see the appendix for details. The method statement should contain all construction process matters and should have a strong emphasis on health and safety, environmental concerns, waste management and innovative production processes. A cost for the houses is not required. The document should clearly explain how you propose to construct the development, including the choice of plant and equipment and levels of resource required. 2 The method statement should be in a written report form typical of current industry practice. It should be organised in a structured and logical manner, so that information can be readily located and accessed. Research should be carried out to ensure best production practices are used. The word count for the method statement should not exceed 4000 words. Part B: A production time schedule (programme) is needed for the development. Your work should include: a) A production time schedule using Microsoft Project 2010. Note that the schedule (programme) will be scrutinized as both a Gantt chart and a network, so that activity logic links and resource allocations can be examined. (MS Project 2010 is available on the university system, or can be obtained as a free trial copy from Microsoft) b) Resources needed to construct the 15 houses, resources should be labour, plant, major materials, management but not costs. The production schedule can be completed for individual houses or for blocks of houses. As a guide, approximately 50 trade activities per house can be assumed to give a good level of detail, with a complete programme consisting of approximately 65 – 200 activities, depending on approach. N.B. Your Part B submission should be a MS Project 2010 file (.mpp). The plot of land that the houses are to be built on has been cleared and remediated by others, therefore the work will not involve any soil/land movement/work, demolition or ground remediation. Your schedule should include roads and sewers and all mains services will be required. Concrete strip foundations will support masonry walls up to ground level. There will be a ground bearing concrete ground floor slab. A timber frame built in panels will include .

1. BSc (Hons) Construction Project Management and Quantity
Surveying Construction Process Management Coursework
Submission Deadline: Friday 4 th December 2915 16:00hrs This
assessment contributes 50% of the marks for the above module
1. TASK This work is to be carried out individually, both tasks
to be completed by all students. Part A and Part B have equal
marks allocated. Part A: A development of 15 homes is to be
carried out in Cuddington Cheshire. The houses form phase 1A
of the development. The pdf “brochure” of the development
provides detailed information about the project. See details in
the appendix below and at URL:
http://www.taylorwimpey.co.uk/newhomes/north+west/edengran
ge/layout/ You are to produce a production method statement
for the construction of the 15 houses, forming Phase 1A of the
development, see the appendix for details. The method
statement should contain all construction process matters and
should have a strong emphasis on health and safety,
environmental concerns, waste management and innovative
production processes. A cost for the houses is not required. The
document should clearly explain how you propose to construct
the development, including the choice of plant and equipment
and levels of resource required. 2 The method statement should
be in a written report form typical of current industry practice.
It should be organised in a structured and logical manner, so
that information can be readily located and accessed. Research
should be carried out to ensure best production practices are
used. The word count for the method statement should not
exceed 4000 words. Part B: A production time schedule
(programme) is needed for the development. Your work should
include: a) A production time schedule using Microsoft Project
2010. Note that the schedule (programme) will be scrutinized as
both a Gantt chart and a network, so that activity logic links and
resource allocations can be examined. (MS Project 2010 is
available on the university system, or can be obtained as a free
trial copy from Microsoft) b) Resources needed to construct the

2. 15 houses, resources should be labour, plant, major materials,
management but not costs. The production schedule can be
completed for individual houses or for blocks of houses. As a
guide, approximately 50 trade activities per house can be
assumed to give a good level of detail, with a complete
programme consisting of approximately 65 – 200 activities,
depending on approach. N.B. Your Part B submission should be
a MS Project 2010 file (.mpp). The plot of land that the houses
are to be built on has been cleared and remediated by others,
therefore the work will not involve any soil/land
movement/work, demolition or ground remediation. Your
schedule should include roads and sewers and all mains services
will be required. Concrete strip foundations will support
masonry walls up to ground level. There will be a ground
bearing concrete ground floor slab. A timber frame built in
panels will include the inner skin of the external wall, main
internal walls and the roof skeleton. The external skin will be
masonry, with either a facing brick or render finish. The roof
finish will be interlocking clay tiles on timber battens on
sarking felt. Internally all finishes are traditional with wall
finishes of water based paint on a plaster skim on plasterboard
sheets, fixed to timber framing by drywall screws. Assume that
the houses once complete, will be ready for occupation.
IMPORTANT NOTE The site is a live site and students MUST
NOT approach the site or the project team (designers, clients,
contractors) with requests for information or site visits. 3 2.
SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS FORMAT All submissions
should have a cover sheet identifying the module, the date and
the student’s name and roll number. All submissions shall
include a bibliography, listing the sources used in the
preparation of the report. LENGTH The word count for the
method statement should not exceed 4000 words excluding
references, bibliography, cover sheet or appendices (if any). If
more than 4000 words are included the assignment marks will
be awarded for the first 4000 words only. SUBMISSION This
assignment MUST be submitted electronically through

3. Turnitin® Further information and support for students using
Turnitin can be found here:
http://www.salford.ac.uk/library/help/blackboard-and-
collaborate 3. ASSESSMENT CRITERIA Method Statement
Technology (20%): The method statement should be well
presented and should cover all construction production aspects.
It should record how all the key tasks will be achieved and
reveal the overall site strategy, which will be used in producing
the programme (Part B). Processes and Policy (25%): The
method statement should have health and safety, environmental
aspects and innovation throughout to support best construction
practice. Reference to all relevant legislation should be
included. You may wish to identify site wide processes, rather
than include these items with every task method. Programme
and Resource analysis Programme (25%): The method statement
must support the programme and the programme should be
demonstrably formulated as a result of the method statement.
The network should show a logical flow of activities with an
appropriate critical path. The programme should be well
presented with clear descriptions; activities should be of
appropriate duration with all logic linked arrows in place
Resource Allocation (20%): All resources should be identified
and should be summarized, either on the programme or by
separate resource histograms. Every attempt should be made to
resolve resource conflict issues, whilst taking care to ensure
economy of use. 4 Presentation (10%) Including use of
language, clarity of expression, diagram and overall structure of
response. MARKING SCALE At Undergraduate Level 4, 5 and
6 the following marking scale shall be used: Outstanding 90% –
100% Excellent 80% – 89% Very good 70% – 79% Good 60% –
69% Fair 50% – 59% Adequate 40% – 49% Unsatisfactory 30%
– 39% Poor 20% – 29% Very poor 10% – 19% Extremely poor
0% – 9% LEARNING OUTCOMES ADDRESSED Knowledge
and Understanding On successful completion of the assignment
of construction processes and make appropriate selections for

4. construction activ
selections of, and practically apply, appropriate planning
and select construction resources appropriate for activities,
select suitable control techniques and have an understanding of
environmental considerations impact on construction projects.
Transferable/Key Skills and other attributes On successful
completion of the assignment a student will have had the
tasks into practical construction process
Prepare time-based schedules of tasks using a variety of
communicate planning outputs to others 5. RETURN &
FEEDBACK ARRANGEMENTS Coursework marks and
feedback will be available within 15 working days of your
submission and will be loaded into Blackboard. IMPORTANT
INFORMATION I. OBLIGATION TO KEEP COPIES OF ALL
WORK Students MUST keep a spare copy of all work which
they hand in as well as the receipt which is issued to them at the
time of submission. II. PROVISIONAL NATURE OF MARKS
& GRADES All marks and grades issued to students are
provisional until ratified by examination boards. III. LAST
DATE FOR SUBMISSIONS Submissions made after 16:00hrs
on the fourth working day following submission will be deemed
inadmissible and recorded as a non-submission. IV.
ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS If the submission document file
up-loaded to Blackboard is corrupt and cannot be viewed - This
is classed as a NON submission. It is the responsibility of the
student to ensure their submission material can be opened by
others. To ensure your submission can be opened please follow

5. this simple step: Go back to the submission area and the blue
button that was labelled Submit will now be a button labelled
View – select this button and what you see upon doing so will
be the file/format that your Lecturer can see. If you can open
and view the document then so can the lecturer. V. PENALTIES
FOR LATE SUBMISSION 6 Where coursework is submitted
late, the following penalties shall be applied to the mark: (a) if
the work is no more than four working days late, then five
marks shall be deducted for each working day (08:30-16:00
Mon- Thursday or part thereof) , but if the work would
otherwise pass then the mark for the work shall be reduced to
no lower than the pass mark for the component (b) if the work is
no more than four working days late and marked and the mark is
lower than the pass mark, then no penalty shall be applied; (c) if
the work is more than four working days late then it cannot be
submitted and shall be recorded as a non-submission (NS). VI.
ACADEMIC MISCONDUCT The University takes a serious
view of all acts of academic misconduct. Such acts are
considered dishonest and as attempts to gain unfair advantage.
Acts of academic misconduct can take many forms. They are
likely to fall into one or more of the following categories: a)
Plagiarism Plagiarism involves taking the work of another
person or source and using it as if it were one’s own. b) Self
plagiarism Self plagiarism (or double submission) is
resubmitting previously submitted work on one or more
occasions (without proper acknowledgement). This may take the
form of copying either the whole piece of work or part of it.
Normally credit will already have been given for this work. c)
Collusion Collusion occurs when, unless with official approval
(e.g. in the case of group projects), two or more students
consciously collaborate in the preparation and production of
work which is ultimately submitted by each in an identical, or
substantially similar, form and/or is represented by each to be
the product of his or her individual efforts. Collusion also
occurs where there is unauthorised co-operation between a
student and another person in the preparation and production of

6. work which is presented as the student’s own. d) Falsifying
experimental or other investigative results This could involve a
range of things that make it appear that information has been
collected by scientific investigation, the compilation of
questionnaire results etc whereas in reality it has been made up
or altered to provide a more favourable result. 7 e) Taking
unauthorised material (including electronic devices) into an
examination f) Contracting another to write a piece of assessed
work / Writing a piece of assessed work for another This
involves any means whereby a person does work on behalf of
another. It includes assessments done for someone else in full or
in part by a fellow student, a friend or family member. It
includes sitting an examination for someone else. It also covers
obtaining material from internet ‘cheat sites’ or other sources of
work. Penalties for this type of unfair means will normally
apply both to a student of the University who does work on
behalf of another and a student of the University who has work
done for him/her. g) Copying from, or communicating with,
another examination candidate during an examination h) Bribery
This involves giving money, gifts or any other advantage to an
academic member of staff which is intended to give an unfair
advantage in an assessment exercise. VII. Particular care should
be taken in respect of the following: a) Getting help from others
/ helping others Students are encouraged to discuss and share
ideas and information, however those who knowingly assist
others to commit academic misconduct whether or not for
payment (e.g. by giving another student the opportunity to copy
part or all of a piece of work, by providing copies of
assessments or by providing bespoke assignments to another
student) will be subject to the same penalties as those who use
unfair means. Students must ensure that they protect their own
work, submit it themselves and do not allow other students to
use their memory stick and/or print off work on their behalf. b)
Use of Readers/Note Takers Students with special learning
requirements who require the services of readers or note takers
are advised to use appropriately trained individuals. Further

7. advice can be obtained from the Disability Service Team within
Student Life Directorate.
http://www.advice.salford.ac.uk/disability c) Referencing
Students using work which has been produced by other people
within an assignment will need to ensure that they acknowledge
or reference the source of the work. Students should check with
their Schools for particular requirements. Marks may be
deducted for poor referencing. If poor referencing is extensive
throughout a piece of work it could appear that the student is
trying to claim credit 8 for the work and he/she may be deemed
to have committed plagiarism. Guidance on good referencing
practice is available from Schools or may be provided through
research training programmes, the Study Skills Programme
located in Student Life and on-line guidance provided by
Information & Learning Services. Some useful resources are:
http://www.advice.salford.ac.uk/ Penalties If satisfied that
unfair means has occurred, a penalty will be imposed on the
student. Penalties vary depending on whether the matter is
referred to the School Academic Misconduct Panel or the
University Disciplinary Committee and on the particular
circumstances. A range of penalties may be imposed including:
- A penalty of 0% for the assessment component attempted
using unfair means; - A penalty of 0% for the module affected
by unfair means; - A penalty of 0% for the module affected by
unfair means and the marks of all other modules at that
academic level being capped at the pass mark (40% for
undergraduates, 50% for post graduates). In the most severe
cases, where there are aggravating factors (e.g. that this is a
repeated case of the use of unfair means by a student at an
advanced stage in their studies), a student found guilty of using
unfair means may be permanently expelled from the University.
Further details of the Academic Misconduct procedure are
available from:
http://www.governance.salford.ac.uk/page/student_policies Pre-
submission checklist Before submitting your assessment; ask
yourself the following questions, just to be sure you’ve met all

8. referencing and bibliography so that my tutor knows where I
assignment within the word limit and/or stated my word count?