REACTION:

AS WE LEARNED IN ATTENDING SEMINARS CORRESPONDING TO CONSTRUCTION OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH (COSH), BASIC OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND
HEALTH (BOSH) AND LOSS CONTROL MANAGEMENT (LCM), EMPLOYEES/WORKERS HAVE A RIGHT TO A SAFE WORKPLACE. EVERYONE IN THE CONSTRUCTION
INDUSTRY KNOWS THAT THE WORK CAN BE DANGEROUS. UNDER THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT OF 1970 (OSHA), THEY PROVIDES RIGHTS TO
WORKERS, IT ALSO OBLIGATES EMPLOYERS TO PROVIDE PROPER AND SUFFICIENT TRAINING AND TO PERFORM TESTS TO DETERMINE IF THE WORKSITE IS
SAFE AND GIVES INFORMATION TO PREVENT WORKPLACE INJURIES AND FATALITIES.
A SAFE JOBSITE IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT RESPONSIBILITIES OF A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT MANAGER. ASIDE FROM THE OBVIOUS ETHICAL CONCERNS
OF KEEPING WORKERS INJURY-FREE, THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH AN UNSAFE WORKSITE. AS A MANAGER, YOU CAN MAKE A GENUINE
DIFFERENCE IN THIS LIFE-THREATENING WORK.
TODAY, THE PROCESS OF DESIGNING BUILDINGS IS DOMINATED BY COMPUTERS. SOFTWARE TOOLS USED IN THE DESIGN PHASE CAN AUTOMATE REPETITIVE
CALCULATION AND DRAWING TASKS, HELP FIND NEW DESIGN SOLUTIONS AND PROVIDE A HIGH DEGREE OF PRECISION. THIS OPTIMIZATION MAKES
THE DESIGN PROCESS FASTER, CLEARER AND MORE EFFECTIVE.
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF COMPUTER APPLICATION IN CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT WAS FOUND TO BE LARGELY LIABLE UPON THE COMMITMENT AND INVOLVEMENT
OF THE USER AS WELL AS THE QUALITY OF THE COMPUTER SYSTEM USED AND THE CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY COMPLEX DUE TO
RAPID IMPROVEMENT IN DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY.
THE USE OF COMPUTER APPLICATIONS IN CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE ANY CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY. THE CONSTRUCTION
INDUSTRY HAS UNDERGONE LARGE SCALE MECHANIZATION WITH RAPID CHANGES AND ADVANCEMENT IN CONSTRUCTION PRACTICES AS WELL AS IN THE
MANAGEMENT OF CONSTRUCTION WORK. THE TERM CONSTRUCTION IS NO LONGER LIMITED ONLY TO THE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY INVOLVING MEN, MATERIAL AND
MACHINERY BUT COVERS ENTIRE RANGE OF ACTIVITIES FROM CONCEPTION TO REALIZATION OF A CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.
CONSTRUCTION REPORTS ACT AS A LIVING RECORD OF THE PROJECT. THEY TELL THE FULL DETAILS OF THE DAY-TO-DAY PROGRESS ON SITE. DAILY
REPORTS HELP EVERYONE INVOLVED ON THE JOB UNDERSTAND THE PERFORMANCE, PROGRESS, AND PRODUCTIVITY OF A PROJECT.

SKIPPING THE DAILY CONSTRUCTION REPORT CAN POSE A NUMBER OF THREATS TO THE OVERALL SUCCESS OF YOUR PROJECT. YOU INCREASE YOUR RISK OF
SMALL ISSUES BECOMING LARGER ISSUES BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T SPOTTED OR DOCUMENTED EARLY ENOUGH. INEXCUSABLE DELAYS, SAFETY CONCERNS - ANY
NUMBER OF OTHER ISSUES CAN ARISE, AND IF LEFT UNATTENDED, THEY MIGHT FESTER.

ONE BENEFIT OF USING DAILY REPORTS IS TO IDENTIFY AND REDUCE PROJECT DELAYS. MOST UNSUCCESSFUL PROJECTS STRUGGLE BECAUSE THERE IS A
LACK OF COLLABORATION AND COMMUNICATION. DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THE PROJECT, THERE CAN BE NUMEROUS DIFFERENT LABOR CREWS AND
CONTRACTORS AND IT IS TOUGH TO MAINTAIN A CERTAIN LEVEL OF TRANSPARENCY. EVERYONE ON THE PROJECT SHOULD KNOW WHO IS ALSO ON THE PROJECT
AND WHAT THEIR ROLES ARE. WITHOUT DAILY PROGRESS REPORTS, YOU INCREASE THE RISK OF MISUNDERSTANDINGS, MISTAKES, AND ULTIMATELY DELAYS.
THROUGH PROPER DOCUMENTATION, YOU CAN HELP KEEP A PROJECT ON SCHEDULE BY IDENTIFYING ANY OF THESE DELAYS, ISSUES, OR RISKS THAT COULD
DERAIL THE TIMELINE.

NAME: INSTRUCTOR: RESEARCH TITLE: SHEET CONTENT:

TAMAYO, KARLO D. BSCE VC REACTION

PEREZ, QUEENIE D. BSCE VC
LOPEZ, MICHELLE MAE G. BSCE VC
ENGR. ROMEL N. VINGUA
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