ABSTRACT
The construction process includes all activities involved in bringing to fruition a construction project from its conception to its physical completion on the site. The planning of construction works is fraught with difficulties. The organisation will vary depending upon the nature of the works being constructed and the size of the project. A programme or schedule is developed by breaking down the work involved in a construction project into a series of operations which are shown in an ordered stage-by-stage representation. With a programme of work and the resource requirements for each activity having been determined, it is possible to monitor the construction work as it progresses. Each construction site is unique. The construction trades unions believe that incentive schemes tend to depress the basic rate of payment and it is said that some would welcome a higher basic rate linked to the discontinuance of incentive schemes.
