ABSTRACT
The construction industry includes building, civil engineering and process plant engineering, but the demarcation between these areas is blurred. It includes planning, regulation, design, manufacture, installation and maintenance of buildings and other structures. Construction work includes a wide variety of activities, depending on the size and type of projects undertaken and the professional and trade skills required. Projects can vary from work worth a few hundred pounds to major schemes costing several million pounds; and some in excess of a billion pounds. While the principles of execution are similar, the scale, complexity and intricacy can vary enormously. The larger the project the more specialist will be those involved at every level.
