Construction Supervision

Construction Supervision

Author: Jerald L. Rounds

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2011-04-05

Total Pages: 469

ISBN-13: 047061496X

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This book covers all supervisory situations one is likely to encounter on a commercial, industrial, or institutional construction project. The book is based upon a very successful Electrical Project Supervision (EPS) training program developed by Rounds and Segner for the National Electrical Contractor?s Association and licensed to several organizations representing other construction sectors. This program has been delivered for over a decade and continues to be delivered to thousands of construction supervisors each year. The program content has consistently received outstanding reviews and evaluations in numerous different venues.


Construction Crew Supervision

Construction Crew Supervision

Author: Karl F. Schmid

Publisher: Momentum Press

Published: 2009-11

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 1606500775

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In this construction supervisor's pocket-sized manual, construction managers and field supervisors alike will find a concise tool kit of leadership skills to motivate and marshal workers onsite. It provides solid, common sense guidelines to preempt, use, and refer to, as problems arise-from unexpected work stoppages to getting better performance and productivity from all. It provides quality tools specifically intended for construction crew supervisors, who have one of the toughest leadership job of all: managing workers with a wide range of skills under difficult and sometimes dangerous work conditions. The accompanying glossary of common light construction terms and phrases will also be of immense help when one is faced with unfamiliar items and procedures on the job site. The book can also be used in the classroom as a useful adjunct to more traditional texts on construction management.


Improving Frontline Supervision in Industrial Construction

Improving Frontline Supervision in Industrial Construction

Author: Gurpreet Kaur

Publisher:

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13:

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Frontline supervisors (Foremen and General Foremen) are the first line of supervision and are an important link between the management and their construction crew (Uwakweh 2005). They play a significant role in maintaining production on industrial capital projects where along with directly motivating and supervising their crew, and are responsible for a myriad of imperative yet time-consuming tasks during a typical work day. While many studies acknowledge the role of frontline supervisors especially foremen in supervising their crew, construction foremen are known as the marginal men in the industry and are comparatively understudied. Considering their role in maintaining production on industrial construction projects, the Construction Industry Institute (CII) sponsored the research titled “RT330- Improving Frontline Supervision in Industrial Construction”. This research aimed to understand the role of frontline supervisors in Industrial construction. The efforts included identifying core competencies in productive frontline supervisors, defining an ideal productive day, identifying the effect of developmental training, analyzing the impediments to construction productivity as described by frontline supervisors, and recommending specific action items to the industry members including owners and contractors. The research team identifies this effort as monumental, considering the number of frontline supervisors in industrial projects and the significant difference that is achievable if the performance of each supervisor in these fast track and complex industrial construction projects is improved even minutely. It is important to note that the scope of this thesis and the research study is limited to only heavy and light industrial projects. However, the recommendations and call to action might be equally applicable to other construction including commercial and heavy civil/infrastructure construction projects. This thesis contains the results of the efforts of the CII sponsored Research Team RT330.


The Successful Construction Supervisor and Foreman

The Successful Construction Supervisor and Foreman

Author: Paul Netscher

Publisher: Independently Published

Published: 2019-03-22

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 9781794509092

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Construction is desperate for good, experienced, skilled and dedicated supervisors and foremen. Construction needs you. Being a construction supervisor or foreman is challenging, it's hard work, but it's also rewarding watching projects take shape under your watch. A supervisor's job is never boring - every day is different, each project is different, different locations and different people, all presenting new challenges.A construction foreman, foreperson or supervisor, supervises a work crew, or manages a section of work. They're at the coalface of every construction project - the critical link in the construction process. Good foremen and supervisors are essential to the success of every construction project and every construction company, indeed, they're invaluable. Yet, few managers and supervisors are prepared to mentor and train the next generation of supervisors and foremen. Most supervisors and foremen have years of experience on the tools, learning their trade, sometimes through apprenticeships, but mostly learning from others. These skills are focused on a particular trade or skill. But, being a supervisor is a different ballgame. Where before, as a trades-person they were doing the work themselves, now as supervisor they must organise and manage others doing the work.I'm a construction professional with 30 years of experience and the author of several acclaimed construction books, including: 'Successful Construction Project Management: The Practical Guide' and 'Construction Management: From Project Concept to Completion'. As a young engineer and later as project manager, I was fortunate to learn from many excellent supervisors and foremen. I wouldn't have achieved what I did without the foremen on my projects. They were the powerhouse on my construction projects, and I only had to steer the project to a successful conclusion. Now it's my turn to share my 30 years of construction experience and knowledge with construction supervisors and foremen. To explain why things are done in a certain way, why good paperwork is essential, but more importantly, to help supervisors and foremen become the very best.


What Every Supervisor Must Know about OSHA

What Every Supervisor Must Know about OSHA

Author: Joe Teeples

Publisher:

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 620

ISBN-13: 9780808014454

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What Every Supervisor Must Know About OSHA - Construction This book was designed for use by the OSHA Training Institute Education Centers as part of the curriculum for the OSHA 500 Train the Trainer program. It can be used to deliver OSHA 10 or 30 hour training as well. What Every Supervisor Must Know About OSHA provides managers, supervisors and safety personnel with tools and knowledge needed to ensure a safe and worksite. This single source book provides guidance for construction workers to ensure compliance with mandated Federal Regulations. OSHA can and does inspect companies on a regular and routine basis and levies fines for non-compliance. Accidents and OSHA penalties impact the bottom line of businesses. This book addresses how accidents affect the hidden costs of lost productivity, workers compensation expense and legal liabilities for managers. While OSHA rules and regulations are explained in this book, the emphasis is on accident prevention using established guidelines. Steps for organizations to comply with OSHA's regulations and Safety Committees are outlined in an easy to use format. Topics are outlined that ensure compliance with Federal rules in a "how to" manner. This manual has been field tested with agencies that sought a simple, no-nonsense approach to OSHA compliance. Included in the book: An overview of OSHA, how it works, how to read the regulations, penalties Detailed guidance on compliance issues such as -FOCUS Inspections and Multi-employer worksites -Health hazards in construction -Asbestos, Lead and Bloodborne Pathogens -Hazard Communication -Personal Protective Equipment and Respirators -Permit Required Space Entry -Welding -Electrical Safety -Stairs andLadders -Fall Protection -Scaffolding -Steel Erection -Cranes and material handling -Concrete and masonry -Fire Protection -Excavations -Hand and Power Tools -Demolition, Underground Construction and Blasting -Construction Training Requirements


Construction Supervisor Cal/OSHA Compliance Guide

Construction Supervisor Cal/OSHA Compliance Guide

Author: Mike Leuck

Publisher:

Published: 2013-06

Total Pages: 218

ISBN-13: 9781935914327

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The Guide summarizes selected construction safety standards from the California Code of Regulations. Included are over fifty major topics, hundreds of sub topics -- every page contains "need-to-know" information, presented in an easy to use format. Mike Leuck built the "Cal/OSHA Compliance Guide" from his years of walking the job with Construction Supervisors and reviewing hundreds of Agency publications. Bonus material includes guided access to www.oshatools.com safety publication toolbox. This Compliance Guide is intended to be a field reference for Supervisors and anyone else with safety responsibilities at a construction job site. The guide provides highlights of selected safety standards in each major subject heading within its scope and may also include best practices in safety and health.


Safety Under Construction

Safety Under Construction

Author: Scott Burr

Publisher:

Published: 2013-09-11

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 9781938282256

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Business, government agencies, and workers are all aware of safety today. In fact, safety is currently the single most acted-upon and yet routinely ignored issue in construction. Although safety-related activity is high, there's not much achievement. The result of this delusion (that activity equals achievement) is people are killed.