The Process of Erection or Assembly of Any or On A Site.: Building Infrastructure
The Process of Erection or Assembly of Any or On A Site.: Building Infrastructure
The Process of Erection or Assembly of Any or On A Site.: Building Infrastructure
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Construction Definition
- Construction is the process of preparing and forming buildings and building systems. Construction
starts with planning, design, and financing and continues until the structure is ready for occupancy.
Types of Construction
- means the erection, alteration, repair, dismantling, demolition, structural maintenance, painting,
moving, land clearing, earth moving, grading, excavation, the laying of pipe and conduit whether above
or below ground level, concreting, and the structural installation of construction components and
materials in any form, and includes any associated or related work on property used solely for
residential or seasonal residential use.
- That work which is governed by the terms of this Agreement and is not otherwise defined as Industrial
Construction herein, shall be deemed to be Commercial/Institutional Construction. Construction services
teams that specialize in this type of work build everything from hospitals and elementary schools to
athletic facilities and university buildings.
- is offices and other tenant fit-outs with the exception of retail stores and restaurants. This includes
financial institutions, but mainly the offices and non-public services. Institutional is private and public
institutions - schools, recreation centers, community centers, fire and life safety, jails.
- any structure that fulfills a role related to healthcare, education, recreation, or public works.
- The third type of construction is specialized industrial construction which entails building structures
that require a high level of specialization as well as technical skills in planning, construction, and design.
Typically, this type of construction is carried out by for-profit or industrial corporations. For instance, a
chemical industry can build oil refineries, and power generation industry can build structures nuclear
power plants and hydroelectric power plants, which are examples of specialized industrial constructions.
- means any constriction where the principal de signed function of the structure or project is or will be
the manufacture, processing or assembling of goods or materials.
4. Infrastructure and Heavy Construction
- Construction projects that are not properly classified as either "building", "highway", or "residential".
Projects within the heavy classification are distinguished on the basis of their particular project
characteristics, like complex engineering and industrial nature, and separate wage determination. Ex.
Dams. Ports, Bridges, & Roads.
Importance of Construction
- Construction is the most pervasive factor in our Life. There is no aspect of human
life and civilization, upon which the construction does not have a profound influence,
not only spanning physical spaces but also spanning hearts, by bringing people
together in their social, cultural, political, recreational, and economic endeavors.
It envelops a very large canvas of human activities, from huts to skyscrapers, from
cart routes to super-express highways, from culverts to multi-span multilane flyovers,
from village shops to supermarkets and large industrial complexes, refineries and
fertilizer's plants, from observation posts in the high Himalayas to off-shore drilling
platforms in deep seas.
2. Impact on Economy