1. Relationship between risk assessment and method statement A risk is the likelihood of a substance, activity or process to cause harm.

Risk (or, strictly, the level of risk) is also linked to the severity of its consequences. A risk can be reduced and the hazard controlled by good management. Risk Assessments are a fundamental requirement in construction. The purpose of risk assessment is an essential part of the planning stage of any health and safety management system to: Identify the potential hazards in work activities decide on priorities of different types of risks Set objectives for eliminating hazards and reducing risks. Make sure that no-one (e.g. employer, employee, third parties) gets hurt or becomes ill as a result of work activities. comply with legal statutory duty Qualitative risk assessment is to measure the risk by relating the probability of the risk occurring to the possible severity of the risk as well. Risk assessment process consists of 1. Dividing the work into manageable categories 2. Looking all the hazards associated with the work categories 3. Evaluating the risks 4. Preparing a plan for controlling the risks 5. Reviewing and revise the assessment Method statement is a document developed and prepared by employer for their staff and contractors before performing the work tasks where dangers might be potentially associated. The method statements are to be prepared and developed for safety work operation in construction projects. It consists of the details of certain tasks which are to be carried out with control of potential risks which may arise in the workplace while performing. Therefore, the risk assessment in a pre-tool to develop methods of carrying out a task eliminating possible risks associated. Thus, the relationship between the risk assessment and the method statement is that once the risks are identified through a formal risk assessment, they should be incorporated in a method statement to minimize the effects of the occurrence of such risks.

2. If you are the project manager of the redevelopment of a two story building. The project has been delayed due to unforeseen adverse effects due to rain in December. Describe the procedure of reprogramming to accelerate the project in order to complete the project on time.
First the current situation of the project has to be quantitatively analyzed to assess the amount of work carries out and the amount of work left. For this purpose, the initial WBS, Network diagrams and the Gantt charts can be incorporated. This will give a clear idea about the extent of the work has to be done. The process of the acceleration should consist thereafter; Asses the occurrences of the reasons of the delays in the future and review the time frame and the practical possibilities of external effects that could further delays in the rest of the time period. Recall WBS and analyze each tasks to be completed and possibilities of crashing of these tasks. Note that some tasks cannot be crashed. Assess the costs associated with crashing and additional resources. This may include additional sub contracts to be awarded to achieve the time tasks. Get the approval for the cost off-shoot. Need a careful assessment of the risks and hazards and modify the method statements to minimize the risks and their occurrence Re-plan the whole project and determine the new critical paths and the critical tasks which would affect further delays and priorities them in the execution. Draw Gantt charts and network diagrams Set milestones and the mechanism to assure the milestones. Revising the sub-contractor conditions and getting necessary approvals Finalize the paperwork and launch the project

3. Describe a structured approach to the review. Evaluation and selection of project planning software for the use on the project Project planning software are used for easy planning, execution and monitoring a project with enhanced completion criteria, which would be the achievements of time cost and performance targets. Following are considered as the key aspects of review, evaluate and selection of project management software The features and functions of the software in covering for the all the major aspects of the project, especially the resource and time planning. This is very important aspect in the process of evaluation a software as the manual involvement has to be minimum to assure productivity

The user-friendliness of the software is another aspect as the users are many and their skill and knowledge levels are different, so the software has to be very much straightforward in use, requirement of less training and less familiarization is an advantage The cost is another aspect to be considered as it is affecting the project or the organizational budget. However, many of the current software do not associated with huge cost components. One concern here is number of licensing and renewal fees as this software usually require upgrade. Another special requirement is the customization and compatibility. Sometimes, the software has to be linked or integrated to the existing database and other operating systems and software. The format and the methods of presentation of the output is also a concern. Many of the existing software give good presentation options, any views and the tools of changing or customizing them Legal conditions associated with the use of the software are also to be reviewed. In addition, the privacy and security of information also to be considered. At the end the most important is the suitability the accuracy of the outcomes tell how good the software is. The accuracy of the outcome is directly affecting the project management process.

4. Describe the types of report information that could be provided from the software for use during the meeting There are many types of software outputs that can be used in meetings. The use of these may depend on the audience the nature of the meeting. Following are some of these report information which are commonly used. o Tables- tables are used as a convenient and concise way of integrating information from different sources and domains. These tables include resource usage, list of tasks, resource availability, and different field related to activities as well as any such information in project planning o Graphs- They can be of different types, bar charts, pie charts, histograms or even scatter plots. These give a great visual knowledge and easy to interpret information using. Such a plot can represent, may be pages or pages written data. However, the accuracy and the sensitivity is a concern. o Network diagrams: This is a very specific and a much more analytical/visual tool in project management. This can present information in time-cost planning. o Gantt Chart- This is a typical tool and a special version of the bar charts used in project planning. This may be used to check the progress and the set and recall minestrones of projects.

5. As a senior project planner, describe your strategy in programming the whole development to ascertain the completion date and to monitor progress and cash flow. In this scenario, it is vital to recall the essentials of a construction project and the tasks ahead of the planner. These are the time, cost and the scope. Usually, the time and the sot and always quantitative and the scope can be qualitative too. There are many qualitative management tools used in the planning of construction projects. Tis could be done with the use of software and manual planning tools. It would be ok to separate the requirement of as follows, 1. Monitor progress 2. Cash flow In this case, the standard planning and monitoring tools can be recommended which include, network charts, Gantt charts, many other planning methods. Progress can be measured by adapting to Setting up details for each and every task, including prerequisites, duration, completion criteria, critical and non-critical etc. This will enable an effective schedule Set the project priorities in resource allocation etc. to get the best possible schedule, the time schedule and the resource schedule has to be done in parallel. Setting milestones and monitoring milestones would be another part of a the strategy to achieve the completion Based on the project charted and agreement, it is required to set achievable deadlines an targets Identifying sub-contractors, their capabilities and sub-contractor agreements is a must. Crashing and the possibilities of such crashing of tasks have to be preplanned because crashing may be used in project to minimize delays or make the projects accelerated. Cash flow and adapting to resource managements. Optimization of resource usage could be achieved by identifying the right resource and accruing the resource at the right time. If required, resource leveling could be done and is a nice way of getting the resources optimized. Use of financial tools and strategies, basically the methods of accounting and cash flow is essential. Net Present Value (NPV) of all the expenses is desires to get the possible break-even. Adding depreciation to the account would be another strategy to minimize surprises in releasing the resources. In addition, cash flow has to be managed and always to be compared with the Gant and the network. Baseline curves(S-curve) also to be used in this case to validate the planning process during the execution.