Identifying and Reporting on Construction Site Practice: A CCS Monitor's Guide

Part 1 Site Visit Preparation

You are required to identify a construction site that you can visit on foot and as part of your permitted daily exercise routine. Your role will be to act as a CCS monitor identifying good and bad practice on site and prepare a report in the same format as a CCS report.

In preparation for your site visit you should:

• Contact the site supervisor to advise that you will be observing and photographing the site. (n.b. this MUST be done only from publicly accessible observation points.
• Politely request information about the site be emailed to you if available.
• If possible, find out what activities will be taking place on site and obtain and read relevant Risk Assessments and Method Statements.
• Prepare a plan for your visit including a comprehensive checklist.
• Prepare a site-specific Risk Assessment for your site visit.

Part 2 Site Visit

• You must visit the site alone and, if requested to move by the police or other officials, you must do so promptly.
• You may wish to visit the site on numerous occasions focussing on different aspects or activities on each visit.
• You should photograph or video activities PROVIDING you have permission from the site manager. You should not photograph individuals without prior permission.
• If you are unable to physically visit the site, you can use Google Earth and online resources for your visit.

In the unlikely event you are permitted to enter a site you must obey all site safety rules, participate in relevant site inductions and wear all required PPE. You will be accompanied by qualified and nominated site staff and must always stay with your guide.

Part 3 (75%) Report

Individually you are required to submit a report (max 2,000 words, excluding graphics, photos, tables charts, appendices, etc.) on your site investigation. This report must include as Appendices the plan for the visit, checklist, and RA (Part 1), details of your site visit (Part 2), and your assessment of the five aspects of the CCS (see monitor’s checklist on CCS website)  

Deliverables:

All work must be your own ORIGINAL work or must be properly cited and referenced. For this assignment, a LOW similarity score is expected as the report will be entirely original with only minimal use of external published sources.

This assignment partially supports the understanding of Design, although some aspects of design might be included in the report.

This assignment supports the understanding of sustainability in terms of the CCS section:

“Protect the Environment”; Constructors should protect and enhance the environment:

Identifying, managing, and promoting environmental issues, Seeking sustainable solutions, and minimising waste, the carbon footprint, and resources, Minimising the impact of vibration, and air, light, and noise pollution, Protecting the ecology, the landscape, wildlife, vegetation, and water courses.

This assignment supports the understanding of sustainability in terms of the CCS section:

“Care about Safety”; Constructors should attain the highest levels of occupational health and safety performance by: Demonstrating positive practices and approaches which care for the safety of the public, visitors and the workforce during construction activity, Minimising security risks to neighbours, Having initiatives for continuous improvements for occupational health and safety, Embedding the right attitudes and behaviours that enhance occupational health and safety performance.

This assignment supports the understanding of Professionalism, Ethics, Diversity & Inclusion in terms of the CCS sections:

Care about Appearance: Constructors should ensure sites appear professional and well managed Ensuring that the external appearance of sites enhances the image of the industry. Being organised, clean and tidy. Enhancing the appearance of facilities, stored materials, vehicles and plant. Raising the image of the workforce by their appearance.

Part 2 Site Visit

Respect the Community: Constructors should give utmost consideration to their impact on neighbours and the public Informing, respecting and showing courtesy to those affected by the work. Minimising the impact of deliveries, parking, and work on the public highway. Contributing to and supporting the local community and economy. Working to create a positive and enduring impression and promoting the Code.

Value their Workforce: Constructors should provide a supportive and caring working environment Providing a workplace where everyone is respected, treated fairly, encouraged, and supported. Identifying personal development needs and promoting training. Caring for the health and wellbeing of the workforce. Providing and maintaining high standards of welfare.

This assignment is specifically designed to engage students with industry and consider issues that they will face in employment. This will be excellent preparation for interviews and employment.

Evidence of exceptional knowledge and understanding of the CCS, extensive use of research informed evidence, exceptional evaluation and analysis, exceptional communication, organisation, and presentation, near perfect referencing and coverage, exceptional demonstration of graduate employability and application of skills.

Evidence of excellent knowledge and understanding of the CCS, considerable use of research informed evidence, excellent evaluation and analysis, highly professional communication, organisation and presentation, excellent referencing and coverage, excellent demonstration of graduate employability and application of skills.

Evidence of very good knowledge and understanding of the CCS, very good use of research informed evidence, very good evaluation and analysis, professional communication, organisation and presentation, very good referencing and coverage, very good demonstration of graduate employability and application of skills.

Evidence of good knowledge and understanding of the CCS, good use of research informed evidence, good evaluation and analysis, reasonable communication, organisation and presentation, good referencing and coverage, good demonstration of graduate employability and application of skills.

Evidence of basic knowledge and understanding of the CCS, basic use of research informed evidence, satisfactory evaluation and analysis, satisfactory communication, organisation and presentation, satisfactory referencing and coverage, satisfactory demonstration of graduate employability and application of skills.

Little evidence of knowledge and understanding of the CCS, little use of research informed evidence, inadequate evaluation and analysis, unsatisfactory communication, organisation and presentation, unsatisfactory referencing and coverage, unsatisfactory demonstration of graduate employability and application of skills.

Little or no evidence of knowledge and understanding of the CCS, little or no use of research informed evidence, very poor evaluation and analysis, very poor communication, organisation and presentation, little or no referencing and coverage, little or no demonstration of graduate employability and application of skills.