SHS1 Applied Technology · Semester 1 Week 10: Pre-construction Activities

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: 1.2.1.LI.3 - Identify the Professionals involved in building construction project

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Identify at least eight different professionals involved in a building construction project and state their professional titles.
Distinguish between stakeholders and professionals in a construction project, giving at least two examples of each.
Explain the specific area of expertise or responsibility of each identified professional.
Match each professional to the phase of the project (design, planning, or execution) where their input is most critical.
Work collaboratively in mixed-ability groups to produce a complete list of construction professionals and justify why each one is necessary on a typical project.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Building Construction Technology (Strand 2)
Sub-strand: Pre-construction Activities (2.1)
Content standard: 1.2.1.CS.1 - 1.2.1.CS.1 Demonstrate Knowledge and understanding of the roles and responsibilities of various Building construction Personnel. 1.2.1.LO.1 Demonstrate Knowledge of Human resource requirements in Building construction. 1.2.1.LO.2 Analyse mobilisation and determine the schedule of works involved in site preparation.eg clearing, hoarding, provision of services, establishing temporal structures and roads for mobilization to complete.
Indicator: 1.2.1.LI.3 - Identify the Professionals involved in building construction project
Suggested placement: Semester 1, Week 10 (Week 10 of the year)
Our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order across three terms of twelve weeks. NaCCA does not fix the week, so follow your school's scheme of learning.
Curriculum reference: NaCCA curriculum document, p. 37

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Collaboration
- Through structured grouping (GESI) ask learners to outline the Professionals involved in building construction project. This method is to ensure effective participation and learning by different categories of learners including Approaching Proficiency, the Proficient and the Highly Proficient.
- Through Mixed-Ability grouping ask learners to explain the Professionals involved in building Construction Projects.

Assessment (1.2.1.AS.3). The document marks these depth-of-knowledge levels for this indicator: Level 2 Skills of conceptual understanding; Level 3 Strategic reasoning.

Teaching and Learning Materials:
- Surfing on the Internet Learners will find;
- the difference between Stakeholders and Professionals involved in construction projects and roles played by Stakeholders and Professionals in the procurement of construction projects.
- Surfing on the Internet to find the reasons for mobilisation for different projects at different sites.
- The use of simulation (virtual) to illustrate Site preparations and Hoarding of Site.
- The use of Flip Charts with Site Lay-Out Plans to indicate the locations of the temporal structures, Equipment Services and Welfare Facilities.