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Mohammad Shariq Planning Engineer, Al Shafar General Contracting LLC
 
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In the growing construction Industry the need of Quality construction is becoming one of the basic necessity. Again most of the Construction groups are outsourcing the whole construction activity, resulting in a question mark on the quality of construction.  so to keep the quality of your construction intact there is a strong option of keeping a third party body who will perform a Technical check on the activities performed by the people involved in construction.   This enables the Constructor to keep check on the activities performed/ executed by the contractor or by his own people. Third party body being a unbiased ( as it is not from company)  can give a valid feedback in the interest of...
rakeshbhatnagar  |  Commented  |  2 years ago
During construction project leader must be quality cautious.Moreover if possible two Engineers of senior level must be deputed for quality checking alongwith the project leader.A strict supervison will be able to controll the quality.This is being...
Mohammad Shariq  |  Commented  |  2 years ago
Construction projects are divided in two major phases, planning and designing and execution. In the design process generally two parties are involved, the client and the consultant, and in the execution phase three parties are involved, as per old...
Panduang Ramesh Tathele- Sunny  |  Commented  |  2 years ago
Pragya I appreciate your views. But when u talk about full time Supervisor on construction site, there is always a chance that he gets involved with the people on site. takes things for granted ( say for example when the contractor asks him to...
 
 
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Makrand Bhave  |  Argues in support of  "Yes"  |  2 years ago
One mans geese is anothers GANDER... REVERSE BRAIN DRAIN!! One mans Geese is anothers TURKEY... BRAIN DRAIN!! Unemployemnt will increase in terms of local talent giving way to overseas experienced talent! Otherwise i really do not think that...
Mohammad Shariq  |  Argues in support of  |  2 years ago
I dont think that the reverse brain drain will affect the job hunters currently in India. The job hunters, if freshers will not be affected as the reverse is for experienced people. The experienced will not be affected adversely due to one simple...
manjari jha  |  Argues in support of  "No"  |  2 years ago
I feel that rapid development of our economy has created opportunities galore and has thus resulted in reverse brain drain. As quoted by the 'Financial Express'a growing tide of 32,000 britons have already returned for a booming career. And with...
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Prasad PN  |  Argues in support of  "No"  |  2 years ago
Industries are not moving out of Cities. More and more industries are coming to cities like  Chennai and Hyderabad. With no infrastructure to backup the expansion, Chennai is very poor in terms of quality of drinking water. Must be the worst in...
Mohammad Shariq  |  Argues in support of  |  2 years ago
The projects are classified as Greenfield or Brownfield projects. Brownfield projects have been executed successfully in other countries and India should as well follow considering the ever increasing demand due to increasing population. Its just the...
Anjali Bhatia  |  Argues in support of  "No"  |  2 years ago
The problem is neither with cities nor with industries. The problem is with the government. The government has neglected the "TRUE INDIA", its rural sector so much that rural industry and farmers are gaining nothing of their production and are...
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Kandavel Raja  |  Argues in support of  "No"  |  1 year ago
Its surprising for me that Mr. Venkatesh from L&T is opposing the outsource in construction, where L&T is a biggest contract company in INDIA. Naturally Outsourcing may definitely affect the flow of works since the purpose of the builder & the...
Mohammad Shariq  |  Argues in support of  |  2 years ago
I believe involving specific parties for specific jobs will bring in a lot more experience to the team and this will help the project. Although the parties should not be so much (in terms of numbers) that co-ordinating among them becomes an issue....
Devinder Pal Singh  |  Argues in support of  "Yes"  |  2 years ago
Outsource depends on many things like project size,construction period,expertisation of activity,overhead expenses,quality control etc.
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1 End corruption in Road building
2 Free Repair under warranty period
ujjval jain  |  Supported idea  "INDIA NEEDS ENGINEERS WITH MORAL VALUES AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBALITIES ."  |  1 year ago
People with moral values seems to be the most scare,,,as the present scenario tells,,,,really we need such people...a lot of them!
Mohammad Shariq  |  Supported idea  |  2 years ago
I feel the same as Mr. Basab has said. The specs are already there and its the matter of strictly implementing them on ground. Compare the specs for roads with other tropical countries and you will find ours to be quite comparable to others but still...
Kumbakonam S Venkataraman  |  Supported idea  "End corruption in Road building"  |  2 years ago
All other things including technical capabilities are abundantly available. I saw a road in the Nilgiris district recently and I was told that L T formed it with five years warranty. It did not appear that the road would need any repairs in the...
 
 
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1 Knowledge, Skills, Tools and techniques to Project activities to meet requiremts
2 Carefully planned and organized effort to accomplish a specific (and usually) one-time effort
JAGADEESAN S  |  Added idea  "All the above"  |  1 year ago
Absolutely agree with Mr.Kumara Swamy
Mohammad Shariq  |  Supported idea  |  3 years ago
I agree
Srinivas S.Mantrala, PMP  |  Supported idea  "Knowledge, Skills, Tools and techniques to Project activities to meet requiremts"  |  3 years ago
I would like to Know as to How many Construction Companies in India are following the PMBOK and who are they. This is for Information sake. I shall be thankful to U if U can share this information.
 
 
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PUGHALENDHI .R.  |  Answered  |  2 years ago
Now a days, the project management industry is the fast growing sector in any projects. There are lot of software tools could find the solutions for the projects. My preferences is for the MS-PROJECT PRIMAVERA TOOLS are the currently involved...
Mohammad Shariq  |  Answered  |  3 years ago
Primavera Accurate, easy to make changes, easy convertability with other tools like excel/spreadsheet etc, easy and effective reporting
M NITIN SHENOY, PMP, IPMA-D, CEng MICE  |  Answered  |  3 years ago
Customized Spreadsheet ( say MS Excel Templates)  based on Top Management, Client and Project Specific Requirement is developed through continous learning and adaptation, is predominantly used for any PM Data/ Information representation and...
 
 
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1 MS Projects
2 MS Projects with Server
Mohammad Shariq  |  Added idea  "Primavera"  |  3 years ago
Most widely used, accurate and easy interface with other tools like excel, ms project etc
Angyan P. Jagathnarayanan  |  Supported idea  "MS Projects with Server"  |  3 years ago
Call it EPM and Hope all have atleast seen a DEMO. It is PM tool of the future.
Prakash Saitwal  |  Supported idea  "MS Projects"  |  3 years ago
According to me, MS Project is an effective tool for effective monitoring, project cost monitoring, inter-active among project team and user friendly
 
 
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PM Tools & Techniques...!!! 
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 Mere Experience in Projects ...!!!
P.Srinivasa Rao  |  Argues in support of  "PM Tools & Techniques...!!!"  |  1 year ago
During execution experience helps rather than tools/techniques.
Mohammad Shariq  |  Argues in support of  |  3 years ago
A mix of both is required for a project to be on target, within budget and of desired quality. Project management tools are employed to keep a track and help in identifying if any of the parameters have a chance of missing the target at a very ealry...
SRINIVAS CHADA  |  Argues in support of  "PM Tools & Techniques...!!!"  |  3 years ago
Project Management Tools are absolutley necessary . With the help of this those who have " Analytic ability and Reasoning " can take corrective actions and make necessary decisions . As is always said a Project Manager needn't necessarily be a...
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QUANTITY SURVEYOR (SMART WORKER) 
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 PROJECT MANAGER (HARD WORKER)
Mohammed Ali  |  Argues in support of  "QUANTITY SURVEYOR (SMART WORKER)"  |  2 years ago
Quantity Surveyor - Manages Handles Data in a Project What an unprofessional perception of the role of Quantity Sureveyor that too from a person who proclaims himself as Project Manager. Won't the above description fits in for the Document...
Mohammad Shariq  |  Argues in support of  |  3 years ago
sorry guys for writing on the other side as well. I dont know what has happened to the construction professionals in India. last time i took part in a debate related to Planning Engineer and someone wrote something about responsibility as...
Yogendra Singh Chauhan  |  Argues in support of  "PROJECT MANAGER (HARD WORKER)"  |  3 years ago
Project Manager and Quantity Surveyor ----- No Comparision..... Project Manager is leader and Quantity Surveyor is support staff ..... Quantity Surveyor compiles the data in accordance with specifications, drawings and contract..... Quantity...
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