The case study is a 'hands-on' simulation of construction site activities. Undertaken by 2nd year undergraduate students in construction courses at the University of Abertay Dundee and involves building a full-scale reinforced concrete framed structure comprising column bases columns and connecting suspended beam. Students develop an awareness of the management and craft skills necessary to organise and execute the construction of a complete small structure accurately safely and within the target time. Students undertake various management/engineering and craft roles such as: health and safety teamwork site management communications planning and programming setting out materials ordering measurement of works costing formwork construction steel fixing scaffolding concreting and stripping formwork.
