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Table 4 Activities, requirements
Activities, aids
(A) Administration & management
activities, aids
(Af) Administration, organization
(Ag) Communications
(Ah) Preparation of documentation
(Ai) Public relations, publicity
(Aj) Controls, procedures
(Ak) Organizations
(Am) Personnel roles
(An) Education
(Ao) Research, development
(Ap) Standardization, rationalization
(Aq) Testing, evaluating
(A1) Organizing offices, projects
(A2) Financing, accounting
(A3) Designing, physical planning
(A4) Cost planning, cost control,
tenders, contracts
(A5) Production planning, progress
control
(A6) Buying, delivery
(A7) Inspection, quality control
(A8) Handing over, feedback,
appraisal
(A9) Other activities, arbitration,
insurance
(B) Construction plant, tools
(B1) Protection plant
(B2) Temporary (non-protective)
works
(B3) Transport plant
(B4) Manufacture, screening,
storage plant
(B5) Treatment plant
(B6) Placing, pavement, compaction
plant
(B7) Hand tools
(B8) Ancillary plants
(B9) Other construction plant, tools
(C)
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(D) Construction operations
(D1) Protecting
(D2) Cleaning, preparing
(D3) Transport, lifting
(D4) Forming, cutting, shaping,
fitting
(D5) Treatment, drilling, boring
(D6) Placing, laying & applying
(D7) Making good, repairing
(D8) Cleaning up
(D9) Other construction operations
Requirements, properties
(E) Composition
(F) Shape, size
(G) Appearance
(H) Context, environment
(J) Mechanics
(K) Fire, explosion
(L) Matter
(M) Heat, cold
(N) Light, dark
(P) Sound, quiet
(Q) Electricity, magnetism,
radiation
(R) Energy, side effects,
compatability, durability
(S)
(T) Application
(U) Users resources
(V) Working factors
(W) Operation, maintenance
factors
(X) Change, movement, stability
factors
(Y) Economic, commercial factors
(Z) Peripheral subjects:
presentation, time, space
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