Award Application Questions
Scope
Briefly outline the scope of works of your contract i.e., What are the physical boundaries, what is your work responsibility etc.
1. Technical Difficulty - 10 marks
Describe whether any special skills were required, and whether any abnormal conditions were encountered during the contract that required special techniques to be developed.
2. Project Management and Methodology - 20 marks
Describe the methodology adopted to undertake this project. Include the management structure, policies, practices, and financial systems used to provide effective control for this project.
Copies of the various generic management, project, environment and safety plans are not required but evidence of how these plans are applied specifically to the project should be included.
Where subcontractors are involved also advise number of subcontractors, their roles and management practices used.
3. Innovation - 10 marks
Marks will be allocated for innovative construction methods, techniques, management and design that provided an advantage to the contractor and/or the client.
4. Client Satisfaction - 10 marks
Please provide letters or references from clients to show the level of satisfaction. The judges may also make enquiries with the client, developer, neighbours etc.
5. Safety - 10 marks
To enable assessment of safety management, including traffic management, please include evidence of how site specific safety management plans, toolbox meetings, hazard ID, accident registers etc. have been used. Failure to include evidence will mean no marks can be scored. Do not include blank forms. Include a summary of:
- Number of hours worked by staff both on submitted entry and annual total for business.
- Number of accidents notified to Worksafe NZ, number of other accidents/incidents or near misses both on submitted entry and annual total for business.
- Accident ratio for last 12 months (use ratio of serious harm accidents per 100,000 hours), and variance from previous year.
- Staff involvement in HSE policy, training procedures, etc.
6. Project and Company Profile - 10 marks
The visibility of the project will be considered when reviewing the affect of the project on the public, neighbours, special interest groups etc. Include evidence of how the contractor worked to minimise such affects on the public.
Please include your brief Company Profile here too.
7. Quality of Work - 15 marks
Final quality of workmanship will be assessed from the submission, and if possible or necessary, from on-site inspections of the project during construction and when completed.
8. Environmental Matters - 10 marks
Describe both the project and business practice’s affects on the environment, risks and challenges faced, and their mitigation strategies. Provide evidence of any Environmental Management Plan and its implementation.