Diversity, Inclusion and Teamworking L1 Flashcards

1
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Benefit of Teams

A

Collaboration between teams on a project,
maximises its success.
It is important to be able to work with different teams, people and environments.
Team members should be selected and appointed based on relevant experience rather than anything else

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Roles; Client Team;

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Architect Architect (possibly interior / landscape architect),
M&E,
Civil and Structural Engineers,
Principal Designer,
Quantity Surveyor
Contract Admin / PM

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Contractor Team;

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Site Manager,
Contract Manager,
Design Coordinator,
Commercial Manager/QS

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Meetings; 1. Internal 2. External

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  1. Workload, Project Review.
  2. Site, Client, Progress meetings.
    Effective meetings resolve issues on projects.
    Good minute taking provides clarity on what has been agreed or disagreed and and action to be taken to resolve the issue.
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Teamwork;

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A group of individuals working together
to successfully deliver a key task or outcome.

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Strong Team;

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Good communication,
clear roles and responsibilities,
clear project scope
execution plan

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Benefits of a strong team;

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break down workload,
varied knowledge/opinions,
collaboration

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Inclusive communications,

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cc’ing on project
Project database
Sector meetings
Office intranet
UK intranet
Global intranet

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Formal communication processes within the team –

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Instruction under contract
Architect,
C&S,
M&E,
H&S,
Main Con. affected

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RACI (Responsible, accountable, consulted and informed) matrix –

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Being clear who is responsible and accountable for what.
Monthly progress meetings as a minimum enable all project parties to be informed of changes and give them an opportunity to advise on how their respective discipline may be impacted.

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Project Team Appointment;

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Phone call/meeting to discuss project requirements,
previous experience/CV,
request fee proposal,
gain 2+ additional quotes,
negotiate if required,
PI certificate,
appointment docs

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12
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Legislation on selecting project teams –

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Appropriate PI levels and
EL & PL cover

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Communicating with other team members;

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On UPS I worked on a traditional contract with a high level of change.
I worked with an immediate QS/PM team as well as AECOM design team and also had to regularly meet with the client and contractor to agree and report on change.

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Relationships with other team members –

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Always best have positive,
friendly relationships with other team members.
Be clear on what your responsibilities are on the projects well as team members.

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Collaborative working

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Wrexham project –
Main contractor having cashflow issues.
Could have created an adversarial relationship and been critical of their performance under the contract.
However, a collaborative / supportive approach was adopted as believed would lead to best outcome for all project stakeholders.

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16
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How partnering and collaborative working affected the team –

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Empowerment and
transparency by sharing issues with the project team

17
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Strategic alliance -

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e.g. Uber & Spotify (Complementary relationship with two companies not competing) e.g. Framework agreement – mutually beneficial for council and select consultants
e.g. Pain/Gain NEC option (risk shared between two parties)

18
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Supply chain management

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Advance payments by client entering into agreement between supplier, contractor and client.
Anticipating lead times,
advanced design to facilitate early decisions to enable material procurement.

19
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Equality

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Race Relations Act.
Sex Discrimination Act.
Disability Act.
Equal Pay Act.

20
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The importance and business value of diversity in a team

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Inclusive of population
e.g. no group are excluded
Demonstrates forward thinking and collaborative approach

21
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Internal diversity and inclusion polices

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People first policy;
Continually improve working environment to make everyone feel comfortable.
Faith rooms.
Level access.

22
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Non-discrimination or anti-harassment in the workplace

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Discrimination accusations can be anonymously submitted.
E.g. age,
race,
religion,
disability

23
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Knowledge of Unconscious bias (context of inclusion)

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Focus is on output of job role nothing else.
E.g. Working from home mum –
not essential to come into office if output is as required