On Tuesday in class we went over Construction Commonalities. The consensus in class was that common similarities in projects include but are not limited to: the layout of the site and how it is utilized (parking, structures, trash, material storage, etc.), materials used in the project, equipment bot active and idle, labor, temporary buildings/trailers, and building mock ups. Included in this realm is also site fencing, temporary plumbing and water, permits, and state of completion. Most of these are self explanatory; however, mock ups, are small sections of a wall or structure that the builders use as a guide to show what the completed production should look like with all of its components visible to them.

For Our lab assignment on Tuesday we had to go out to two facilities and find their commonalities and differences. The two sites were the new Basketball Practice Facility, and the New Residence Hall West. As for their similarities I found that both sites are fenced off, are around the same stage of completion, both had idle and active machinery, workers working on both the outside and inside, construction trailers, material piles, site superintendents, and on site parking for their workers. The differences were quite obvious, the New Residence Wall West site was poorly organized with equipment, trash, and parts laying everywhere while the Basketball Practice Facility was far better organized and had everything neatly laid out. Parking was scattered for the Residence Hall Project, and open trenches were filled with water around the building. Workers at the Residence Hall seemed to either be on break or completely lost and were just standing around. The Residence Hall is covered in Hokie Stone while the Basketball Facility in concrete and decorative stone.