Construction Supervisor and the Phases of Construction project

The ultimate goal of a construction project is creation of a structure/service. Construction project usually passes through the following phases. 

1. Concept of the structure on the basis of the need felt by user 
2. Preliminary phase where feasibility of the project is established; alternatives are compared and final proposal is selected. 
3. Detailed surveys, design, drawings and estimates where the proposed structure is created on paper. 
4. Construction where the proposal created on paper is brought into reality through the field activity by using various resources. 

Supervision in the Construction phase is very important. Construction can be done by user/owner himself by creating suitable organisation or he can entrust the construction to a contractor. If the construction is done by the owner/user method known as departmental method of construction or in-house construction, the construction supervision will be done on behalf of the owner/user. When the construction is done through contractor supervision has to be done on behalf of both the owner who. is down as client and also on behalf of the contractor who actually constitute the construction agency. Thus supervision on behalf of constructional  agency whether it is the owner (in the case of departmental  method) or the contractor (in the case of contract method) is of vital importance and it generally follows a common pattern with a few variations due to different methods of execution. Supervision for the client (owner/consultant) and the supervision for contractor are discussed in the following paragraphs.