Commonalities of Construction

After visiting two construction sites on the VT campus we reported back the similarities and differences that we noticed between them. Similar things included the use of toe boards for safety consideration and fenced sites for security. Differences we noticed were between the completion of the two sites and the organization of the sites in general. When comparing these two sites with commonalities in mind we look past the noticeable similarities and differences on the sites to see that the same general practices of construction are being applied. Taking the difference in organization of the two sites, even though they are organized differently the construction practice of organizing and even laying material around the site is being used. The same practices are being applied in the fenced security for the sites, even though they are both identically fenced, in reality the thought that someone might break into the site to cause havoc was in the mind of both managers as the fence was placed.