On Tuesday, April, 21st we were given the assignment of visiting the two construction projects on campus, the basketball facility and the new dorm. We were told to find some similarities and differences between the two sites. I think the motive behind this assignment was that most projects have basically the same tasks, but all companies have different ways of doing the same task. So the similarities between the sites were that:
-Both were in the same phase of their projects(finalizing the exteriors)
-Both were still using heavy equipment(B.B. used lifts while the dorm used heavy mixers for mortar)
-Both were using basically the same materials(hokie stone)
-Both had a couple small crews with two or three guys working on different jobs for the overall project
-Both had basic site utilization(gravel over entrance/exits, on site parking for workers)

Some Differences between the two sites are:
-The dorm had a lot of unused machinery laying around while the majority of the equipment at the B.B. were being utilized
-The sites obviously are going to be used for different purposes so they have different building requirements
-Heavy equipment was being used to lift materials up to workers at the B.B. while at the dorm materials were being cut up at the location they were being used
-The dorm still had a surveyor on site assisting the laborers putting hokie stone on the walls
-The dorm was overly populated and did not have much room for the workers to do their work(this could be a safety problem with too many people on scaffolding)