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The City & Guilds Textbook: Plumbing Book 1

First fix
The first fix comprises all the work required to take a building from foundation
to plastering and painting the internal surfaces. For a plumber, this includes the
installation of pipework in joists and in walls, and routed to the planned location
of appliances such as radiators, boiler and sinks.

Second fix
The second fix includes all the installation work required once the plastering
has finished, which means the appliances can then be connected to the first-fix
pipework and commissioned.

ACTIVITY Once a tender for a project has been attained, the next step is to devise an efficient
and timely way to execute the plan in order to complete the task. A simple bar
When on-site, ask to see progress chart will provide the essential information required to organise and
the bar chart to check
where your particular monitor the progress of each individual trade on-site. The plan will include start
work is located in the work and end dates, and even costs, for each section. The visual display will give a quick
programme. Identify the indication of the progress of a project and allow for changes to be made. Some
first- and second-fix stages trades, such as plumbing, will be involved in the first- and second-fix works of
of the plumbing team. an installation. If the job specification states that carpenters must cut notches in

joists for the pipework, then the plumbing team can begin the first fix when that is
completed. The job specification may also require that the carpenters insert battens
KEY TERM in the studwork in the wall to support appliances and radiators. Once the dry lining
Tender: to submit a price has been fitted and any finish to the surface applied, then the plumber could come
or quotation for a job or and complete the second fix, and testing and commissioning can follow. All of this
contract. information can be represented on a bar chart like the one shown in Figure 4.11.

Construction team 2014
JAN FEB MAR
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Ref Project Roles
SC 1 Sports Centre Carpenter 1 1
Plumber 1 1 1 2 2
Electrician 1 1 2
Plasterer
Painter
Key: 1 first fix, 2 second fix

p Figure 4.11 Excerpt from a simple bar progress chart

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