1. Specific features of the act of building
Professionals in the construction sector share characteristics that set them apart from other sectors.
Each project to be built or renovated is a unique product, which means it's always different and subject to a competitive bidding process.
The company's production system must not only adapt to the results of invitations to tender, but also manage, for each site, the many contingencies linked to the client's programming, architectural and organizational choices, work planning, geographical location, and local geological and climatic conditions. Permanent adaptation of the production system is necessary, and its flexibility is a guarantee of efficiency.
The highly variable nature of construction sites and workstations, with the activity taking place on the structure under construction,...
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1. Features
Construction sales account for roughly one-twelfth of gross domestic product.
In 2003, sales in France amounted to 127.2 billion euros: 97.9 billion euros for the building industry, 29.3 billion euros for public works. Within this total, maintenance work accounted for almost half of building activity and almost a third of public works activity (source: DAEI).
With a workforce...
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Standardization
French Standards Association (AFNOR)
- Marchés privés. Cahiers types. Cahier des clauses administratives générales applicables aux travaux de bâtiment faisant l'objet de marchés privés - NF P 03-001 - déc. 2000
Organizations
FFB French Building Federation
FNTP Fédération nationale des travaux publics
CAPEB Confédération de l'artisanat et des petites entreprises du bâtiment (Confederation of building trades...
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