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Considering the situation described in Example 6.1, how should the superintendent manage the delivery of construction materials during the finish phases of the project?
Considering the situation described in Example 6.1, how would you select a location to erect the tower crane that is needed to support erection of the building structure?
A contractor has been awarded a contract for the construction of a public high school. One of the contract requirements is that at least 30 percent of the contract value must be awarded to minority-owned subcontractors and suppliers. What risk does this contract provision present to the general
What are the benefits of using off-site construction techniques?
What is pull planning, and why is it used for preconstruction planning?
What is an SWPPP, and why is it an important preconstruction planning tool?
What is an issue-resolution system, and why is it a critical component of partnering?
Why is the partnering charter a critical document in developing and maintaining a partnering relationship?
Who do you recommend participate in the initial partnering workshop?
Why was the process of partnering developed?
Assume that you are the project manager on a project that has both union and non-union subcontractors. You are concerned that the glaziers’ union might go on strike during the construction of your project. What action would you take to minimize the effect of a disruption that would occur if the
One of the early steps in the development of a jobsite layout plan is analysis of existing jobsite conditions. What information should be determined during this step?
What is a risk register, and how is it used?
You are a project manager on a project seeking LEED gold certification. What measures would you take to minimize construction waste on the project?
You have been asked to conduct a value engineering study to determine the most cost-effective type of window system for a hospital project. What functions would you consider essential in your analysis, and what cost data would you consider in conducting the study?
Describe how the construction system proposed by Mary Smith in Example 5 provides cost, schedule, quality, and safety advantages both during and after construction.
You are the project manager for the construction of a high-rise office building and are providing preconstruction services for the project owner. The project design is in the schematic design phase. The project owner has asked you for a recommendation regarding whether the building structure should
You are the project manager for the renovation of an historic hotel downtown in a major city.You are engaged in providing preconstruction services to the owner and have been asked to conduct an analysis of the existing site conditions. What information do you want to determine from your site
What is the LEED building assessment system?
What is meant by the term life-cycle cost when conducting value engineering studies?
What type of cost estimates are prepared during schematic design?
How are 4D building information models used for preconstruction planning?
What is meant by virtual design and construction?
What is the difference between constructability analysis and value engineering?
What is target value design, and how might it be implemented during preconstruction?
How are building information models used for design review?
How are building information models used for constructability analysis?
What design activities take place during schematic design?
What are five services that a project owner may require of the general contractor in a preconstruction services contract?
Why might a project owner be interested in executing a preconstruction services contract with the general contractor selected to construct a project?
Regarding Example 4 from this chapter: (a) Why did the structural engineer of record not incorporate a plan for access to the high bay space on the design documents, and (b) other than the solution this superintendent provided, what other creative methods would you propose?
(a) Why should the schedule be included as a contract document in the prime agreement, and(b) why should the GC’s PM include the prime contract schedule as an exhibit in all subcontract agreements?
Explain the differences (or similarities) between schedule status, schedule update, and schedule revision.
Utilizing the detailed schedule on the website, develop a schedule unique to the plumbing contractor. Include work of other trades as it affects the plumber’s work.
Develop a short-interval schedule for the construction of the foundation work for the NanoEngineering Building. Identify the activities and logic and estimate reasonable durations for the activities.
How is an as-built schedule developed, and when should it be developed?
When is it appropriate to revise the schedule?
How does the 80–20 rule apply to developing schedules?
When does day one of the contract schedule occur?
Should a cash flow curve always be a perfect bell-shaped curve?
Why do PMs resist developing cash flow curves?
Are schedules contract documents?
Who indicates progress on the schedule? When should it be done?
What is the difference between updating the schedule and using it to monitor progress?
Who should develop a three-week schedule and why them?
What is the difference between a bar chart schedule and a network diagram schedule?
Which members of the construction team input to the project plan?
What is the difference between scheduling and planning?
How did the estimator in Example 3 err? Could the estimator be held liable to his client for the budget shortfall?
In addition to the data shown in Figure 3.9 summary estimate, what other detail would a construction-savvy client look for from a contractor on a completely open-book project? If you were the client, list your top ten items.
Complete and expand the WBS shown in Figure 3.4 for the NanoEngineering Building, or another case study project to (a) the second level and then (b) the third level.
Complete and expand the project item list shown in Figure 3.3 for the NanoEngineering Building. Items that require decision regarding self-performed or subcontractor work should be noted. Use whatever assumptions necessary.
Using Figure 3.2 and the organization chart in Figure 1.8 from Chapter 1 , develop an estimating assignment list for each team member, including due dates. Include a “check person” for each major deliverable.
What is an acceptable jobsite general conditions percentage range? Should straight percentage calculations be used in developing an estimate?
If an estimator is certain of receiving at least one or two subcontract bids on bid day, why should they bother with estimating that area of work themselves?
What is the 80–20 rule, and how does it apply to estimating concrete formwork?
What is wrong with using unit prices from published references for material and subcontract items of work?
Why is it important that the first conceptual estimate developed by a contractor be somewhat accurate?
What are two sources for labor productivity rates?
What is the difference between jobsite general conditions and home office indirect costs?
When is a construction schedule developed in the estimating process and why?
How does an estimator develop the WBS for a project?
What is the difference between a conceptual cost estimate and a detailed cost estimate?
What risks does a contractor face when bidding on a construction project located in a city in which they have never had a previous project?
Calculate a contractor’s cost for performance and labor and material payment bonds using the rate schedule shown in Table 2.3 for a construction project that has an estimated cost of $25 million. What is the resultant bond fee as a percentage of the estimated construction cost?
What criteria might an owner use when negotiating a lump sum contract for the construction of a shopping complex that he or she desires to be completed prior to the start of the Christmas shopping season?
What information might an owner require contractors to submit for the owner’s review during the prequalification process if the owner wants to identify the best-qualified contractors for negotiating a design-build contract for the construction of a major manufacturing plant?
What requirements might be included in the special conditions of a contract for the construction of a major addition to a functional hospital in a major metropolitan area? What impacts would these requirements have on the scheduled completion and cost of the project?
What contractor’s risk is covered by worker’s compensation insurance?
What contractor’s risk is covered by builder’s risk insurance?
On what basis is the successful contractor selected in a negotiated method of contract procurement?
On what basis is the successful contractor selected in a bid method of contract procurement?
What is the difference between the bid and the negotiated methods of contract procurement?
What is the difference between a lump sum and a unit price contract?
What type of construction materials are covered in division 09 of the technical specifications of a construction contract?
What type of construction materials are covered in division 03 of the technical specifications of a construction contract?
What is the difference between a contract addendum and a contract change order?
What types of information would you find in each of the following contract documents:Agreement, General Conditions, Special Conditions, Technical Specifications, and/or Contract drawings?
Capital Construction received the contract for the construction of a new high school. During the bidding process, they received six quotations for the mechanical scope of work. Five of the quotations were from mechanical subcontractors who had received solicitations, but the sixth quotation was
Describe the advantages and disadvantages of the traditional project delivery method versus the construction manager-at-risk project delivery method.
Describe the advantages and disadvantages of the project management organization shown in Figure 1.7as compared with the organization shown in Figure 1.8 .
Develop an organization chart for a project management organization to manage the construction of a $20 million office complex that is to be completed within one year.
What is overbilling, and why is it considered to be unethical?
What is bid shopping, and why is it considered to be unethical behavior?
Why is it important that the project manager establish the ethical culture for the management team and lead by example?
What are the major duties of the project engineer?
How do the responsibilities of the project manager differ from those of the project superintendent?
What is the difference between the design-build project delivery method and the integrated project delivery method?
What is the difference between the construction manager-at-risk and the design-build project delivery methods?
What is the difference between the traditional and the agency construction project management delivery methods?
What are the major phases of a construction project, and what occurs during each phase?
What are five critical project attributes that the project manager must integrate?
Assume the Exercise 1 project will take five days to install. What will your crew size be? What equipment is necessary, and how much will that cost? What other items might the estimator add to this work package so that the foreman has a complete estimate and bill of materials? Expand the Exercise 1
Other than the tradeoff for less excavation and backfill versus the shoring box rental for Exercise 7, what are some additional complications and potential costs an estimator might consider for a slope cut of this magnitude?Data from exercise 7The contractor installing the sewer pipe in Figures
In Table 18.1 we stated that not all of the contingencies were additive. Why not? Add together the high-end range of each type of contingency.Table 18.1What is the total percentage? What would happen to a project’s pro forma (look ahead to Chapter 23) if an owner includes this cumulative amount?
Of all of the markups discussed in this chapter, which one would not be considered a cost of the work?
Provide another example for each of our contingency categories.
Prepare a spreadsheet comparing the various markups included on the book’s three case study projects. What similarities and differences exist? Is one more accurate than another?
The estimate summary form is organized into five general sections. What does each section represent?
Determine the percentages of the pre-bid day total that are attributable to the direct work versus that from subcontractors from our case study. Use the direct work after the addition of the labor burden. How might these percentages be useful as a guide on similar estimates?

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