Paper format. National Exams, December 2013 — 98-Civ-B8 Management of Construction (the paper now catalogued as 16-Civ-B8). Three hours, closed book; one of two approved calculator models permitted. Six questions of equal value (20 marks each); the rubric states that any five constitute a complete paper and that only the first five presented in the answer book will be marked. All six are worked here, because this set is a study resource rather than an exam script. The paper splits three calculative questions (scheduling, engineering economics, estimating) against three descriptive ones (claims, project control, safety).
Reference texts.
- Hendrickson, C. and Au, T., Project Management for Construction, 2nd ed. — Ch. 5 (cost estimation), Ch. 10 (fundamental scheduling procedures and resource constraints), Ch. 12 (cost control, monitoring and accounting).
- Halpin, D. W. and Senior, B. A., Construction Management, 4th ed., Wiley — precedence diagramming, resource levelling, unit-price estimating, project control.
- Project Management Institute, A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide) — §6 Schedule Management, §7.4 Control Costs (earned value).
- Fraser, N. M. et al., Global Engineering Economics: Financial Decision Making for Engineers, Canadian ed., Pearson — Ch. 4–5 (present worth, annual worth, unequal lives and the repeatability assumption).
- Canadian Construction Documents Committee, CCDC 2 — Stipulated Price Contract, Part 8 (dispute resolution), and the Society of Construction Law Delay and Disruption Protocol, 2nd ed.
- WorkSafeBC, Occupational Health and Safety Regulation — Part 11 (fall protection), Part 18 (traffic control), Part 20 (construction, excavation and demolition); Transportation Association of Canada, Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Canada; CSA Z96 (high-visibility apparel) and CSA Z1000 (OH&S management).
