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16-Civ-B8 Management of Construction: December 2016

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  1. Question 1 Scheduling
  2. Question 2 Contract Administration
  3. Question 3 Project Control
  4. Question 4 Engineering Economics
  5. Question 5 Insurance
  6. Question 6 Estimating

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Paper format. 98-Civ-B8 Management of Construction, National Exams December 2016. Three hours, closed book, one approved calculator (Casio or Sharp). Six questions of equal value (20 marks each); any five constitute a complete paper and only the first five presented in the answer book are marked. All six are solved here, because the set is a study resource rather than an examination script.

Reference texts.

  • Halpin & Senior, Construction Management, 4th ed. — precedence networks with lags, bonding, project control.
  • Hendrickson, Project Management for Construction, 2nd ed. — scheduling, cost control, earned value, financing of constructed facilities.
  • Project Management Institute, A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide), 6th ed. — schedule and cost management, earned value.
  • Fraser et al., Global Engineering Economics, 5th Canadian ed. — present worth, deferred annuities, maximum justifiable investment.
  • Canadian Construction Documents Committee: CCDC 2 (stipulated price), CCDC 4 (unit price), CCDC 14 (design-build), CCDC 3 (cost-plus), CCDC 23 Guide to Calling Bids and Awarding Contracts; CCDC 220 / 221 / 222 bond forms.
  • Builders Lien Act (British Columbia, RSBC 1997 c. 45) and the provincial construction-lien / prompt-payment statutes; RSMeans Residential Square Foot Costs.