Paper format. 16-Civ-B8 Management of Construction, National Exams December 2017. 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 this set is a study resource rather than an examination script.
Reference texts.
- Halpin & Senior, Construction Management, 4th ed. — precedence networks, project control, bonding and insurance.
- Hendrickson, Project Management for Construction, 2nd ed. — scheduling, cost control, earned value and percent-complete reporting.
- Peurifoy, Schexnayder, Shapira & Schmitt, Construction Planning, Equipment and Methods, 9th ed. — crew productivity and unit-price estimating.
- R.S. Means, Building Construction Cost Data — the unit-price line format used in Question 3, including the bare-cost and O&P columns.
- Fraser, Jewkes, Bernhardt & Tajima, Global Engineering Economics, 5th Canadian ed. — present worth, annual worth and the comparison of alternatives with unequal lives.
- Canadian Construction Documents Committee: CCDC 2 Stipulated Price Contract (Part 6 changes and delay, Part 8 dispute resolution), CCDC 40 Rules for Mediation and Arbitration, and the CCDC 220/221/222 bond forms.
- Society of Construction Law, Delay and Disruption Protocol, 2nd ed.; AACE International RP 29R-03, Forensic Schedule Analysis.
- Transportation Association of Canada, Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Canada (MUTCDC), Book 7 — Temporary Conditions; WorkSafeBC Occupational Health and Safety Regulation Part 18 (Traffic Control) and Part 4.64–4.69 (Lighting); CSA Z96 High-Visibility Safety Apparel.
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