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16-Civ-B8 Management of Construction: December 2018

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  1. Question 1 Scheduling — total floats, critical path and the AON equivalent
  2. Question 2 Contract Administration — comparing four delivery approaches
  3. Question 3 Project Control — expense S-curve, owner payments, overdraft and interest
  4. Question 4 Engineering Economics — maximum justifiable investment in a new surface
  5. Question 5 Insurance — bid bonds, performance bonds and construction liens
  6. Question 6 Estimating — completing an R.S. Means masonry line

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Paper format. National Exams, December 2018 — 16-Civ-B8, Management of Construction. Three hours, closed book; one approved Casio or Sharp calculator. Six questions are printed, each of equal value (20 marks); "any five questions constitute a complete paper" and only the first five appearing in the answer book are marked. All six are solved here so that the set works as a complete study resource.

Reference texts. Hendrickson, Project Management for Construction, 2nd ed. (network scheduling, project control, cash flow); Halpin & Senior, Construction Management, 4th ed. (arrow and precedence networks, estimating, contractor financing, bonding); RSMeans, Building Construction Cost Data (crew tables, daily output, bare-cost lines); Fraser et al., Global Engineering Economics, 5th Canadian ed. (present worth, deferred annuities); CCDC 2 (2020) Stipulated Price Contract, CCDC 3, 4 and 14, and the CCDC 220/221 bond forms (delivery methods, bonding); the British Columbia Builders Lien Act, SBC 1997 c.45 (liens and holdback).