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16-Civ-B8 Management of Construction: May 2018

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  1. Question 1 Scheduling — CPM, late bar chart and the effect of delaying G
  2. Question 2 Estimating — trench excavation, footing forms and footing concrete
  3. Question 3 Contract Administration — the bid package, competitive bidding, and unbalanced bids
  4. Question 4 Engineering Economics — present-worth comparison of two projects with unequal lives
  5. Question 5 Cash Flow — the BCWS curve, and the interest on a contractor's overdraft
  6. Question 6 Safety Practices and Regulations — eight measures on highway versus building projects

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Paper format. National Exams, May 2018 — 16-Civ-B8, Management of Construction. Three hours, closed book; one approved Casio or Sharp calculator. Six questions are printed, each worth 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 the set works as a complete study resource.

Reference texts. Hendrickson, Project Management for Construction, 2nd ed. (scheduling, cost control, earned value); Halpin & Senior, Construction Management, 4th ed. (precedence networks, estimating, contractor cash flow, bonding); RSMeans, Building Construction Cost Data (crew daily output and bare-cost lines); Fraser et al., Global Engineering Economics, 5th Canadian ed. (present worth, unequal lives); CCDC 2 (2020) Stipulated Price Contract and the MMCD tendering documents (bid packages, bonds, holdback); Hinze, Construction Safety, 2nd ed. and the WorkSafeBC Occupational Health and Safety Regulation (site safety practice in Canada).