16-Civ-B8 Management of Construction

Questions by sitting

December 2019

1. Question 1: Scheduling — PERT expected duration, critical path and total floats
2. Question 2: Litigation — delay taxonomy, claim causes and forensic analysis
3. Question 3: Contract Administration — demonstrating fairness in competitive tendering
4. Question 4: Engineering Economics — choosing among three highway improvements
5. Question 5: Estimating — brickwork quantity take-off and crew duration
6. Question 6: Safety Practices and Regulations — a multi-lane bridge kept in service during construction

December 2018

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

May 2018

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

December 2017

1. Question 1: Scheduling
2. Question 2: Litigation
3. Question 3: Estimating
4. Question 4: Engineering Economics
5. Question 5: Insurance
6. Question 6: Safety Practices and Regulations

May 2017

1. Question 1: Scheduling
2. Question 2: Litigation
3. Question 3: Productivity
4. Question 4: Engineering Economics
5. Question 5: Cash Flow
6. Question 6: Safety Practices and Regulations

December 2016

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

May 2016

1. Question 1: Scheduling
2. Question 2: Contract Administration
3. Question 3: Estimating and Bidding
4. Question 4: Engineering Economics
5. Question 5: Safety Practices and Regulations
6. Question 6: Project Control

December 2015

1. Question 1: Scheduling
2. Question 2: Contract Administration
3. Question 3: Project Control
4. Question 4: Engineering Economics
5. Question 5: Safety Practices and Regulations
6. Question 6: Estimating

May 2015

1. Question 1: Scheduling — activity-on-arrow network, critical path and total floats
2. Question 2: Contract administration — project environment and risk under three delivery approaches
3. Question 3: Estimating and bidding — trenching machine production and unit cost
4. Question 4: Engineering economics — present-worth comparison of two projects
5. Question 5: Safety practices and regulations — ten measures across highway and building work
6. Question 6: Productivity — influencing factors, measurement and improvement

December 2014

1. Question 1: Scheduling — network, critical path and total floats
2. Question 2: Contract Administration — negotiated cost-plus contracts
3. Question 3: Insurance — bid bonds, performance bonds and construction liens
4. Question 4: Engineering Economics — break-even initial investment with unequal lives
5. Question 5: Construction Delays — classification and forensic analysis
6. Question 6: Safety Practices and Regulations — ten measures and where each is essential

May 2014

1. Question 1: Estimating and Bidding — RSMeans unit price and a re-priced crew
2. Question 2: Scheduling — critical path, floats and the effect of a delay
3. Question 3: Labor Relations — unionized versus non-unionized labour
4. Question 4: Engineering Economics — maximum justified investment in a new surface
5. Question 5: Construction Delays — classification and forensic analysis
6. Question 6: Safety Practices and Regulations — bridge rehabilitation in high traffic

December 2013

1. Question 1: Scheduling — CPM Analysis and the Two-Excavator Limit
2. Question 2: Litigation — Delay, Rework, Claim Settlement and Delay Analysis
3. Question 3: Engineering Economics — Comparing Two Projects of Unequal Life
4. Question 4: Estimating and Bidding — Unit-Price Estimate with Local Labour Rates
5. Question 5: Project Control — The S-Curve and the Earned Value Method
6. Question 6: Safety Practices and Regulations — Night Work in Bridge Rehabilitation Zones

May 2013

1. Question 1: Project Control — Earned Value and the 20/80 Rule
2. Question 2: Scheduling — Critical Path and Late Bar Chart in a Precedence Network
3. Question 3: Insurance — Surety Bonds and the Effect of Retainage
4. Question 4: Engineering Economics — Break-even Revenue for Alternatives with Unequal Lives
5. Question 5: Construction Delays — Classification and Analysis
6. Question 6: Safety Practices and Regulations on a Downtown High-Rise Project

Undated paper

1. Question 1: Scheduling — cheapest-option plan, and the fastest plan under a labour cap
2. Question 2: Litigation — delay claims, their prevention and their forensic analysis
3. Question 3: Contract Administration — delivery systems, unbalanced bids and bidder responsibility
4. Question 4: Engineering Economics — present-value comparison of two projects of unequal life
5. Question 5: Project Control — earned value and the cost performance index under the 20/80 rule
6. Question 6: Safety Practices and Regulations — demolition with hazardous-material removal