CE 366 EXAM 1 UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Characteristics of Construction Projects
Answer:
• Time (schedule)
• Cost overrun
• Complexity
• Risk
• Safety
• Turnover
• Conflict/Litigation (claims are 1% of cost)
• Dynamic
• Unique
• Fragmented
• Non standardized production process (unlike manufacturing)
Question:
2. Construction Vs. Manufacturing
Answer:
Construction:
-Worksites are not permanent
-Finished product is unique
-Requires highly skilled craftsmen
-Capital is locked (more risk)
-Operators are subject to weather
-Owner is typically highly involved Manufacturing:
-Products designed and produced with a designated purchaser
-Manufacturing: smaller units, larger batches
-Manufacturing: easy to advertise
Question:
3. Construction Project Lifecycle
Answer:
a framework that outlines the stages a construction project which goes through from start to finish.
Question:
4. Project Lifecycle Stages
Answer:
1. Planning (FEP, front end planning/ feasibility study)
2. Design (drawings and specifications)
3. Procurement (general contractor, sub contractors)
4. Construction (project start and finish)
5. Operation and Maintenance (facility turned over)
6. Demolition (reuse)
, Question:
5. Stakeholders
Answer:
1. Owner may be:
- public or private
2. Designer (Architect, Structural Engineer, etc.)
- The design professional
- Typically, internal to owner and under contract with the owner
3. General Contractor (Prime contractor)
- single-contract system
- separate contracts for independent primes: managed by the owner, the architect-engineer, or a hired
construction manager.
4. Specialty Contractor (Sub-contractors)
5. Vendors and Suppliers
Question:
6. Project Deliver Systems
Answer:
- DBB (Traditional method: designer and contractor are separate)
- CMAR (CM is hired early to give input during design)
- DB (One contract for both design and construction)
- IP (All major parties share risk and reward, under one contract)
Question:
7. Business Management vs. Project Management
Answer:
Business Management- Long term stability, SOPs (standard operating procedures), strategy Project
Management- specific project, bidding, scheduling, QA/QC, multiple organizations, on time on
budget
Question:
8. The Project Manager
Answer:
takes ultimate responsibility for the project, manages multiple jobs, organizes plans schedules and
controls the work field
Question:
9. Construction Project Management
Answer:
provides professional management services to the owner of a construction project with the objective of
achieving high quality at minimum cost
Question:
10. Construction Management Procedures
Answer:
1. Cost, within contract budget
2. Quality, meetings specs and adding value
3. Time, with contract duration
4. Safety, No accidents
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Characteristics of Construction Projects
Answer:
• Time (schedule)
• Cost overrun
• Complexity
• Risk
• Safety
• Turnover
• Conflict/Litigation (claims are 1% of cost)
• Dynamic
• Unique
• Fragmented
• Non standardized production process (unlike manufacturing)
Question:
2. Construction Vs. Manufacturing
Answer:
Construction:
-Worksites are not permanent
-Finished product is unique
-Requires highly skilled craftsmen
-Capital is locked (more risk)
-Operators are subject to weather
-Owner is typically highly involved Manufacturing:
-Products designed and produced with a designated purchaser
-Manufacturing: smaller units, larger batches
-Manufacturing: easy to advertise
Question:
3. Construction Project Lifecycle
Answer:
a framework that outlines the stages a construction project which goes through from start to finish.
Question:
4. Project Lifecycle Stages
Answer:
1. Planning (FEP, front end planning/ feasibility study)
2. Design (drawings and specifications)
3. Procurement (general contractor, sub contractors)
4. Construction (project start and finish)
5. Operation and Maintenance (facility turned over)
6. Demolition (reuse)
, Question:
5. Stakeholders
Answer:
1. Owner may be:
- public or private
2. Designer (Architect, Structural Engineer, etc.)
- The design professional
- Typically, internal to owner and under contract with the owner
3. General Contractor (Prime contractor)
- single-contract system
- separate contracts for independent primes: managed by the owner, the architect-engineer, or a hired
construction manager.
4. Specialty Contractor (Sub-contractors)
5. Vendors and Suppliers
Question:
6. Project Deliver Systems
Answer:
- DBB (Traditional method: designer and contractor are separate)
- CMAR (CM is hired early to give input during design)
- DB (One contract for both design and construction)
- IP (All major parties share risk and reward, under one contract)
Question:
7. Business Management vs. Project Management
Answer:
Business Management- Long term stability, SOPs (standard operating procedures), strategy Project
Management- specific project, bidding, scheduling, QA/QC, multiple organizations, on time on
budget
Question:
8. The Project Manager
Answer:
takes ultimate responsibility for the project, manages multiple jobs, organizes plans schedules and
controls the work field
Question:
9. Construction Project Management
Answer:
provides professional management services to the owner of a construction project with the objective of
achieving high quality at minimum cost
Question:
10. Construction Management Procedures
Answer:
1. Cost, within contract budget
2. Quality, meetings specs and adding value
3. Time, with contract duration
4. Safety, No accidents
