Construction Management Jumpstart: exam
Questions and 100% Correct Answers
Three Factors of Construction - ✔✔1. Quality
2. Time
3. Cost
4. Safety (Three legged stool)
Project Values - ✔✔Created by the Collaborative Process Institute (CPI) came up with
the six dials of project value (cost, time, quality, safety, scope, function.)
Cost - ✔✔Essential to predict and control what the construction project will cost.
Cost are established, targeted, and controlled. Goal is to maintain cost at or below the
budget.
Time - ✔✔Scheduling must go to plan and any obstacle will increase time and
ultimately increase the cost. Controlled by a detailed schedule.
Quality - ✔✔Important to please the customer in the aspects of aesthetics, user
perceptions, appropriate building materials. Quality is insured by drawings and
specifications along with monitoring of inspections.
Safety - ✔✔Protect the workers and ultimately any user of the building. Must identify
risks and taking steps to mitigating those risks.
Scope - ✔✔Scope is controlled by means of architectural program, which identifies
the space needs and tracks compliance of building design with those needs.
, Function - ✔✔Functional requirements of the final product. Monitored through the
use flow diagrams and utilization analyses.
Rule of Thumb - ✔✔The six dials are interconnected and any change to one will affect
one or more others.
The Scope of Work - ✔✔1. The Building Layout
2. Site Work
3. Square Footage
4. Number of Rooms
5. Number of Floors
6. Types of Materials
7. Dimensions
8. Special Equipment
9. Storage Requirements
Project Delivery Methods - ✔✔1. Design-bid-build
2. Construction management
3. Design-build
Design-bid-build - ✔✔Referred as the "traditional method". Owner first hires the
architect or engineer to design the building or structure. The design professionals
prepares the design through: schematic design, design development, and contract
documents. They are paid either by percentage or a fee. The owner then selects the
general contractor based on bidding, usually by method of low bid. The general
contractor usually subcontracts much of the work. The owner has two contracts, one
with the designer and one with the contractor. This allows the owner to have more
control since there is no legal connection between the builder and contractor. Which
Questions and 100% Correct Answers
Three Factors of Construction - ✔✔1. Quality
2. Time
3. Cost
4. Safety (Three legged stool)
Project Values - ✔✔Created by the Collaborative Process Institute (CPI) came up with
the six dials of project value (cost, time, quality, safety, scope, function.)
Cost - ✔✔Essential to predict and control what the construction project will cost.
Cost are established, targeted, and controlled. Goal is to maintain cost at or below the
budget.
Time - ✔✔Scheduling must go to plan and any obstacle will increase time and
ultimately increase the cost. Controlled by a detailed schedule.
Quality - ✔✔Important to please the customer in the aspects of aesthetics, user
perceptions, appropriate building materials. Quality is insured by drawings and
specifications along with monitoring of inspections.
Safety - ✔✔Protect the workers and ultimately any user of the building. Must identify
risks and taking steps to mitigating those risks.
Scope - ✔✔Scope is controlled by means of architectural program, which identifies
the space needs and tracks compliance of building design with those needs.
, Function - ✔✔Functional requirements of the final product. Monitored through the
use flow diagrams and utilization analyses.
Rule of Thumb - ✔✔The six dials are interconnected and any change to one will affect
one or more others.
The Scope of Work - ✔✔1. The Building Layout
2. Site Work
3. Square Footage
4. Number of Rooms
5. Number of Floors
6. Types of Materials
7. Dimensions
8. Special Equipment
9. Storage Requirements
Project Delivery Methods - ✔✔1. Design-bid-build
2. Construction management
3. Design-build
Design-bid-build - ✔✔Referred as the "traditional method". Owner first hires the
architect or engineer to design the building or structure. The design professionals
prepares the design through: schematic design, design development, and contract
documents. They are paid either by percentage or a fee. The owner then selects the
general contractor based on bidding, usually by method of low bid. The general
contractor usually subcontracts much of the work. The owner has two contracts, one
with the designer and one with the contractor. This allows the owner to have more
control since there is no legal connection between the builder and contractor. Which
