University of Texas at Arlington Construction Worksheet

1.Evaluation of the contractor’s schedule submittal should be limited to what three principal concerns?

2.Why is it desirable to prepare an inspection plan prior to construction?

3.What basic equipment (not furnishings) should be required in construction field office?

4.A project has field trailers for the Resident project Representative at the construction site and an off-site home office for the project manager.It is a traditional contract with an outside engineer/architect and a general contractor with three subcontractors executing the work.From the following list, specify,in numerical order, the routing of submittals from a subcontractor to the engineer/architect.

a._____________ A/E Project manager

b._____________ Design reviewers

c._____________ General contractor

d._____________Resident project Representative

e._____________subcontractors

5.You have been asked to plan he staffing of the resident project Representative’s field office for a wastewater treatment plant that is going to be constructed.The estimated construction cost is $36,000,000.00 for the project to be constructed over a two-year period.What is the probable total number of field personnel recommended?Based upon the chart in figure 3.7,list their classifications and the number of personnel in each field classification recommended for the project.

6.For a project that will be staffed by a resident project Representative, two inspectors, and a field clerk, what is the minimum size recommended for the field office trailer?

7.What is the correct terminology for the final set of project drawings that have had all of the latest changes and field conditions marked on the drawing set?

8.What is an RFI and how is it used?

9.What are the five areas of construction in which LEED credits can be earned?

10.What are the various levels of LEED certification and how many points are required to achieve each level?

11.True or False? An inspectors diary may be in loose-leaf form as long as the pages are numbered.

12.List at least four types of information that should be documented in the daily construction report.

13.Who should keep a construction diary?

14.What is the purpose of preparing a “feedback” report?

15.What types of transactions between the contractor and the owner or engineer/architect should be documented?

16.Name the four principal applications of photography to construction documentation.

17.What type of information is recommended to be documented in the construction diary?

18.If the diary construction report is electronically stored in a computer, what should be done to protect the integrity of the document?

19.On design-build projects, why is it so important that reconstruction phase job conferences be documented?