Construction Project Planning Quiz

Project Planning

• Sets the project's foundation by defining scope, schedule, quality standards, objectives, and goals.

Working Drawings

• Prepared by engineers or architects, detailing the complete project.

Specifications

• Documented requirements for materials, designs, products or services.

Construction Contract Types

• Lump Sum: Contractor estimates all material, labor, installation and equipment costs.
• Unit Price: Contractor calculates costs for each unit of material, including overhead and profit. Adjustments are made for quantity changes.

Project Safety

• Adheres to OSHA requirements.
• Contractor provides Manufacturer's Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) for all project materials and tools.

Construction Scheduling

• Deployment of resources (personnel, money, equipment, materials) is planned.

Construction Materials

• Common materials (wood, asphalt, stone, sand) and manufactured materials (concrete, rebar, plywood) are used.

Suppliers/Vendors

• Supply construction materials, partially or fully built.

Construction Stage

• Inspectors oversee ongoing work.

Materials with Various Qualities

• Footing: concrete, steel reinforcement, and waterproofing membrane.
• Basement floor: concrete, rebar, waterproofing membrane, and vapor barrier.
• Basement wall: concrete or blocks, rebar, and waterproofing.
• Other floors/ceilings: concrete slab, wood/steel beams, plywood, vapor barriers, and finishing materials.
• Outside walls: structural frame, concrete blocks, insulation, and exterior finishes.
• Partitions: wood/steel, gypsum board, and insulation.
• Roofs: decking, trusses/rafters, insulation, waterproofing, and roofing shingles/tiles.

Selecting Materials

• Designers choose materials to balance performance, budget and design requirements.

Maintenance

• Includes cleaning, prevention, and repair of corrosion damage and replacing damaged parts.

Material Specifications

• Detailed documents defining material properties.
• Closed/Proprietary Specifications identify specific products with no substitutions allowed.

Sustainable Materials

• Examples include bamboo, recycled aggregates, Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT), geopolymer concrete, and green insulation.

Life Cycle Cost Analysis

• Evaluates total cost of ownership, operation, maintenance and disposal over a material's/system's entire lifespan.

Sustainability in Construction Materials

• Principles include resource efficiency (renewable and recycled materials) and energy efficiency (minimizing energy use during production and using long-life materials).

Laboratory and Field Testing Equipment

• Sieve Set: Separates solids by size.
• Balance: Weighs materials, determines densities.
• Graduated Beaker: Measures liquid volumes.
• Calculator: Performs mathematical calculations.
• Slump Cone: Assesses concrete consistency.
• Hydrometer: Measures liquid specific gravity.
• Universal Testing Machine: Applies stress tests.
• Concrete Mixer: Mixes cement, water and other building materials.
• Pressure Gauge: Measures liquid/gas pressure.
• Tamping Rod: Removes voids and excess air in concrete.
• Vicat Apparatus: Tests consistency and settling time of cement, mortar, and concrete.
• Electric Oven: Heats chambers for drying/curing.
• Shovel, Trowel, Wheelbarrows, Hydraulic Jack: Tools for moving and working with materials. -First aid Kit: Medical kits for workers.
• Thermometer: Measures temperature.
• Vibrator: Removes air bubbles from concrete.