Construction and Project Management Quiz

Who should ideally be at the pre-construction conference?

• All answers are correct

• Owner (or rep), Architect, Engineers

• Contractor’s PM, field staff, major subcontractors

• Public utility personnel, fire marshals, and other outside parties

What is the intent of partnering?

• Both A and B

• To gather all stakeholders early in the project to establish accepted protocol.

• Create a win-win situation for everyone involved in the project.

• To make an alliance with the architect in order to control the design process.

An RFI

• Is a written request for clarification of a section of the plans or specifications

• Asks the owner for clarification for a future team meeting time and place

• Is always easily processed and answered quickly

• Stands for Request for Initiation

Data, samples, details, colors, or product literature issued to the architect for approval are known as:

• Submittals

• RFIs

• Shop drawings

• Contract documents

What is the name for a physical model or small sample of construction to allow the architect and owner to review the appearance and function of materials, colors, textures, etc.?

• Mock-up

• Submittal

• Shop drawing

• Model

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A shop drawing is typically produced by the:

• Subcontractor or vendor

• Owner

• General Contractor

• Architect

It is best practice for the general contractor to pay the subcontractor:

• On time, despite the owner’s timing of payment

• Only once the GC gets paid by the owner

• Within 90 days of invoice

• Once the project is substantially complete

What is the name of the document that establishes the template for measuring work progress as it relates to requests for payment?

• Schedule of values

• Pay request continuation sheet

• Application for payment

• Retainage

What is the name of the document that formally and officially authorizes a payment to the contractor?

• Application for payment

• Schedule of values

• Pay request continuation sheet

• Retainage

LDs are

• Liquidated damages: A penalty assessed to the contractor for each day the projects extends beyond the necessary completion date

• Lost or damaged: Material that was delivered on site, yet has either been damaged by workers or weather or has been lost/stolen

• Late decline: If an architect responds to an RFI too slowly, the contractor may proceed as they like without repercussions

• Like design: Where the contractor claims that what has been installed is similar enough to the design that no replacement is necessary