Schedules
Projects
Land
Zoning
Facilities
100
What is created by superintendents and foremen to coordinate and manage work over a short period of time?
Short - Interval Schedule
100
What are the 7 steps of project control cycle?
1. Develop the project plan 2. Establish the project benchmarks 3. Monitor the project performance 4. Identity performance deviations 5. Evaluate corrective options 6. Make adjustments as needed 7. Document, report, and evaluate result
100
What are irregular boundaries?
Some tracts of land, such as those bordering lakes or rivers, have irregular boundaries.
100
What is the size of a regular township?
Six miles
100
Name five of the disciplines that facility management must entail.
Planning, Designing, Leasing, Space Planning, Project Management, Capital Management, Construction Management, Property Management, Facility Marketing, Building and Operating Management
200
The three following stages are a part of what? The Planning Stage The Sequencing Stage The Scheduling Stage
Three Stages of Building a Schedule
200
What are the 7 ways to track job performance?
1. Daily field reports 2. Time cards 3. Subcontractor billing statements 4. Delivery tickets 5. Material invoices 6. Equipment time tickets 7. Job logs
200
What directions does baseline run?
East to West
200
Name three out of the four basic items that can be included in a land description in the metes and bounds system.
1. Starting point 2. Courses and distances 3. Irregular boundaries 4. Rectangular land surveys
200
What are two primary instruments that are used to accomplish the procurement stage?
Subcontracts and Purchase Orders
300
What are the five basic rules to follow for determining duration?
1. Evaluate each activity as an independent operation 2. Consult with subcontractors to get their time estimates 3. Assume a standard crew size for each activity 4. Adjust production rates to fit the job conditions 5. Use a standard 8 hour day
300
What are the six factors that must be controlled in order to ensure a successful project?
1. Cost 2. Time 3. Quality 4. Safety 5. Scope 6. Function
300
What are three possible reasons townships and sections are not in a rectangular survey or square?
Curvature of the earth, human error, and surveys meeting
300
What are the 5 Zones in a Concentric Zone Model?
1. CBD 2. Zone of Transition 3. Zone of Working Class 4. Zone of Better Residences 5. Commuters Zone
300
What is the name of the world's first skyscraper?
Home Insurance Building
400
What can you do after completing the forward and backward pass?
Early Start: earliest time an activity can start Early Finish: earliest time an activity can finish Late Start: latest time an activity can finish without delaying the project’s completion Late Finish: latest time an activity can finish without delaying the project’s completion Float: amount of time an activity can be delayed before it impacts the project’s completion
400
How is time limit determined in a project?
Schedules and Contracts
400
What do surveyors throw all deficiencies or excesses in acreage of the townships?
Into the North and West sides of townships
400
Who developed the Latin America City Model, and when?
Griffin & Ford in 1980
400
When and where was the world's first skyscraper built?
Chicago, IL in 1885
500
What is the term called when you have to follow that particular schedule in order to complete to project in a timely manner and why is it important?
Critical Path, because it is the path that cannot be changed in order to finish the project efficiently.
500
How is quality determined in a project?
Contract specifications, punch lists, inspections
500
What does a land description do?
Gives the definite location of a specific tract of land
500
What does the Latin America City Model tell us about the city structure of Latin American cities?
1. Strict hierarchical social order 2. Limited municipal services 3. Commercial space flanked by elite residential sectors
500
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
You have three rooms. Yellow - 6400 sq. ft. Blue - 4600 sq. ft. Pink - 3800 sq. ft. 1 gallon yellow paint covers 250 sq. ft. (1gal $35, 5gal $125) 1 gallon blue paint covers 150 sq. ft. (1gal $42, 5gal $140) 1 gallon pink paint covers 110 sq. ft. (1gal $30, 5gal $105) Painters paint 80 sq. ft. per hour. 1 painter costs $25/hr You have one week do to get this done. How much is your total costs combining painters and paint?