1
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You mentioned the RICS walkthrough, could you tell me what this is?
A
- it’s a walkthrough of who the RICS are, what they stand for and who they benefit
2
Q
What does the RICS Governing council do?
A
- They ensure the RICS fulfils its Royal Charter obligations
- They are the enforcement of professional standards
3
Q
What are the client duties under the CDM regs?
A
- Ensuring the appropriate appointments are in place (PD, designers, consultants, contractor)
- Preparation of the PCI
- Ensure all parties carry out their duties
4
Q
What factors are you aware or that influence client goals ?
A
- Current market conditions
- material costs (fluctuating)
- material lead in times
- potential supplier issues
Ukraine war & back lash of covid/ inflation causing uncertainty
5
Q
What do you know about the Clients Complaints Handling Procedure ?
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- So I would follow my organisations complaints handling procedure
Which is:
- notify partner in charge
- partner to notify OMP
- OMP to decide whether our PII needs notifying
- OMP to nominate individual to respond to client & resolve complaint through negotiation
- if doesn’t work, client may use mitigation
6
Q
What do you include within your fee submissions?
A
- Scope of services
- fee breakdown
- relevant staff CVS
- terms and conditions
7
Q
What do you know about the ‘Surveying Safely”?
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- Sets out H&S guidance at a corporate & individual level
- examples - loan working, evaluation risks, hazards substances
8
Q
What is the H&S at Work Act?
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- It’s to safeguard the H&S of Employees & the public from construction work being carried out.
- sets out general duties for employers, employees & self employed
9
Q
What regulations are you aware of that are covered under the CDM regs ?
A
The H&S at work act
10
Q
How do cash flow forecasts manage financial performance ?
A
- They allow you to identify whether a contractor maybe suffering financially, their valuations maybe a lot higher than what you see on site.
- They also allow you to identify whether a contractor is behind or ahead of programme.
11
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Accounting:
What is your understanding of the Construction Act 2009?
A
- Ensures regular payments are in place and agreed between the supply chain.
12
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Business Planning:
What organisational Management principles are you aware of?
A
- Planning
- Structure
- leadership
- organisation
- control
13
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Business Planning:
What legislations are you aware of within a business?
A
- Health & Safety at Work Act.
- GDPR regulations
14
Q
Business Planning:
What is your organisation’s marketing strategy?
A
- We use social media
- we also use public relations tactic, such as graduate events, award ceremonies, charity days
15
Q
Business Planning:
What financial ratios are you aware of?
A
- Liquidity ratios - measures money available to cover short - term debt
- Leverage ratio - measures how much debt a company has
- Profitability ratio - measures how a company generates profit
- Market value - value per share
16
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Business Planning:
What is Ridges Business plan?
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- Strategic planning
- To continue to grow through requiring acquisitions.
- Continue to recruit competent staff to enter new market sectors
Other business plans:
- Operational
- Tactical - short term goals, to reach long term goals
17
Q
Dispute resolution:
Can you name some alternative dispute resolutions ?
A
- Adjudication - named in the JCT
- Arbitration
- Mitigation
- litigation
- negotiation
18
Q
Data Management:
What are the general requirements / principles of the GDPR?
A
- Lawfulness, fairness & transparency
- Accuracy of data
- Confidentiality
- Accountability
- Data minimisation
19
Q
Data Management:
What is the ISO9001 & who benefits from it ?
A
- International Standards than govern requirements for a Quality Management system
- Demonstrates the company provides services to a regulatory standard
Examples: Internal audits, external audits, comp checking
20
Q
Sustainability:
What is your understanding of BREEAM?
A
It’s an organisation that helps measure the sustainability of a construction project
21
Q
Cost Planning:
Are you aware of the RIBA stages, what are they?
A
- Stage 0 - Strategic definition
- Stage 1 - preparation & brief
- Stage 2 - concept design
- stage 3 - spatial awareness
- stage 4 - technical design
- stage 5 - construction
- stage 6 - handover
- stage 7 - use
22
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Cost planning:
What are the NRM and what do they do?
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Provides a standard Set of measurement rules to ensure consistency across the industry.
NRM1 - Cost estimation & planning (RIBA stages 0-2)
NRM2 - detailed measure (RIBA 2-4)
NRM3 - maintenance works
23
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Cost Planning:
What exclusions would you make within a Cost Estimate ?
A
- VAT - clients have different levels
- Professional fees
- clients contingency
Not necessarily known at the time of the estimate
24
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Cost Estimate:
What Value Engineering changes did you consider within your MBDA estimate?
A
- The FF&E package was over my clients budget so this was reduced to fit their requirements
- Also reduced the curtain wall system from full height to half height on the building
25
Cost Estimate:
What risk commentary did you provide to your client on the Tanglewood estimate?
- At the time of the estimate we were in the mists of covid, so I advised my client on the uncertainty of material costs & lead times and the possibility of inflation etc.
26
Cost Estimate:
Why did you base your estimate for Tanglewood on current day costs?
- My client wanted a quick turnaround on build and selling the property
27
Contract Practice:
What is the process when PC is awarded?
- Building control certificate
- insurances transfer from contractor to client
- O&M manuals
- H&S files
28
Contract Practice:
Can you tell me what you learned from the JCT Practice Notes?
- Understanding payment dates
- Contract particulars
- LADs
- Appropriate insurance & levels
29
Contract Practice:
What is your understanding of a Collateral Warranty ?
- Provides a contractual link between a third party who may not have been privy to the original contract, but has a vested interest in the works.
Example: a funder
30
Contract Practice:
How did you value the variations ?
- If possible by using Contract rates
- or by benchmarking against in-house cost data, Spons or BCIS
- or by referring back to the contract day work dates
31
Contract Practice:
What did you include with your D&B Contract?
- ERs
- Prelims
- Contractor Proposals
- Form of Contract
- JCT Contract
- Design information
- Warranties/ insurances
- Document register
32
Contract Practice:
You mentioned including some amendments, what were these amendments ?
- These were around third party agreements, the solicitor wanted the contractor to take ownership of existing works, when they hadn’t actually seen any surveys etc,
- liability caps - solicitor wanted contractors cap to as per PI insurance, contractor offered 1.5 x contract sum
33
Contract Practice:
What did you advise your client when the EOT was awarded?
- issuing of a non- completion cert
- issuing of a Payless notice
- My client could claim for weekly damage amount stated in the contract
there would be additional weekly prelim costs
- there would be a new completion date to avoid time at large
-
34
Construction Tech:
What is the build up of the cladding system?
- Sheathing board fixed to steel structure
- timber batterns
- insulation boards
- polymesh receiver
- dash finish like for like
35
Construction Tech:
What is your understanding of the Party Wall Act?
- Provides a framework for agreeing disputes between party walls & boundary’s
36
Construction Tech:
What assumptions did you make within your Tanglewood Estimate?
- I assumed the foundations to be stripped
- I assumed a timber pitched roof
- I assumed beam & block flooring
37
Procurement & Tendering:
Can you name any procurement methods?
- D&B
- Traditional
- Measured Term
- Construction Management
- Contract management
- Bespoke
38
Procurement & Tendering:
Can you walk me through the Tender Analysis process ?
- Had a witness when opening the Tenders
- Checked tenders for any errors etc.
- inputted tender returns into a comparison spreadsheet side by side to highlight any anomalies
- reviewed any exclusions
- issued tender queries to contractors
- recorded my findings into a Tender Report
39
Financial control & reporting:
Can you name any change control procedures?
- Client instructing a consultant
- consultant instructing a contractor on change
- client changing design
40
Financial control & reporting:
How did you value the landscaping variation on the Brook project?
- I first checked to see if there were any contract rates I could use
- but I had to use in- house cost data & Spons
- I did a take off from the drawings available and priced the works accordingly
41
Costing of Construction Works:
What is the Code of Measuring Practice?
- To provide an accurate measurement of buildings and land within the UK
42
Costing of Construction Works:
What is the International Property Measurement Standards ?
- An organisation trying to standardise a set of measurement rules internationally
43
Costing of Construction Works:
Can you name any principles of Construction Works?
- Pricing documents
- Cost Estimates / Plans
- Valuing variations
- Loss & Expense claims
- analysis tender returns
- interim valuations
- valuing claims
44
What was included with your Cost Estimate on the THFC Project?
- Executive summary
- Area Schedule
- cost breakdown
- drawing list
- any exclusions
- any assumptions
45
Costing of Construction Works:
What is a prime cost ?
A cost unknown when entering a contract for works being carried out by a clients supplier.
Contractor can only apply oh&p
46
Contract Administration:
What did you takeaway from the Construction Law module you mention within your submission?
- Negotiations of contracts
- dispute resolution methods
47
Contract Administration:
Talk me through the process of issuing an instruction on the Brook project?
- reviewed the change with the client
- reviewed the costs & programme implications of the change and advised my client
- issued the instruction to the contractor in a timely manner to prevent delay
48
Contract Administration:
What we’re the effects of issuing a non- completion certificate?
- The contractor submitted an EOT claim
- a revised programme date
- additional weekly premium costs
- client may claim weekly damage amount
49
Insurances:
What insurances should a contractor hold?
- Public liability
- Employer liability
- PI Insurance
- All Risk Insurance
50
Construction Tech:
What is temporary shoring ?
- A form of propping, usually found within foundations to support the walls while pouring of fixing foundations
51
Insurance:
What is a retention bond? Who benefits from them?
- A lump sum help back by the client, rather than deducting a monthly percentage
Adv: Helps contractor with cash flow
Dis: Client pays for the premium of the bond
52
Insurance:
What is a advance payment bond? Who benefits from them?
- A bond to protect the client of the contractor was to order materials with the advance payment and then go bust
CM APC Questions
flashcards
Decks in class (22)
# Cards
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Case Study Q&A24
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Mock Questions88
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Need To Knows15
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Weak Points52
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Conduct Rules, Ethics And Professional Practice23
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Client Care22
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Communication and Negotiation7
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Health and Safety26
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Accounting and Principles17
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Business Planning11
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Conflict avoidance and dispute resolution11
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Data Management17
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Sustainability14
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Teamworking8
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Design Economics And Cost Planning22
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Contract practice39
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Construction Tech & Enviromental Services8
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Procurement and Tendering4
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Project Financial Control & Reporting11
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Quantification and costing of Construction works4
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Contract Administration19
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Insurance16
