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Chapter 3, Production process improvement

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Method study exercise 451

Time study exercise 456
Time study and activity sampling comparison 458
Site layout exercise 458
Activity sampling of crane operations 459
Activity sampling of labour 460

Chapter 4, Planning techniques

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Crashed activities 460

Networks 461
Planning exercise 462
Resource smoothing 467
Resource allocation 467
Resource allocation 469
Line of balance 470
Line of balance 470
Line of balance 471
PERT 472
Mass haul problem 497

Chapter 5, Workforce motivation

22. Hours-saved incentive scheme 477
23. Bonus scheme with plant 477
24. Gang bonus payments 478

Chapter 6, Project cost control

25. Control of project costs 478

Modern Construction Management, Seventh Edition. Frank Harris and Ronald McCaffer with Francis Edum-Fotwe.
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Chapter 7, Management of equipment

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Analysis of plant purchase 492

Setting a hire rate for plant 493
Plant workshop budget 493
Sales variance on plant hire 494
Variances on a plant item 494

Chapter 9, Estimating
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Estimating the cost of a formwork panel 472

Estimating the cost of reinforcement 473
Estimating the cost of placing concrete in foundations 474
Estimating cost of placing concrete operational estimating 475
Estimating cost of laying a 300 mm concrete pipe 475

Chapter 11, Company budgetary control

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Chapter 12, Cash flow and interim valuations

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Cash flow 481

Cash flow 482
Cash flow 483
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Cash flow 484

Chapter 13, Economic assessments

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Present worth comparison 484

Present worth comparison 484
Equivalent annual cost comparison 485
Discounted cash flow yield 486
Dual rate of return 486
Corporation tax and development grants 487
Corporation tax and different allowances 487
Replacement age 488
Replacement age 488
DCF yield and inflation 489
DCF yield and inflation 489
Present worth with increasing annual costs 490

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Present worth with increasing annual costs and inflation 490

Valuation of a plant item 490
Valuation of a plant item with longer life 491
Valuation of a plant item whose life is in perpetuity 491
Selection of mutually exclusive projects using incremental analysis 491
Effects of a lease on development budget 498

Chapter 18, Financial management

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Capital gearing 494

Working capital 495
Balance sheet 495
Financial ratios 496
Interpretation of the balance sheet 496
Development budget 498

Questions construction management

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Method study exercise 451

Time study exercise 456
Time study and activity sampling comparison 458
Site layout exercise 458
Activity sampling of crane operations 459
Activity sampling of labour 460
Crashed activities 460
Networks 461
Planning exercise 462
Resource smoothing 467
Resource allocation 467
Resource allocation 469
Line of balance 470
Line of balance 470
Line of balance 471
PERT 472
Estimating the cost of a formwork panel 472
Estimating the cost of reinforcement 473
Estimating the cost of placing concrete in foundations 474
Estimating cost of placing concrete operational estimating 475
Estimating cost of laying a 300 mm concrete pipe 475
Hours-saved incentive scheme 477
Bonus scheme with plant 477
Gang bonus payments 478
Control of project costs 478
Budgetary control 480
Cash flow 481

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Cash flow 482

Cash flow 483
Cash flow 483
Cash flow 484
Present worth comparison 484
Present worth comparison 484
Equivalent annual cost comparison 485
Discounted cash flow yield 486
Dual rate of return 486
Corporation tax and development grants 487
Corporation tax and different allowances 487
Replacement age 488
Replacement age 488
DCF yield and inflation 489
DCF yield and inflation 489
Present worth with increasing annual costs 490
Present worth with increasing annual costs and inflation 490
Valuation of a plant item 490
Valuation of a plant item with longer life 491
Valuation of a plant item whose life is in perpetuity 491
Selection of mutually exclusive projects using incremental analysis 491
Analysis of plant purchase 492
Setting a hire rate for plant 493
Plant workshop budget 493
Sales variance on plant hire 494
Variances on a plant item 494
Capital gearing 494
Working capital 495
Balance sheet 495
Financial ratios 496
Interpretation of the balance sheet 496
Mass haul problem 497
Development budget 498
Effects of a lease on development budget 498

Questions operational research

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Linear programming illustrating maximisation 501

Linear programming illustrating minimising 501
Simplex method constraints: all equal to or less than 502
Simplex method constraints: greater than or equal to 502
Simplex method constraints: greater than or equal to 502
Integer linear programming 503
Binary integer linear programming 503
Transportation problem 503
Assignment problem 503

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Assignment when number of agents and tasks differ 504

Goal programming 504
Non-linear programming 504
Quadratic assignment problem 504
Dynamic programming batch processing 505
Resources routeing knapsack problem 505
Decision tree problem 506
Utility 506
Markov processes 507
Queuing 507
Simulation 508
Stock control simple case 508
Stock control continuous usage 508
Stock control shortages 509
Stock control discounts 509
Inventory under uncertainty 509
Theory of games 510

Questions Six Sigma

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One-tail left test 517

Two-tail t-test 518
Paired samples one-tail right t-test 519
Two-sample two-tail Z test 520
Two sample one-tail t-test 520
F test 521
Binomial distribution 522
Two-sample two-tail proportion test 522
Poisson distribution probability of success 524
Chi squared goodness-of-fit test 525
Correlation analysis 525
Linear univariate regression analysis 527
Time series 529
One-way ANOVA 529
Two-way ANOVA (two factors) 530
Two-way ANOVA (interaction of the variables) 530
Bayes theorem or law 531