PROGRAMME SUBJECT CODE SUBJECT DATE DURATION COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING PUTRAJAYA CAMPUS FINAL EXAMINATION SEMESTER 1, 2019 / 2020 : Bachelor of Civil Engineering (Honours) : CEPB323 : Project Management & Construction : September 2019 :3 Hours INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES: 1. This paper contains FIVE (5) questions. 2. Answer ALL questions. 3 Write all answers in the answer booklet provided. 4, Write answer to each question on a new page. THIS QUESTION PAPER CONSISTS OF SEVEN (7) PRINTED PAGES INCLUDING THIS COVER PAGE Page 1 of 7CEPB323, Semester 1, 2019/2020 QUESTION 1 [20 MARKS) (a) Discuss about the meaning and basic relationships between scope, budget, schedule and quality for a construction project. Please support your answer with giving an example for each of the term. [10 marks} (&) A successful entrepreneurship is based on four (4) entrepreneurship characteristics. Explain the entrepreneurship characteristics. [10 marks] QUESTION 2 [20 MARKS) (@) Calculate the duration for installing 72 door frames if the construction historical record shows that the installation of one door frame requires 1 manhour of carpenters and only 3 carpenters are available to install the door frames who work for 8 hours per day. [10 marks} (b) Based on information given in Figure 1, determine the cost of constructing the building by using the floor area cost estimation if the cost rate for constructing the building is RM 250 per m2 and cost rate for constructing the car porch is RM 125 per m2. [10 marks} Hall 3200 mm, Room 4500 mm, Car Porch Dining Hall fof 3600 mm 6000 mm Figure 1: Plan layout of a house Page 2 of 7CEPB323, Semester 1, 2019/2020 QUESTION 3 [20 MARKS| Refer to Table 1 below that lists the activities, immediate predecessors and durations for a project. ‘Table 1: Project activities, immediate predecessors and durations for Question No. 3 @ (b) © @ © Immediate | Duration Activity | Predecessor | (months) A None 4 B A 8 Cc A 6 D B 6 E B,C 8 | OF DL 6 G CLE 6 H G 6 I EF 6 J G,H,1 8 Construct a precedence diagram for the project. [12 marks} Determine the critical activities in the project. [2 marks] Determine the project duration. [2 marks] Determine the total float for activity C and show your calculations (2 marks] Determine the free float for activity D with respect to activity F and show your calculations. [2 marks} Page 3 of 7CEPB323, Semester 1, 2019/2020 QUESTION 4 [20 MARKS| Construction health and safety need to be managed well to reduce construction health and safety problems. This would include safety considerations in every aspect, phases and stages of the project: planning, design, scheduling and budget. Explain the details of five construction safety and health impact. (20 marks] QUESTION 5 (20 MARKS) Table 2 shows the work programme of an office building construction project, which from earthworks until the works for ground floor slab. Information given in the work programme includes the activities, duration, start and end date, and budgeted costs for each of the activity. Figure 2 and Figure 3 (both in Appendix) show the S-Curve of the physical progress and the financial progress of the project, which reported until July 2017. Evaluate the performance of the project based on both $-Curves. Based on the evaluation and given work programme, recommend solutions (relates it to the suitable activities in the work programme) to make sure that the project will finish on time. [20 marks} Page 4 of 7CEPB323, Semester 1, 2019/2020 Table 2: Work programme for construction of office building (earthworks to ground floor slab) ‘Task Name Duration | Start | Finish | Float | Cost Office Building (Earthworks - Groun 1,291,943.00 Ploor Sib) ° 30-Mar | _T-Aug Earthworks and Levelling 2days | 30-Mar | 31-Mar 165,399.00 Setting-out 2days | 2-Apr_| _3-Apr 20,578.00 Cavity Probe (41 nos) T2days | 4-Apr_| 17-Apr 109,322.00 Piling Works S8days | 4-Apr_| T-Jun 798,694.00 Test Piles (2 nos) 22 days | 4-Apr_| 28-Apr 351,425.36 Boring & Installation & Curing 16 days | 4-Apr_| 2I-Apr | 3 days | 135,777.98 Dynamic Load Test / PDA Gdays | 23-Apr | 28-Apr 215,647.38 Working piles (39 nos) 2i days | 18-May |_11-Jun 447,268.64 Work Below Lowest Floor Level ‘44 days | 12-Jun | 1-Aug 197,950.00 Pile Caps (36 nos.) 1S days | 12-Jun | 28-Jun 57,405.50 Excavation 6days | 12Jun | 18-Jun 13,856.50 Cut-Off Pile (14 days curing time) | 10days | 14Jun | 25-Jun 5,938.50 Formwork & Rebar Installation Sdays | 18-Jun | 27-Jun 17,815.50 Concrete Tday | 28-un | 28-Jun 19,795.00 Ground Beams & Lift Pit 14 days | 29-Jun | 14-Jul 47,508.00 Excavation 3days | 29-Jun | 2-Jul 11,877.00 Formwork installation Sdays | 30-lun | 9-Jul 5,938.50 rebar Lidays | 2Jul_ | 13-Jul_| 4 days | 15,836.00 concrete Tday | 14Jul_ | 14Sul 13,856.50 Ground Floor Sb & underground T7days | 13-Jul | 1-Aug 93,036.50 Hardcore 6days | 13-Jul_ | 19-Sul 9,897.50 Underground services Sdays | 14Jul | 19dul 13,856.50 Lean conerete Sdays | 16-Jul | 20-Jul 5,938.50 Rebar 12days | 17-Jul_ | 30-Jul_| 3 days | 31,672.00 Termite treatment 4days | 27-Jul_ | 31-Jul 5,938.50 Conerete Iday | I-Aug | 1-Aug 25,733.50 Page 5 of 7CEPB323, Semester 1, 2019/2020 S-Curve Physical Progress a---* -- =4= Scheduled Progress t= Actual Progress Percentage (%) gs Mar-19 Apr-39 May-19 Jun-19 Juh19 ‘Aug-19 Month Figure 2: S-Curve Physical Progress S-Curve Financial Progress eon enenn nn aeenee ers m= Actual Cost Percentage (%) z =~ Budgeted Cost Mar-19 Apr-a9 May-1 Jun-19 Julag Aug-19 Month Figure 3: S-Curve Financial Progress -END OF QUESTION PAPER- Page 6 of 7(CEPB323, Semester 1, 2019/2020 APPENDIX ‘Table F.1: PERT Probability Table Value of Probability of deviationz completion 0 0.00 5 0.01 fer as dmee 0 0.03 5 0.07 = = 2 3 0.08 v =o = {(b-a)/6} 3 0.09 ore = V(via + 23 + Usd + Dus + eee + DH) 2 ott 1 0.14 z= (Ts-Te)/ ore 0 0.18 9 0.18 8 0.21 7 0.24 6 0.27 5 0.31 4 0.35 3 0.38 2 0.42 4 0.46 -0.0 0.50 0.1 0.54 02 0.58 03 0.62 0.4 0.66 0.5, 0.69 06 0.73 07 0.76 08 0.79 09 0.82 1.0 0.84 14 0.86 12 0.88 13 0.90 14 0.92 15 0.93 2.0 0.98 25 0.99 3.0 1.00 Page 7 of 7