Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Civil Technical Interview Qns
Civil Technical Interview Qns
Q: 03 What is the CPM and Bar Chart, What is the difference b/w CPM & Bar Chart? & Advantages?
Ans: CPM or critical path method for making program for a construction. It consists of a series of line inter-connected each
indicate an activity. The project is divided into a number of such activities and time duration is determined. Keeping in mind
number of manpower and equipment.
Bar chart is a graphical representative of activities drawn horizontally representing the sequence, order & time duration. It
may not necessarily be based upon list & average production of equipment whereas the CPM is basically based upon average
production of equipment and availability of manpower..
Q: 04 What is preparation period, what contractor has to do OR What you will check during the mobilization period? (three
times repeated)
Ans: This is the three months duration period from the date of contract signature.
1- To carry out all survey works,
A- Defining the road centre line and fixing of leveling marks.
B- Drawing of terrain x-sections.
C- Determining the sizes of the cutting & filling sections along the road.
D- Determining the actual locations of the concrete structures.
Q: 05 How do you calculate the x-sectional area of a road section, by which method?
Ans: The average end area method shall be used in computing quantities, except where the error exceeds in plus or minus
five (5%) %age as compared with the prismoidal formula, in which case the Engineer will direct the use of more accurate
method.
Q: 07 Is there any provision to pay the contractor for the materials, that he procures and stores at the job site, what is the
procedure, can you explain?
Ans: The temporary payments can be made, and within the limits of (75%) of the specified cost of certain materials supplied
by the contractor for use in the permanent work, provided that materials are in accordance with the specifications and have
been tentatively approved by the Engineer and where applicable upon receipt of the certificate of guarantee stating that the
material meets all requirements of the specifications.
Temporary payments may only be made for the following materials which are actually imported to the site according to
(75%) of the market price or (75%) of the contracts unit price as appropriate.
- Cement
- Reinforcing steel, Prestressing steel.
- Road paint, bearing devices, expansion joints and electrical materials.
- Structural steel and Miscellaneous metals including guard rails, delineators and signs and gabions baskets.
Q: 08 If Asphalt mix temperature at site is 130˚C, will you allow the contractor to pave, if he gives you written assurance and
taking responsibility?
Ans: All courses of bituminous concrete pavements shall be spread and the initial coverage or break down and compaction
shall be performed, when the temperature of the mixture is not less than 140˚C and all rolling shall be completed before the
Q: 09 Suppose some work items are available in the drawings, but BOQ is silent about such items, how you will pay to the
contractor?
Ans: If the item of work is missing in the BOQ and available in the drawings, then we will check in the specification for the
payments, if there is no payment for the item then it will be considered as subsidiary item, for example lean concrete or
blinding and tack coat.
The items for which payments are mentioned in the specification but missing in the BOQ then we will prepare the rate
analysis for such items of work and sent it to competent authority for approval.
Q: 10 How will you prepare the monthly certificate? What are the data and quantities, you will check by your self and what
will you leave for your surveyor and quantity surveyor? (three times repeated)
Ans: IPC contains the following items or parts.
1- IPC Summary and Bill No. 1 to Bill No. 9.
Bill No. 1 is for General
Bill No. 2 is for Earthworks.
Bill No. 3 is for Aggregate, Sub Base and Base Course.
Bill No. 4 is for Bituminous Construction.
Bill No. 5 is for Concrete, Steel and Structures.
Bill No. 6 is for Incidental Construction.
Bill No. 7 is for Roadway, Lighting and Traffic Signals.
Q: 11 What is scope of work required under the item "un-classified excavation" mentioned in general specifications?
Ans: In un-classified excavation cut is separate and embankment fill is separate item will be paid, classified excavation is the
excavation material will be reuse for the formation of embankment.
Q: 12 If contractor procure or bring material from crusher plant or quarries and stock store at site and he claims for payment
of these materials while you are preparing monthly IPC, will you pay him against stored material, if yes then how, explain and
tell the %age.
Ans: See question no 07.
Q: 13 If sand storm or rain is coming & contractor wants to do the asphalt, will you allow him if his 15 dump trucks with
asphalt mix are standing at site, how you will find the solution?
Q: 14 What is sand equivalent? If after improvement & adjustment in ABC material the Sand Equivalent remains low or fail
then what solution you will suggest? And what is the maximum value of Hydrometer?
Ans: This test is a rapid field test to indicate the presence or absence of deterimental fine dust or clay-like material in soils or
aggregate.
We can improve Sand Equivalent by adding more crusher sand passing from Sieve no 4. if above adjustment can not be make
the improvement than hydrometer test will be applied, if difference is less than 5%, it will be accept, more than 5%, than the
material will be rejected.
Reading of hydrometer min 0.995 and max 1.030
Length of hydrometer is 350 mm
Calibration g / ml at 20 ºC
Q: 21 How you & your site inspector will know, that there will be work tomorrow?
Ans: The contractor has to submit request 24 hours before the checking.
Q: 22 How you will construct and check settlement of foundation footing, there one is in rocks and other is in soil?
Q: 23 What is SPT?
Ans: This is the test which is carried out to know the bearing capacity of the soil. This is usually done on the foundation of
bridges and huge buildings.
Q: 24 If you are a acting RE, what is the main point you will check in the asphalt and concrete mix design, If your ME
submitted to you for your correction and remarks for approval to MOC?
Ans: In concrete mix design, we have to check these things before submitting to MOT for approval.
1)- All tests should be carried out and results are satisfactory as per MOT specifications.
2)- Compressive strength should be satisfactory at 7 and 28 days.
3)- Cement factor is ≥ than minimum required by MOT.
4)- Water cement ratio is within the range.
5)- Slump of approved trial should be workable and within specification range.
6)- If admixture is added then it will approve and within the range doses.
7)- Wet mix is homogenous and not segregated.
Q: 25 What is the purpose of curing concrete and when you will cure the concrete?
Ans: a) To maintain moist environment and to prevent escape of mixing water required for hydration processes and helps in
the development of strength.
b) To prevent cracks
c) To increase strength.
Concrete will start to cure, Right after the final placement of concrete mix, when the water sheen or mixing water just begun
to disappear..
Q: 26 What are the types of curing, what is membrane curing and what is the rate of application?
Ans: Types of curing are the follows. a) Water curing. b) Membrane curing. c) Steam curing method. d) Cold weather curing
method.
Rate of application of curing membrane
One (1) liter / 5 m², if applied by hand spray.
One (1) liter / 3 m², if mechanically applied.
Q: 31 What is sub grade and what are the requirement of sub grade material?
Ans: It is the soil foundation, which receives the direct traffic loads from the pavement.
Requirement of sub grade materials. 1)- Sub grade material should be A-1-a, A-1-b, A-2-4 or A-2-4 having no rock fragments
larger than 10 cm.
2)- C B R minimum 25%.
3)- Material should be well graded with sufficient fines to permit compaction & compacting test.
4)- Two equal layers should be 15 cm each layer.
5)- Minimum compaction 98%.
Q: 32 What is Agg. Base course? And material? Why is layer thickness is required? What are the quality tests required?
Q: 33 What are the quality requirements for aggregate base course material?
Ans: 1- Sodium sulphate soundness 12 max
2- Abrasion loss 45 max
3- Sand equivalent 45 min
4- Liquid limit 25 max
5- Plasticity Index 06 max
6- Mechanically two fracture faces 90 % by weight.
Q: 36 If cement is low in concrete, but required strength is achieved, what you will do as per specification? OR If contractor
make a design of concrete with less cement content than the require, and attain the required strength, will you accept it, if
yes then why and if no then why? Explain?
Ans: We will reject it, because with the passage of time, durability of concrete will be affected. `
Q: 37 If voids & stability is low or voids are low & stability is satisfactory, how you will adjust the mix? OR If you are acting RE
and your ME inform you that the asphalt mix design shows that air voids and stability is low, how will you correct it?
Ans: 1- By decreasing asphalt content, voids can be increased. Lowering the asphalt content, increases the voids content &
also reduces the film thickness. Which however decreases durability of the pavement. More reduction of film thickness also
may lead to pavement brittleness, accelerated asphalt oxidation & increased.
2- Increase the coarse aggregate or reduce fine aggregate.
3- If the above adjustments do not produce a stable mix, the aggregate may have to be change. Improve the quality of
aggregate, more fractured faces & well graded aggregate should be used.
Q: 38 If voids are satisfactory but stability is low, how you will adjust the mix?
Ans: If voids are satisfactory & stability is low, it means
Q: 39 If voids are high, stability is satisfactory, or voids are high & stability is low, how you will adjust the mix?
Ans: Voids will be adjusted by adding mineral dust, if the adjustment does not improve then improve the quality of
aggregate.
Q: 41 You are to select any one of the following for control of works, which you will select?
a) Gen. specification
b) Special specification
c) BOQ
d) Drawings.
Ans We have to select as
1)- Drawings
2)- Special specifications.
3)- Bill of quantities.
Q: 42 If there is contradiction among General specification and Special specification, which one you will select?
Ans: We have to follow the special specifications.
Q: 43 How you will construct the road, if space for construction is very small?
Ans: We can construct the road in small space, by constructing retaining walls.
Q: 45 If site inspector is complained against the contractor, how you will deal it?
Ans:
Q: 47 What is A-1-a, A-1-b & A-2-4 material, & how you will distinguish A-2-4 material dumped on site?
Q: 48 What are the tools required for checking of sub-grade, & how the surface of compacted area of sub-grade to be
checked?
Ans: With straight edge we will check the smoothness of compacted area of sub grade.
It is also defined as the ratio of the test load to the standard load, expressed as %age for a given penetration of the plunger.
Q: 54 How much meter away you will do rock fill from structures?
Ans: As per specification we have to do rock fill 5 meters away from structures.
Q: 55 What type of cement you will use for under ground concrete?
Ans: Type V or Sulphate Resisting Cement (SRC).
Q: 56 Which type of material you will use for back filling of structures?
Ans: Material used for backfill should be A-1a, A-1b, A-2-4 and no rock fragments more than 8 cms. No back fill will start
before the concrete strength is not less than 180 kg/cm² in compression, or until the concrete has been in place 28 days.
Q: 70 Where you have worked before and who was the contractor?
Ans:
Q: 73 If there is the problem in asphalt after paving, what will be the solution?
Q: 74 Suppose one side of the bridge foundation is in rock and other is in loose soil, and settlement occurs, what will be
solution?
Q: 76 What was the number of lanes and total width of carriage way?
Q: 77 If drawing shows a thickness of 20 cm for sub grade and specification says 30 cm thick, which one you will adopt for
execution?
Ans: We have to follow the drawings.
Q: 78 What you will do, if inspector tells you that the mix is of higher slump than the value for approved mix design but the
site slump is within limits specified in special specifications?
Ans: We will wait for compressive strength.
2- Introduction:
c- Project problems
Innumerate the problems & action or solution taken
If pending action state where
Is there any follow-up letter
Advise maximum time if not done, what is the adverse effect
Problems involving third private parties
6- Completed Works:
a- Production this month and total production of items as per BOQ.
b- How is compared to the schedule
7- Progress Chart:
Q: 82 If the contractor refuses to submit computations for the months certificate, What will you do?
Q: 83 Suppose your Material Engineer reported to you that there is a problem in the Batching Plant, What will you do?
Ans: I will ask him first what is the problem, than together we will go to the plant & investigate thoroughly. Then make
necessary adjustments or corrections.
Q: 84 At least how many hours you act on the contractor’s work request.
Ans: 24 hours.
Q: 86 Suppose a citizen requests the relocation of the Box Culverts so that water will go to his farm, will you follow him?
Ans: If as planned the box culvert is located or to be constructed right on the water channel. No, we will not relocate.
If the water channel is located on his land, Yes, we will relocate.
Q: 91 Which do you prefer to have more asphalt or less asphalt content of the job mix, why?
Ans: I prefer a higher asphalt content, because in the kingdom where the oxidizing and drying effect of the sun great higher
asphalt content is preferable.
Q: 92 What will happen if your asphalt content is more than 0.40% of the design job mix?