MULUNGUSHI UNIVERSITY oq Department of Engineering CIE 531- Construction Management~Test 2-November 2020 INSTRUCTION: I. You MUST ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS. 2. Present readable and tidy work |}. Write your Student Number and NRC# on the answer sheet juestion 1. NAPSA s0 implementing are a number of projects throughout the country. One such project is the five star Hoiel in Livingstone which will be built within the National park. This will be the largest hote sstone, The hotel will consists of conference faci s and a golf ‘coast. The works will requi re different kind of specialization during the design and implementation stage. V&® Discuss the type of biding which should be used for this project at the tendering stage, you should give reasons/advantages for selecting the type of bidding. OV ©) Giving a proper reason, discuss the type of contract which can be used for this project. (8) v ©, Based on your engineering judgment, suggest and discuss the method of proj very which _ can be ideal for the five star hotel project. OO _ © yd. Whatis hat is the difference between quality control and quality assurance? (4) 1 & Diseuss one quality control too! which can be used dring-the consiruction stage of the project to ~ check on the impact of variation to the.project costa re ee roject cost and determining contributing factors. com (6) @ State the difference between te terre been ine ata uly po GT proporionaland fined cost of hep ra) ¥ ‘What is project cash flow? @v ‘What is the difference between direct cost and indirect cost? Ov Question 2. Consider the project shown in Figure 1 and the cost of each activity in Table 1. The indirect costs of tasks are calculated allowing for a daily cost of ZMK 550 for the first 17 days and ZMK 620 for the other days.Table 1: Direct cost Calculate the total cost of each activit my Produce the S-Curve for these activites and determine otal expeniture atthe end of activity G. (1S) The contractor was paid ZMK 20,000, 30,000, $0,000 and 10,000 on 8%, 16%, 24" and 28" day respectively after the submission of interim payment certificate during the implementation of the project. Estimate the cumulative cash flow or overdraft. (12) 4 4. Comment on the results and what advance can you give to the contractor based on the answer from part c. 4 Question 3 a, With proper examples differentiate between Construction document, contract document, bidding document and project manual NL 8) / b. What is the difference between proprietary and performance specifications? “(aa ‘c. What are the two advantages and two disadvantages of propri v3 specification a) d, List the two causes of disputes Constnctionw chy rv c. What is the difference between arbitration and m¢ ute an mechanism? (3) ~ 2|Page XY »