Key Info Flashcards
(138 cards)
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Name types of piles
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End bearing and friction
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What are the construction methods of piles
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Bored and driven
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What’s the difference between driven and bored piles
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Driven is formed off site under controlled conditions and the bored pile is cast on site
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What’s the 5 rules of ethics
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- Members and firms must be honest, act with integrity and comply with their professional obligations, including to the RICS.
- Members and firms much maintain their professional competence and ensure that services are provided by competent individuals who have the necessary expertise
- Members and firms much provide food quality and diligent service
- Members and firms must treat others with respect and encourage diversity and inclusion
- Members and firms must act in the public interest, take responsibility for their actions and act to prevent harm and maintain public confidence in the profession
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What risk is your case study
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Construction risk
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What’s rule no.1
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Members and firms must be honest, act with integrity and comply with their professional obligstions, including obligations to the RICS
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What’s rule no.2
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Members and firms must maintain their professional competence and ensure that services are provided by competent individuals who have the necessary expertise
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What’s rule 3
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Members and firms must provide good quality and diligent service
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What’s rule 4
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Members and firms must treat others with respect and encourage diversity and inclusion
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What’s rule 5
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Members and firms must act in the public interest, take responsibility for their actions and act to prevent harm and maintain public confidence in the profession
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What’s a locum
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Someone that acts in the event of the sole principals death, incapacity or extended absence
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What are the types of conflict of interest
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Party
Own interest
Confidential information
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What do you need from the client if there’s a conflict of interest
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Informed consent
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What is PI insurance
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Covers the cost if there is negligence or error
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What’s run off cover
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Covers the historic liabilities
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What’s the complaint handling prosecute
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- Acknowledge the complaint by 7 days
- notify firms handling procedure
- formal reply within 21 days
- if client is still unhappy can refer dispute to independent resolution body
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What’s a consultant appointment document
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Sets out the terms and conditions for services being provided by a consultant to the client
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What’s the HSE
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Health and safety executive
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What’s a risk and a hazard
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Risk - something that can become a hazard
Hazard - something that can cause harm to an individual
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What’s CoSHH
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Control of substances hazardous to health
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Who are key holders under CDM 2015
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Client
Principal designer
Principal contractor
Designers
Contractors
Workers
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What does CDM stand for
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Construction design and management 2015
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What’s a F10 notification
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Clients responsibility to notify the HSE
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What’s an asset
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Fixed - resources purchased for long term use
Current assets - sometimes a liquid asset, something expected to be sold in one year
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What’s equity
Money the company would receive if all assets are liquidated
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What’s a balance sheet
A snapshot of s company’s financial position at a given point in time
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What’s a profit and loss account
Shows a company’s revenue and expenses over a particular period
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Why use a cashflow
- Understand impact on future plans
- keep track of payments
- plan for upcoming cash shortfalls
- manage surprise cash
- track of spending is on target
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What’s KPI
Key performance indicator
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What’s SMART
Specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, time bound
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What’s PESTLE
Political
Economic
Social
Tehcnoglical
Legal
Environmental
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What’s SWOT analysis
Strength
Weakness
Opportunity
Threat
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What are the dispute resolutions
Mediation
Negotiation
Conciliation
Adjudication
Arbitration
Litigation
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What’s BCIS
Building cost information service
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How can you work out inflation
Use BCIS
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What project controls are used for data management
QMS
PCP
Checks
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What’s Spons
Source of pricing data
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What’s unconscious bias
The underlying attitudes and stereotype that people unconsciously attribute to another person or group
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What’s part M reg
accessibility - mobility for access
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What’s sustainability
Meeting the needs of today without affecting the the needs of the future
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What’s a bee brick
A brick with holes for bees that are used now to promote sustainability
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What’s BREEAM
Building research establishment environmental assessment method
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What’s part L of building regs
Fuel and fire
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What’s PQQ
Pre qualification questionnaire
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What’s PFI
Public finance initiative
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What are the risk strategies
STARR
Share
Transfer
Avoidance
Retention
Reduce
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What are the types of risk categories
Employer change risk
Employer other risk
Design development risk
Construction risk
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What’s the building safety act 2022
Legislation to provide safety particularly in high riser residential - 18 meters needs 2 staircases
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What’s an advantage and disadvantage of steel frame
Can be more complex design
Isn’t fire or noise resistant
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What’s an advantage and disadvantage of concrete frame
Cheaper
Noise and fire resistant
Isn’t sustainable
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What’s an advantage and disadvantage of timber frame
Sustainable
Can rot
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How many RICS members are there
130,000 but 17,000 are not chartered yet
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What is the RICS Moto
There is measure in all things
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Who governs the RICS
Governing council
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What’s lionheart
An RICS charity that helps its members
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Who’s the RICS president
Nicholas Maclean
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Who was RICS president
Justin Sullivan
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What was gleeds turnover last year
£130 million 2024
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What’s the RIBA stages of work
0 - strategic definition
1 - preparation and briefing
2 - concept design
3 - spatial coordination
4 - technical design
5 - manufacturing and construction
6 - handover
7 - use
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What’s demolition
Process of dismantling, destroying or knocking down structure - costs go up by 20% by floor for complexity and then up by 30% once over 4 floors
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How are highways priced
Civil engineering standard methods of measurement 4
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What’s in a risk register
- risk
- date
- who owns the risk
- probability of risk
- worst case scenario cost
- programme impact
- rating on likeliness
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Name a modern method of Construction
Prefabrication
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Why do we produce a risk register
To track risk
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What’s an EA and CA
CA - identified in contact and is an impartial role that administrates the contact
EA - acts on behalf of employee in all matters
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What’s the advantages and disadvantages of design and build?
- contractor involvement early on
- quicker
- design is only as good as the ERs
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What’s the advantages and disadvantages of traditional?
Client controls design
Doesn’t is complete before contact or joins
Certainty on cost
Takes longer
No contractor build ability input
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What’s the difference between construction management and management contracting
CM - employee appoints multiple subcontracts
MC - employee appoint a management contractor who manages the subcontractors but the
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What’s the advantages and disadvantages of management contracting? And when is it appropriate?
Single point of responsibility
Flexibility on design
No price certainty
Required a informed and proactive client
Flexibility and speed is required and are main targets
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What’s the advantages and disadvantages of construction management? And when is it applicable
Speed
Lower price due to direct links between client and subcontractors
No price certainty
Employer manages lots of packages
Employer is experienced
Needs flexibility is design and speed
Good example when someone has built there own house before and will do it again
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What’s in a cost report
Front cover
Contents
Main Sunmary
Summary of changes
Provisional sums
Instructions
Anticipated instructions
Claims
Anticipated claims
Risks
Cashflow numerical
Cashflow graphs
Back page
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Are ERs always provided
Only in design and build - traditional is already at stage 5 design
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How do you measure steel
By the tonne
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How much was saved from changing the floor finish on market place
£12,000
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What’s the data protection act 2018
Governs how personal data is processed - recognises GDPR
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What are the NRMS
NRM1 - order of cost estimate and cost planning for capital building works
NRM2 - detailed measurement for building work
NRM3 - order of cost estimating and cost planning for building maintenance works
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What are the key headings for contact prelims
- employees requirements
- management and stuff
- temporary works
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What’s BWIC
Builders work included - works that allows others to proceed
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What’s a provisional sum
An allowance or estimate included within the contact price and are either not defined when they went into contract or may be work that the employer may or may not wish to do
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How do you omit a provisional sum
JCT - the CA would issue an instruction for its expenditure
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What’s a prime cost
A sum of money to be expended on materials or goods. Supply only rate
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Can you name some pricing options
- lump sum
- cost plus (pay for works as it’s done)
- remeasurments (work agreed on rates)
- target cost (cost savings are shared)
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What are the types of inflation
Construction inflation
Tender inflation
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What’s construction inflation
An inflation for the fluctuation of labour plant and labour from date of tender return to mid point of construction period
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What’s time related and fixed prelims
Time related change throughout the programme based on time like hire of an office
Fixed will be like the buying off a water fountain something that is fixed
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What’s CAR
Control of asbestos regulations 2012
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What’s facilitating payment
Money paid to officiously as a means of ensuring they perform their duty
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What’s in a financial report
Front cover
Contents
Executive summary
Summary of changes
Summary page
Provisionals sums
Instructions
Anticipated instructions
Claims
Anticipated claims
Risks
Cashflow
Back cover
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Why did you advise for a deed of variation and not a variation
There was a change of scope by omitting the junction from the contact and it also meant the costs for the other junction prelims would change as they were shared. Therefore all aspects of the project will change in cost due to the scope so the deed of variation would be the best way to do this
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Name a files of curtain wall construction methods
Stick and unitised
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What’s stick and unitised for curtain walls
Stick - assembling individual components on site
Unitised - prefabricated sections that are put in as the facades
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What are the types of roof
Green - vegetated
Brown - mud ready to be vegetated
Blue - stores water
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Types of facade?
Glass facade
Brick slip
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What’s the build up of brick slip
Plasterboard
Insulation
Composite board
Brick slip
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What’s the build up of a road
Compacted sub grade
Subbase courze
Base course
Binder course
Surface course
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How are highways priced
Civil engineering standards methods of measurement 4
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What are the types of foundation
Strip
Pad
Raft
Piled
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What’s a raft foundation
A continuous slab across footprint of building spreading the load
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What’s a pad foundation
Supports columns
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What’s a strip foundation
Strip of foundation to spread the weight and is like the outline of a building for example, typically used to support masonry
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What are pile foundations
Pile that goes deep into the ground when the soil is poor
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What’s standard of measurement
A defined and universally accepted reference point to quantify a quantity
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Do you advise on LDs
No this is to be the clients decision of the build up
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Why should all tender information be issued at the same time
- to ensure fairness across the bidders
- to minimise confusion on design
- to ensure the bidders have the correct documents to produce the most accurate tender return in the given time
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What happened if the QS missed the Due date
Nothing as they are not mentioned in the JCT
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What must be issued if the works are not completed in time
Certificate of non completion
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Name some pricing options in tender
BOQ
Schedule of rates
CSA
Schedule of work
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What are the rules of business plans
Start up plan
Strategic plan
Feasibility plan
Operations plan
Expansion plan
What if plan
One change plan
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What’s a non conclusion doc
A legal document used to ensure fairness in the bidding process
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What is IPMS
International property measurement standard
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What’s shell and core
Is the basic structural framework and is a building before any interior finishes are added
Involves
Structure
Cladding
Base plant
Common areas
External works
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What are the four types of cost reports
Preliminary cost plan - high level cost estimate
Elemental cost plan - a breakdown of the elements
Detailed cost plan - detailed
Project cost report - historic and forecast costs
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What are the headlines of the RICS surveying safely professional standards
- Personal Responsibilitrs
- Relevance to groups
- Assessing hazards and risks
- RICS members places to work
- Occupational hygiene and health
- visiting premises or sites
- fire safety
- residential property surveying
- general procurement and management of contractors
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What should you do if there is missing design information at stage 5
Should be done but if it’s not put in a budget from either earlier cost plan or from other projects
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Types of bonds
- bid bond
- advance payment bond
- performance bond
- payment bond
- off site material bond
- road and drainage bind
- retention bond
- parent company guarantee
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What’s an advance payment bond
Protects clients from financial lost if a recipient becomes insolvent
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What’s a payment bond
Guaranteed payment for labour and material on a project
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What’s a performance bond
Assured the client that the contractor will complete the project according to the agreed terms and conditions
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what’s road and drainage bond
Guarantees road and drainage system will be delivered to required standard
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What’s a retention bond
Provides security for employers to make payments whilst retaining for defects correction
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What’s a parent company guarantee
Guaranteed d a parent company will meet the obligations of its subsidiary
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What’s included in a tender doc
- instructions to tender
- form of tender
- contract conditions
- specifications
- drawings
- bills of quantities
- other relevant information
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What’s included in a tender query tracker
- query date
- tenderer
- query
- response
- supporting documents
- notification
- deadline
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What’s needed for a contract
- offer
- acceptance
- consideration
- intent for legal relations
- scope of work
- agreed terms of engagement
- completion
- terms and conditions
- communication
- dispute resolution
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What’s the types of defects
Latent - long terms defects (6 years)
Patent - noticeable defect (year)
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What’s a payment notice
Formal written notification from the layer to the payee outlining the amount due for completed work, along with the basis for that calculation
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What’s appendix A rule of conduct
Outlined the core professional obligations of both members and firms
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What are the two types of PI
Aggregate - multiple claims build up to the maximum amount of claim out
Anyone claim - can claim up to the maximum and it resets
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What are the headlines of change control and management
- General principals (level 1 knowing)
- practical application (level 2 doing)
- practical considerations (level 3 doing advising)
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What’s a tender equalisation
The process of adjusting tender prices to ensure a fair comparison between different bidders
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What’s in a tender report
Front cover
Contents
Background information
Tender criteria
Recommendation
Reasons for rejection
Pre qualification criteria
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What’s a PCSA
Pre construction services agreement - a formal agreement used to appoint a design and build contractor to provide services before a formal building contract is signed
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What’s practical completion
At the end of the construction stage and is when the client can take the completed works and can use the building. Starts the defects period
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What’s the sectional completion
Allows for the handover of specific parts of a project before practical completion of the entire project
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Name a type of negotiation
Principled - emphasises trust and uses facts and logic to come to beneficial agreements
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Name a difference between NEC and JCT
NEC - includes a programme as a contract doc and the PM is named. Mainly used for public sectors
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How are LDs decided
Pre determined and not a penalty. Must be a genuine ore estimate of potential loss at the time of contract signing
