Construction Engineering and Management

An activity is

The probabilistic time is given by (Where $ t_o = $ optimistic time, $ t_p = $ pessimistic time and, $ t_n = $ Most likely time)

Pert requires

Which of the following is a dummy activity?

A Gantt chart indicates

Negative slack occurs

PERT calculation yield a project length of 60 week with a variance of 9 week. Probability factor corresponding to 95% is 1.647; then the number of week required to complete the project with a probability of 95% is

Which of the following earth moving machines has the shortest cycle time

Which of the following data is not required to prepare an estimate?

Force majeure can be

(a) Describe various phases of project management.

(b) Discuss in brief the basics of slip forming for tall structure.

Following table shows details of activities of a small project: (i) Prepare AON network (ii) Prepare AOA network (iii) Identify critical path and duration of project (iv) Work out total, Free and independent floats

Explain the application of BIM in project management. What are the safety measures to be considered in the construction site?

A target date of completion is to be forecast based on the following information: Item A take 7 weeks for completion; Item B takes 5 weeks; Item C depend on the completion of both A and B, and requires 3 weeks; Item D follow up of item C and requires 2 weeks. Prepare a Gantt chart for scheduling the completion date.

(a) Compare and contrast CPM and PERT. Under what circumstance would you use PERT as opposed to CPM in project management?

(b) Discuss the objectives of network analysis.

(a) What are the factors must be taken into account before selection of construction equipment.

(b) calculate the output per day of a concrete mixture of 200 litres. Assume all data reasonably for the purpose.

(a) Discuss various rules for providing dummies in a network. What are redundant dummies?

(b) What are the methods used for manufacture of precast concrete elements? Explain briefly

(a) Explain duties and responsibilities of parties involved in a contract.

(b) Differentiate between conventional and mechanized methods of construction.

An activity is

The probabilistic time is given by (Where $ t_o = $ optimistic time, $ t_p = $ pessimistic time and, $ t_n = $ Most likely time)

Pert requires

Which of the following is a dummy activity?

A Gantt chart indicates

Negative slack occurs

PERT calculation yield a project length of 60 week with a variance of 9 week. Probability factor corresponding to 95% is 1.647; then the number of week required to complete the project with a probability of 95% is

Which of the following earth moving machines has the shortest cycle time

Which of the following data is not required to prepare an estimate?

Force majeure can be

(a) Describe various phases of project management.

(b) Discuss in brief the basics of slip forming for tall structure.

Following table shows details of activities of a small project: (i) Prepare AON network (ii) Prepare AOA network (iii) Identify critical path and duration of project (iv) Work out total, Free and independent floats

Explain the application of BIM in project management. What are the safety measures to be considered in the construction site?

A target date of completion is to be forecast based on the following information: Item A take 7 weeks for completion; Item B takes 5 weeks; Item C depend on the completion of both A and B, and requires 3 weeks; Item D follow up of item C and requires 2 weeks. Prepare a Gantt chart for scheduling the completion date.

(a) Compare and contrast CPM and PERT. Under what circumstance would you use PERT as opposed to CPM in project management?

(b) Discuss the objectives of network analysis.

(a) What are the factors must be taken into account before selection of construction equipment.

(b) calculate the output per day of a concrete mixture of 200 litres. Assume all data reasonably for the purpose.

(a) Discuss various rules for providing dummies in a network. What are redundant dummies?

(b) What are the methods used for manufacture of precast concrete elements? Explain briefly

(a) Explain duties and responsibilities of parties involved in a contract.

(b) Differentiate between conventional and mechanized methods of construction.

For establishing and maintaining priorities among the various jobs of a project, the technique is known as

In case of CPM, the performance of a specific task is known as

Military organization is also called as

Which of the following is incorrect statement?

Without affecting the start of succeeding activities, the time by which activity completion time can be delayed, is known as

In bar chart, the various activities of a project, are shown by

The time which is responsible for least possible construction cost of an activity, is

If an activity has its optimistic, most likely and pessimistic times as 2, 3 and 7 respectively, then its expected time and variance are respectively

A critical ratio scheduling

A machine costs 20,000 and its useful life is 8 years. The money is borrowed at 8% interest per annum. The capital recovery factor at 8% interest per annum for 8 years is 0.174. The annual equipment cost of the machine will be

Assess the present constructional infrastructure in India. Give the remedial measures keeping in mind the economic feasibility.

What is critical path method? Prepare the network as per the data given in the Table 1 and compute in a table their early start, early finish, late start and late finish times. Determine the critical path and find the total float and free float for all the activities:

What do you mean by PERT and what is its significance?

Write the factors to be considered for precast concrete construction. What do you mean by scaffolding?

Compare the characteristics and application of the different types of earth excavating equipment. Estimate the output of bulldozer for the following operating conditions: (a) Material - Sandy loam top soil (b) Swell - 25% (c) Haul distance - 45 m (d) Mould board size - 3.0 m long, 1.0 m high (e) Rated mould board capacity - 3 cu.m loose volume (f) Operating factor - 50 min/hr (g) Probable round trip time - 1.87 min.

Explain the application of BIM in project management. What are the safety measures to be considered in the construction site?

Explain the importance of organization in construction activities. What are the methods of scheduling?

What is called liquidated damage? What do you mean by direct cost and indirect cost?

For establishing and maintaining priorities among the various jobs of a project, the technique is known as

In case of CPM, the performance of a specific task is known as

Military organization is also called as

Which of the following is incorrect statement?

Without affecting the start of succeeding activities, the time by which activity completion time can be delayed, is known as

In bar chart, the various activities of a project, are shown by

The time which is responsible for least possible construction cost of an activity, is

If an activity has its optimistic, most likely and pessimistic times as 2, 3 and 7 respectively, then its expected time and variance are respectively

A critical ratio scheduling

A machine costs 20,000 and its useful life is 8 years. The money is borrowed at 8% interest per annum. The capital recovery factor at 8% interest per annum for 8 years is 0.174. The annual equipment cost of the machine will be

Assess the present constructional infrastructure in India. Give the remedial measures keeping in mind the economic feasibility.

What is critical path method? Prepare the network as per the data given in the Table 1 and compute in a table their early start, early finish, late start and late finish times. Determine the critical path and find the total float and free float for all the activities:

What do you mean by PERT and what is its significance?

Write the factors to be considered for precast concrete construction. What do you mean by scaffolding?

Compare the characteristics and application of the different types of earth excavating equipment. Estimate the output of bulldozer for the following operating conditions: (a) Material - Sandy loam top soil (b) Swell - 25% (c) Haul distance - 45 m (d) Mould board size - 3.0 m long, 1.0 m high (e) Rated mould board capacity - 3 cu.m loose volume (f) Operating factor - 50 min/hr (g) Probable round trip time - 1.87 min.

Explain the application of BIM in project management. What are the safety measures to be considered in the construction site?

Explain the importance of organization in construction activities. What are the methods of scheduling?

What is called liquidated damage? What do you mean by direct cost and indirect cost?

For establishing and maintaining priorities among the various jobs of a project, the technique is known as

In case of CPM, the performance of a specific task is known as

Military organization is also called as

Which of the following is incorrect statement?

Without affecting the start of succeeding activities, the time by which activity completion time can be delayed, is known as

In bar chart, the various activities of a project, are shown by

The time which is responsible for least possible construction cost of an activity, is

If an activity has its optimistic, most likely and pessimistic times as 2, 3 and 7 respectively, then its expected time and variance are respectively

A critical ratio scheduling

A machine costs 20,000 and its useful life is 8 years. The money is borrowed at 8% interest per annum. The capital recovery factor at 8% interest per annum for 8 years is 0.174. The annual equipment cost of the machine will be

Assess the present constructional infrastructure in India. Give the remedial measures keeping in mind the economic feasibility.

What is critical path method? Prepare the network as per the data given in the Table 1 and compute in a table their early start, early finish, late start and late finish times. Determine the critical path and find the total float and free float for all the activities:

What do you mean by PERT and what is its significance?

Write the factors to be considered for precast concrete construction. What do you mean by scaffolding?

Compare the characteristics and application of the different types of earth excavating equipment. Estimate the output of bulldozer for the following operating conditions: (a) Material - Sandy loam top soil (b) Swell - 25% (c) Haul distance - 45 m (d) Mould board size - 3.0 m long, 1.0 m high (e) Rated mould board capacity - 3 cu.m loose volume (f) Operating factor - 50 min/hr (g) Probable round trip time - 1.87 min.

Explain the application of BIM in project management. What are the safety measures to be considered in the construction site?

Explain the importance of organization in construction activities. What are the methods of scheduling?

What is called liquidated damage? What do you mean by direct cost and indirect cost?

For establishing and maintaining priorities among the various jobs of a project, the technique is known as

In case of CPM, the performance of a specific task is known as

Military organization is also called as

Which of the following is incorrect statement?

Without affecting the start of succeeding activities, the time by which activity completion time can be delayed, is known as

In bar chart, the various activities of a project, are shown by

The time which is responsible for least possible construction cost of an activity, is

If an activity has its optimistic, most likely and pessimistic times as 2, 3 and 7 respectively, then its expected time and variance are respectively

A critical ratio scheduling

A machine costs 20,000 and its useful life is 8 years. The money is borrowed at 8% interest per annum. The capital recovery factor at 8% interest per annum for 8 years is 0.174. The annual equipment cost of the machine will be

Assess the present constructional infrastructure in India. Give the remedial measures keeping in mind the economic feasibility.

Categorize the different construction works. Explain the different criteria of selection of site for a project.

What is critical path method? Prepare the network as per the data given in the Table 1 and compute in a table their early start, early finish, late start and late finish times. Determine the critical path and find the total float and free float for all the activities:

What do you mean by PERT and what is its significance?

As per the given network find the expected time for each of the paths. Also find the critical path as well as the expected time for the project completion.

Write the factors to be considered for precast concrete construction. What do you mean by scaffolding?

A project takes 20 days along the critical path and has a standard deviation of 4 days. What is the probability of completing the project within (a) 20 days, (b) 24 days and (c) 18 days?

Compare the characteristics and application of the different types of earth excavating equipment. Estimate the output of bulldozer for the following operating conditions: (a) Material - Sandy loam top soil (b) Swell - 25% (c) Haul distance - 45 m (d) Mould board size - 3.0 m long, 1.0 m high (e) Rated mould board capacity - 3 cu.m loose volume (f) Operating factor - 50 min/hr (g) Probable round trip time - 1.87 min.

Explain the application of BIM in project management. What are the safety measures to be considered in the construction site?

A target date of completion is to be forecast based on the following information: Item A takes 7 weeks for completion; Item B takes 5 weeks; Item C depends on the completion of both A and B, and requires 3 weeks; Item D follow up of Item C and requires 2 weeks. Prepare a Gantt chart for scheduling the completion date.

Explain the importance of organization in construction activities. What are the methods of scheduling?

For the construction of a guesthouse, certain activities are to be performed as shown in Table 2. Activities 2 and 3 can be performed simultaneously and can start only when Activity 1 is completed. Activity 4 can start only after Activity 2 ends. Activity 5 cannot begin until activities 2 and 3 are completed. Activity 6 can start only after Activities 4 and 5 are completed. Activity 7 is the last activity and this can commence only after the completion of Activity 5. (a) Prepare a bar chart for the project. (b) What is the total time taken for the completion of the project?

What is called liquidated damage? What do you mean by direct cost and indirect cost?

The following Table 3 gives the data for the duration and costs of each activity of a project network. The indirect cost of the project is 3,000/week. Determine the optimum duration of project and the corresponding minimum cost. Draw the time scaled version of the network:

For establishing and maintaining priorities among the various jobs of a project, the technique is known as

In case of CPM, the performance of a specific task is known as

Military organization is also called as

Which of the following is incorrect statement?

Without affecting the start of succeeding activities, the time by which activity completion time can be delayed, is known as

In bar chart, the various activities of a project, are shown by

The time which is responsible for least possible construction cost of an activity, is

If an activity has its optimistic, most likely and pessimistic times as 2, 3 and 7 respectively, then its expected time and variance are respectively

A critical ratio scheduling

A machine costs 20,000 and its useful life is 8 years. The money is borrowed at 8% interest per annum. The capital recovery factor at 8% interest per annum for 8 years is 0.174. The annual equipment cost of the machine will be

Assess the present constructional infrastructure in India. Give the remedial measures keeping in mind the economic feasibility.

Categorize the different construction works. Explain the different criteria of selection of site for a project.

What is critical path method? Prepare the network as per the data given in the Table 1 and compute in a table their early start, early finish, late start and late finish times. Determine the critical path and find the total float and free float for all the activities:

What do you mean by PERT and what is its significance?

As per the given network find the expected time for each of the paths. Also find the critical path as well as the expected time for the project completion.

Write the factors to be considered for precast concrete construction. What do you mean by scaffolding?

A project takes 20 days along the critical path and has a standard deviation of 4 days. What is the probability of completing the project within (a) 20 days, (b) 24 days and (c) 18 days?

Compare the characteristics and application of the different types of earth excavating equipment. Estimate the output of bulldozer for the following operating conditions: (a) Material - Sandy loam top soil (b) Swell - 25% (c) Haul distance - 45 m (d) Mould board size - 3.0 m long, 1.0 m high (e) Rated mould board capacity - 3 cu.m loose volume (f) Operating factor - 50 min/hr (g) Probable round trip time - 1.87 min.

Explain the application of BIM in project management. What are the safety measures to be considered in the construction site?

A target date of completion is to be forecast based on the following information: Item A takes 7 weeks for completion; Item B takes 5 weeks; Item C depends on the completion of both A and B, and requires 3 weeks; Item D follow up of Item C and requires 2 weeks. Prepare a Gantt chart for scheduling the completion date.

Explain the importance of organization in construction activities. What are the methods of scheduling?

For the construction of a guesthouse, certain activities are to be performed as shown in Table 2. Activities 2 and 3 can be performed simultaneously and can start only when Activity 1 is completed. Activity 4 can start only after Activity 2 ends. Activity 5 cannot begin until activities 2 and 3 are completed. Activity 6 can start only after Activities 4 and 5 are completed. Activity 7 is the last activity and this can commence only after the completion of Activity 5. (a) Prepare a bar chart for the project. (b) What is the total time taken for the completion of the project?

What is called liquidated damage? What do you mean by direct cost and indirect cost?

The following Table 3 gives the data for the duration and costs of each activity of a project network. The indirect cost of the project is 3,000/week. Determine the optimum duration of project and the corresponding minimum cost. Draw the time scaled version of the network: