Project Analysis Study Guide: Cost, Scheduling, and Team Dynamics, Exams of Advanced Education

This study guide provides a concise overview of key concepts in project analysis, focusing on cost, scheduling, and team selection. It covers essential steps for project initiation, parameters affecting project costs, and the critical phases of project closure. The guide also delves into various project delivery methods, the impact of location on project costs, and the importance of risk management, resource allocation, and reward attainment in both tactical and strategic contexts. Additionally, it outlines the order of drawings and specifications, explores design-assist and delegated design processes, and details the components of conceptual estimates. The guide concludes with insights into lean construction principles, goal-setting theory, and reliable promising techniques, offering a comprehensive resource for effective project management.

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Project Analysis Test 2 Yantis Study
Guide
what are the steps to starting a project? - Answer -Establish a project need (why)
-Define project scope (what)
-Understand team members (who)
-Confirm critical authorities and milestones (when)
-Define project tools and protcool (how)
what are the project parameters? - Answer Cost, schedule, quality
what are the four crtical P to selecting a team? - Answer Process (delivery method),
product (type of building), Proximity (Location), people (each other)
What does the overall project schedule include? - Answer All activities/members of the
project
What does FFE stand for? - Answer Furniture, fixture, and equipment
what are the most important days in construction? - Answer the first 60 days and the last
60 days
what does the budget mean? - Answer how much you can spend
what does the estimate mean? - Answer how much you are going to spend
what is billing mean in terms of costs? - Answer how much you actually spend
What is included in project cost? - Answer design, preconstruction, profit and overhead
what are the steps to closing a project? - Answer 1. transmit closeout documents
2. Train and orient maintance team
3. Final change orders
4. Archive project documents
5. celebration
which delivery methods have multiple estimates in design? - Answer cm at risk, design
build, integrated project delivery
what are some scope that can affect the cost of a project? - Answer -use of building,
site, sustainability, subtotal A
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Project Analysis Test 2 Yantis Study

Guide

what are the steps to starting a project? - Answer -Establish a project need (why) -Define project scope (what) -Understand team members (who) -Confirm critical authorities and milestones (when) -Define project tools and protcool (how) what are the project parameters? - Answer Cost, schedule, quality what are the four crtical P to selecting a team? - Answer Process (delivery method), product (type of building), Proximity (Location), people (each other) What does the overall project schedule include? - Answer All activities/members of the project What does FFE stand for? - Answer Furniture, fixture, and equipment what are the most important days in construction? - Answer the first 60 days and the last 60 days what does the budget mean? - Answer how much you can spend what does the estimate mean? - Answer how much you are going to spend what is billing mean in terms of costs? - Answer how much you actually spend What is included in project cost? - Answer design, preconstruction, profit and overhead what are the steps to closing a project? - Answer 1. transmit closeout documents

  1. Train and orient maintance team
  2. Final change orders
  3. Archive project documents
  4. celebration which delivery methods have multiple estimates in design? - Answer cm at risk, design build, integrated project delivery what are some scope that can affect the cost of a project? - Answer -use of building, site, sustainability, subtotal A

What is subtotal A - Answer Size, duration, scope what is subtotal b - Answer location what are some affects on subtotal b location - Answer freight/delivery, labor and unions, site and soils (foundations), urban or rural logistics, weather (NOAA), taxes, permits, regulations what are things that can affect timing in a conceptual estimate? - Answer when you are going to start the project, summer/winter, inflation (3-4% a year), escalation, demand of trade market what are the cost for design continegency for Schematic, DD, and CD - Answer sd - 10% DD- 5% CD-0% What is the percent cost for preconstruction services usually? - Answer 1% what are the key 10 steps to scheduling? - Answer 1. Project delivery

  1. Overall project schedule (identify key memebrs) 3.Site analysis
  2. Site Logistics
  3. Building analysis
  4. sequencing 7.milestones
  5. Long lead
  6. Building Systems
  7. Plan 4 times what are the three R's? - Answer -Risk -Resources -Reward What does Risk mean in the three R's for tatical? - Answer scope, performance of trades and team what does resources mean in the three R's for tatical? - Answer Capacity of trades and team

what csi division is building systems in? - Answer 21-

what csi division is sitework and utilities in - Answer 31-

what items does a contractor need to include to finalize his estimate - Answer -allowances, contingencies, project overhead, company overhead, profit

what are the components to a conceptual estimate? - Answer 1. scope of work (by trades and self perform)

  1. General requirements
  2. General conditions
  3. Contingency
  4. fee (profit overhead)

what is the difference between general conditions and general requirements? - Answer general conditions: rights, responsibilities and relationships of involved parties: HOW THE PROJECT WILL RUN.

General requirements: protocols for admin programs for a given project: RULES FOR PROJECT

What are examples of general conditions? - Answer management personell, field office, radios and computers, office supplies

What are examples of general requirements? - Answer -Plans and photography, survey and engineering, field operations support (Tools, storage, cleanup), jobsite conditions, safety, engery and environmental controls

what are project overhead cost? - Answer -people, facilties and tools necessary to support the project (fulltime on site)

what are coporate overhead? - Answer people, facilties, and tools necessary to support the company (In the office)

what is the optimal concrete pour by square footage - Answer 10,000 SF

what is site analysis - Answer size of site, slope, soils, SOG location

what is site logistics? - Answer neighbors, roads, utilites, trailer, stagging, waste, hoist

what is building analysis - Answer footprint, basement, stories, program

what is sequencing? - Answer area/nomenclature (slabs elevations)

what are milestones? - Answer NTP, dry in, power, conditioned area, sustantial completiton

what are long lead? - Answer design buy submittal approve mock fab deliver

what are building systems? - Answer utilities, under slab, in wal, overhead, trim

how many times do you need to plan - Answer 4 times

what is the correct verbage for scheduling - Answer action verbs, name and location

what does lean/IPD projects focus on? - Answer improving relationships and conversations to improve commmunication

why reliable promising? - Answer builds trust among team members and creates culture of holding people accountable to a culture of being acountable

in lean consturction what is key? - Answer slow is smooth and smooth is fast

lean construction last planner system steps 5 of them in order - Answer 1.master scheduling 2.phase schedule

  1. 6 week look ahead scheduling
  2. weekly work planning
  3. daily huddles