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1
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What is the differnce between an Act and a Regualtion

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Act = something set in law
Regulation = Formal guidelines

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What are the main H&S Acts and how do they affect your role?

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  • Asbestos Regulations 2012
  • Construction Design and management Regulations 2015
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3
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What is my companies lone working policy?

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A desktop risk assessment is undertaken prior to site visits. I share my location in a shared calendar.

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What is the difference between a hazard and a risk?

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Hazard = Something that can cause harm
Risk = How likely something is to do so

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What are your duties under CDM?

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Plan, monitor and coordinate health and safety in the pre-construction phase.
Identify and eliminate any risks.
Ensure designers are competent
Liaise with the contractor

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What are the clients duties under CDM Regs 2015?

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Provisions for welfare.
Appoint duty holders.
Ensure PD and PC carry out their duties.

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When is a project notifiable?

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More than 30 days on site and more than 20 workers or more than 500 person days.

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What is the difference between Arbitration and Adjudication?

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What is ADR?

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Types of ways to resolving disputes. e.g Mediation, arbitration, adjudication, Independent expert witness

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What financial checks do you do on contractors?

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What are the typical defects of a Victorian Property?

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12
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What kind of defect would you look for in steel frame cast in concrete?

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Carbonation

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13
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What is carbonation and how do you identify it?

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What are the different types of concrete testing and how do they work?

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How do you repair carbonated concrete?

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16
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what are the different types of water ingress?

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Penetrating
Rising Damp
Leak

17
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How do you treat the different types of water ingress?

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Rising damp= Injected dpc
Penetrating = looking for cracks in walls
Leak = find the source of the leak

18
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What is a vendor’s survey?

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Survey undertaken on behalf of a seller of a property. The report will aim to close out any questions a potential purchaser may have.

19
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What is cut edge corrosion

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Corrosin from the end of profile metal roof sheets, by where the roof sheets are cut they have not been sealed and therefore react with oxygen causing corrosion to begin.

20
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When is cut edge corrosion more serious?

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When it has reached fixing bolts

21
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How do you cure cut edge corrosion?

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A liquid applied system can be applied to the lad ends and joints which seals them.

22
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What is a PPM?

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Planned preventative maintenance survey, helps with occupiers plan for what works may be required over a certain period of time.

23
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Water exceeding gutters, how to fix?

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Check gutters are clear.

24
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What is a dilaps assessment?

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Highlights potential common law claim a landlord could put on a tenant. Undertaken prior to lease expiry but takes in to account it is undertaken at lease expiry.

25
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Considerations for demolishing a building?

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Planning approval required.
Building control approval.
Listed building consent if required.

26
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Difference between Minor Works and Intermediate Building Contract.

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Minore works is a skeleton form of the intermediate contract. The intermediate contract is more detailed and allows for more extensive control procedures.

27
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What other forms of contracts are avaiable other than JCT

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D&B
NEC
FIDIC

28
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What is the payment process under the JCT Minor Works?

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Contractor is entitled to payment 4 weekly.

29
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How do you know practical completion has been achieved?

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When all works in the contract have been carried out.

30
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What was included in tender documents?

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Pre-liminaries, Preambles, schedule of works, Form of tender.

31
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How do you approach valuations?

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Contractor issues a valuation I evaluate it on site.

32
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What options do you have if a contractor applicable is wrong.

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Discuss with the contractor on site

33
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How do you value materials off site?

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invoices to be provided.

34
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What happens when PC is issued?

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Rectification period begins. Contractor is entitled to a percentage of retention returned.

35
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What is a letter of intent?

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Expresses the intention for parties to enter in to a contract.

36
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What happens if a contractor goes bust?

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Roll off insurance which protects.

37
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What options are there for poor performance of a contractor?

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To dis-instruct them

38
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What is the difference between relevant event and relevant matter

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A relevant matter is a matter for which the client is responsible that materially effects the progress of the works. A relevant event is an event that causes a delay to the completion date, which is caused by the client, or a neutral event not caused by either party.

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