Case Study APC

Question 1

What is the differnce between an Act and a Regualtion

Answer 1

Act = something set in law
Regulation = Formal guidelines

Question 2

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

Answer 2

• Asbestos Regulations 2012
• Construction Design and management Regulations 2015
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Question 3

What is my companies lone working policy?

Answer 3

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

Question 4

What is the difference between a hazard and a risk?

Answer 4

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

Question 5

What are your duties under CDM?

Answer 5

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

Question 6

What are the clients duties under CDM Regs 2015?

Answer 6

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

Question 7

When is a project notifiable?

Answer 7

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

Question 8

What is the difference between Arbitration and Adjudication?

Question 9

What is ADR?

Answer 9

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

Question 10

What financial checks do you do on contractors?

Question 11

What are the typical defects of a Victorian Property?

Question 12

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

Answer 12

Carbonation

Question 13

What is carbonation and how do you identify it?

Question 14

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

Question 15

How do you repair carbonated concrete?

Question 16

what are the different types of water ingress?

Answer 16

Penetrating
Rising Damp
Leak

Question 17

How do you treat the different types of water ingress?

Answer 17

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

Question 18

What is a vendor’s survey?

Answer 18

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

Question 19

What is cut edge corrosion

Answer 19

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.

Question 20

When is cut edge corrosion more serious?

Answer 20

When it has reached fixing bolts

Question 21

How do you cure cut edge corrosion?

Answer 21

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

Question 22

What is a PPM?

Answer 22

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

Question 23

Water exceeding gutters, how to fix?

Answer 23

Check gutters are clear.

Question 24

What is a dilaps assessment?

Answer 24

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.

Question 25

Considerations for demolishing a building?

Answer 25

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

Question 26

Difference between Minor Works and Intermediate Building Contract.

Answer 26

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

Question 27

What other forms of contracts are avaiable other than JCT

Answer 27

D&B NEC FIDIC

Question 28

What is the payment process under the JCT Minor Works?

Answer 28

Contractor is entitled to payment 4 weekly.

Question 29

How do you know practical completion has been achieved?

Answer 29

When all works in the contract have been carried out.

Question 30

What was included in tender documents?

Answer 30

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

Question 31

How do you approach valuations?

Answer 31

Contractor issues a valuation I evaluate it on site.

Question 32

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

Answer 32

Discuss with the contractor on site

Question 33

How do you value materials off site?

Answer 33

invoices to be provided.

Question 34

What happens when PC is issued?

Answer 34

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

Question 35

What is a letter of intent?

Answer 35

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

Question 36

What happens if a contractor goes bust?

Answer 36

Roll off insurance which protects.

Question 37

What options are there for poor performance of a contractor?

Answer 37

To dis-instruct them

Question 38

What is the difference between relevant event and relevant matter

Answer 38

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.