Competency Examples Flashcards
Summarise your work in Cost Audits of Sub-contractors?
I ensured that the client was made aware of all outstanding issues with the Sub-contractors payment methodology and what the sub-contractor agreed to change as a result. For example the sign-off process was inadequate without sufficient controls.
Summarize a time you acted ethically?
At NNEP.
Contractor submitted wrong rates.
Advised that these should be reduced to match agreed rates.
They agreed and reduced the amount submitted in the AfP.
Cost Estimating and planning, how did you provide value-for-money for the client?
- Prelims benchmarking at 28% rather than standard 14%.
- Advised client to instruct contractor to reduce prelims.
- Value of prelims reduced by 20% by increasing the working window by an hour each side of the normal hours.
- Logistical costs were benchmarking higher, so this made up the additional cost.
Example of construction tech knowledge in practice?
- Heathrow metal floor grommets.
- Back of house.
- Plastic floor grommets were half the price and did not need to be aesthetically pleasing.
- £100k cost saving.
- Re-use of glazed screens, saved £250k.
- Feature lighting not needed, removed £100k from the cost.
Example of contract practice, SALUS AfP?
- £700k AfP.
- Disallowed costs within the AfP, such as additional prelims that were not utilised that month.
- Charges for works on public holidays when works were not taking place.
Example of when you advised the Client to shut down the contract?
- Option E not incentivising the contractor to complete works within budget.
- Advised to move the remaining small amount of works to a TSC contract to close out retention.
Example of when you worked on Option C contract?
I calculated Pain/gain shares on 13 Option C contracts.
Tell me about how you shut down the contract at NNEP?
Underperforming on older framework contracts, and shut down the historic framework to move works onto new compliant framework.
Forecasting was not being updated, despite being in the contract.
Were weren’t the RAG options given weightings?
It was clear from the initial RAG that Option 1 performed the best, even if given weightings as it was the best performer in the key objectives and throughout.
What were the luminaire requirements at Heathrow?
British Lighting Standards apply.
Process control room 300 lux. Walkway/corridor 50 lux.
What incentive packages are applied to Heathrow Option E contracts?
X clauses.
X5 sectional completion.
X7 delay damages.
In terms of quotation timescales, how did you change this?
The contractor needed more time in order to produce a particularly complex quotation, so discussions were held to allow the contractor more time under the contract for that particular CE.
Example of underperformance of a contractor?
Contractor was unable to provide adequate resources to complete one of the projects due to other projects at the same time ongoing.
Example of when you negotiated with a contractor?
Negotiated how to allow for scope that was needed but they had not received any quotations for. It was understood that a value needed to be included, but provisional allowances weren’t allowed under NEC.
What procurement regulations does Heathrow use?
Competition Law, not PCR
