Kaplan CH 12 "Scheduling of Design and Construction"

Question 1

Which of the following would normally influence a contractor's construction schedule?Check all that apply.
A. Quality of construction documents
B. Reliability of material dealers
C. Total construction cost
D. Size of the project
E. Anticipated weather conditions

Answer 1

A. Quality of construction documents
B. Reliability of material dealers
D. Size of the project
E. Anticipated weather conditions

Question 2

Fast-track scheduling is appropriate in situations that require
A. minimum construction costs.
B. minimum construction time.
C. strict adherence to the budget.
D. strict adherence to the drawings.

Answer 2

B. minimum construction time.

Question 3

An architect estimates that design and production for a project will take one year. The client, however, requests that the total time be reduced to nine months. By using the shorter time schedule, what would be the likely outcome?
A. The general quality of design and production will be unaffected.
B. The quality of the construction documents will be lower.
C. The construction budget will be higher.
D. The construction time will be greater.

Answer 3

B. The quality of the construction documents will be lower.
Certain phases of design and production, such as client approval and project bidding, have fixed times. Therefore, the 25 percent reduction in time would probably come from the construction drawing phase. This would likely lower the overall quality of the construction documents. The construction budget and time would be unaffected.

Question 4

By shortening an architect's time schedule for design and production of drawings, his or her
A. labor costs would increase.
B. overhead would increase.
C. profit would increase.
D. documents would be unaffected.

Answer 4

A. labor costs would increase.
A shortened time schedule may reduce some fixed overhead expenses, such as rent, but it would undoubtedly lead to higher costs because of overtime work, additional hired help, and/or work that is subcontracted to others. Because of higher labor costs, profit would decrease, and the documents would be adversely affected. See page 224.

Question 5

Arrange the following tasks for a typical
project in ascending order of scheduled
time, that is, from the task requiring the
least time to the most.
I. Schematic design phase
II. Bidding phase
III. Client approval
IV. Design development phase
V. Construction documents phase
A. II, I, III, V, IV
B. I, III, II, V, IV
C. III, I, IV, II, V
D. III, II, I, IV, V

Answer 5

III. Client approval
II. Bidding phase
I. Schematic design phase
IV. Design development phase
V. Construction documents phase

Question 6

An architect’s scheduling and staffing requirements for a specific project are dependent on the project’s
A. size. C. complexity.
B. cost. D. quality.

Answer 6

C. complexity.

Complexity is generally more critical than size, while cost and quality rarely affect scheduling.

Question 7

Reducing the critical path time will very likely
A. increase the project cost.
B. extend the construction time.
C. have no effect on the float time.
D. have no effect on project quality.

Answer 7

A. increase the project cost.
Project cost would be increased because of inefficiencies resulting from additional labor and overtime work. See page 234.