Managing Projects

Question 1

What is the role of the Project Manager?
How does this differ for a Contract Administrator or Employer’s Agent?

Question 2

What is a PID?

Question 3

What are typical project constraints?

Question 4

How might cost be managed on a project?

Question 5

How might you run a productive meeting?

Question 6

What is PRINCE2?

Question 7

Typically, what tasks are completed at RIBA stage 2?

Question 8

As project manager, what might you need to do at RIBA stage 4?

Question 9

What might happen at the inception of a project?

Question 10

What is a SWOT analysis?

Question 11

What is a PEST analysis?

Question 12

What can be used to manage time on a project?

Question 13

In the early stages of a project, where costs appear to be exceeding budget, what process might you follow?

Question 14

How might a business case impact the project or development brief?

Question 15

What document control procedures are you aware of?

Question 16

How often might a project manager report during each stage of the project?

Question 17

At what stage of a project might the first cost plan be produced?

Question 18

How is that cost plan developed through each stage of the project?

Question 19

What statutory requirements might you typically face on a project?

Question 20

Can you name any pieces of legislation relevant to projects in the UK?

Question 21

What current challenges is Covid and/or Brexit bringing to Managing People?

Question 22

Why was this BIM in use at Holland Park?
· What level?
· What was the software you used for your Common Data Environment (CDE)?
· Pros and cons of this software?

Question 23

How did you ensure version control of the files?

Question 24

How did you ensure that only those with a right to the files could access them at Holland Park?

Question 25

What GDPR implications were there? · What did you do to manage the GDPR risks?

Question 26

Did you have to do anything to secure internet access?

Question 27

What services were you assessing for at Liphook? -What containment did they need?

Question 28

What was the ductwork for at Liphook?

Question 29

Why did you advise to run the ductwork separately to the cable trays at Liphook? - What measurements led you to this conclusion?

Question 30

How did you know that the roof/ceiling joists were structurally sound at Liphook?

Question 31

What additional structural strengthening works did you advise at Liphook? (including boarding, nogging, etc.) - What boarding did you advise? Why?

Question 32

Why did you advise that the landing ceiling should be the access to the roof space? · “Landing” sounds like stairs are nearby – did you put the roof access above a stair? · If you advised on the design of the cable trays and ducts, were you a ‘Designer’ under CDM 2015? · If so, what did you do to ensure your designs were safe?

Question 33

What did you do to ensure that the work methods were safe and that risks had been mitigated?

Question 34

On your Upper Brook Street Project, Why was this subcontractor underperforming?

Question 35

On your Upper Brook Street Project, What contractual mechanism did you use?

Question 36

On your Upper Brook Street Project, Did you consider any other options (more formal, or less)?

Question 37

On your Upper Brook Street Project, Why not intervene as soon as the first milestone was missed?

Question 38

On your Upper Brook Street Project, What did the subcontractor submit on their recovery plan?

Question 39

On your Upper Brook Street Project, What did you agree in terms of the action plan?

Question 40

On your Upper Brook Street Project, Explain what you advised re: · Increasing labour resources? · Implementing more frequent quality checks? · Adjusting the sequencing of works?

Question 41

On your Upper Brook Street Project, How did you ensure that the subcontractor met their newer targets?

Question 42

On your Upper Brook Street Project, What would have been the LD position if the project was delayed?