JAMAICA DEFENCE FORCE

TECHNICAL TRAINING INSTITUTE

INTERNAL ASSESSMENT

WRITTEN

Group: Building Contracting Level 4

Instructor: B. Seaton-Bernard
Units: BCMCSM0043A Contribute to the preparation, agreement and monitoring of contracts
BCMBCT0084A Monitor work progress, control cost and concur contract accounts
BCMBCT0034A Select, prepare, and agree contracts
Date: December 07, 2022
Duration: 3 hrs
Name: ______________________________________ NQR #:___________________________

Directions: Answer all the items on this paper. You are ALLOWED to refer to your class notes to complete
this section of the assessment, but no collaboration with your classmates is permitted.

1. a. Explain what is meant by the term “construction contract". 3 marks

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b. Discuss the following terms as they relate to construction contracts:
(i) offer 2 marks

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(ii) acceptance 2 marks
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2. Define the following terms in relation to construction contracts:

a. Bid Bond 3 marks
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b. Liquidating Damages 3 marks
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c. Performance Bond 3 marks
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d. Arbitration 3 marks
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e. Mediation 3 marks
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3. Contingency is that amount of money added to an estimate to cover the unforeseen needs of the
project, construction difficulties, or estimating accuracy. Many chief estimators or contractor
executives add a contingency to the estimate to cover one or possibly more. List four (4) such
contingencies to be provided for. 8 marks

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4. Compare the lump sum, admeasurement and target cost types of contracts from the point of view
of flexibility for design changes and variations. 9 marks
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5. You have a project that is scheduled to be completed in ten (10) days at a budgeted cost of $150,000
USD. At the end of day six (6) you do an analysis, and you determine the job is 70% complete and
you have spent $115,000. (Formula sheet is provided).

a. What is the project’s earned value? 5 marks

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b. What is the project’s budget at completion? 4 marks

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c. What is the project’s schedule performance index? 4 marks

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d. What is the project’s cost performance index? 4 marks

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e. Is the project ahead, behind schedule or on time? 4 marks

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f. Is the project expected to be completed on budget, under or over budget? 4 marks

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6. A bill of quantity of a project includes 500m2 of masonry work. The work will be done by one crew
with a production rate of 50 m2/day and consists of:
Crew member No All-in rate/day
Brick layer 2 5000
Assistant 1 2500
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Vendor price for 1000 bricks = $16,000. Each 55 bricks are estimated to make one square meter of
masonry. Each one cubic meter of mortar is used to join brick area of 50 m2 and consists of:
Quantity Material Primary quotation from vendor
One cubic meter Sand $1,500/m3
6 bags (50 kg each) Cement $24,000/ton

Required: You are the contractor, prepare an estimate for the item price and the unit price.
Assume all material waste as 20% and assume overheads and mark-up as 20% of total cost.
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 FORMULA SHEET
FORMULA SHEET EARNED VALUE ANALYSIS

BAC = Budget At Completion ETC = EAC - AC

EV = Actual % * BAC VAC = BAC - EAC

PV = Planned % * BAC BCWS = PV

AC = Sum of all incurred costs BCWP = EV

CV = EV - AC ACWP = AC

SV = EV - PV Tips:

CPI = EV / AC Negative is bad

< 1 = Over Budget Positive is good

> 1 = Under Budget If Variance: EV - Something

SPI = EV / PV If Index: EV / Something

< 1 = Behind Schedule If Cost related use AC

> 1 = Ahead of Schedule If Time related use PV

EAC = BAC / CPI Most formulas start with EV

EAC = AC + ETC

EAC = AC + (BAC + EV) / CPI

 JAMAICA DEFENCE FORCE
TECHNICAL TRAINING INSTITUTE
INTERNAL ASSESSMENT
PRACTICAL
Group: Building Contracting Level 4
Instructor: B. Seaton-Bernard
Units: BCMCSM0043A Contribute to the preparation, agreement and monitoring of contracts
BCMBCT0084A Monitor work progress, control cost and concur contract accounts
BCMBCT0034A Select, prepare, and agree contracts
Date: December 07, 2022
Name: _______________________________________________________________________

Instructions: Read the scenario below and complete the required activities on the blank paper provided.
A gas station is proposed to be built on an already developed site. It will consist essentially of a sales outlet
and an office block. The sales outlet comprises of cash office and gas pumps. The manager’s office building,
which also houses public washrooms and an air compressor, is called the office block. Adjacent to pumps
will be a concrete pit that will house the gas tanks.
The entire area, excluding the office and pumps site, is covered with a concrete slab, and there is a low
perimeter wall in the rear. The utility company has undertaken to install an electric meter on the site and
connect it to the mains.
Gasoline pumps must be obtained from the manufacturers, and after being installed, they are to be connected
to the gasoline tanks and the power supply.
Before use the local authority must inspect them to ensure safety and compliance with regulations. Gasoline
tanks are housed in concrete pits and covered by concrete slabs. Before they are covered, however, the tanks
and the associated pipe work have to be inspected by the local authority. The sales outlet base is excavated
first, the pipe work and tanks second, the office block third, and the trench for underground services last.
After the excavation for the tanks and pipe work is completed, work can proceed on the construction of the
perimeter wall and air points.

No Activity Description Duration

A Excavate for sales outlet 1
B Construct sales outlet base 1
C Construct cash office 2
D Obtain pumps 16
E Install pumps 2
F Connect pumps 1
G Inspector approves pumps installation 2
H Paint & furnish office & washrooms 2
I Connect office & toilet lighting 1
J Excavate for office block 1
K Construct office block 1
L Build office & washrooms + services 15
M Install electric meter 14
N Connect main cable to meter 1
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O Install area lighting 4
P Mobilize site 1
Q Set out and level site 1
R Excavate & lay underground services 1
S Excavate for pipes and tanks 1
T Construct concrete pit 2
U Obtain pipes and tanks 2
V Install pipes and tanks 3
W Obtain compressor 10
X Install compressor 1
Y Connect power to compressor 1
Z Inspection of compressor 2
AA Backfill and cover tanks 1
BB Pour concrete slab 2
CC Construct perimeter wall + air points 2
DD Connect air points 1
EE Demobilize and clean site 1
FF Inspection of pipes and tanks 2

Compressed air for inflated tires will be supplied by an electrically driven compressor, which must be
inspected by a competent person before the compressor is put into use. The airlines to the “free air” points
are installed with the general underground services, and the points themselves are mounted on the perimeter
wall. The air points can be hooked up after the concrete slab has been poured. Mobilization to start work
comprises, among other preparations, the moving of a trailer to the site to store tools, furnishings, and any
weather prone parts and to serve as the site office. Similarly, when work at the site is completed, the trailer
will be removed, and all scaffolding and construction equipment taken away. This is known as
“demobilization and clean-up of site.
You are required to determine:
I. the project duration, 40 marks
II. critical path(s), and 10 marks
III. tabulate activity times (ES, EF, LS, LF, TF, and FF). 50 marks