Commercial Construction Principles

Commercial Construction Principles

QUIZ #1

Name:                                                                                                                         

1. Name some differences, regarding the interior construction, between residential and commercial construction.

4 pts                

2. Name four activities take place during the Preconstruction Phase?

4 pts                

3. Your construction site needs to move 12,000 cubic yards of dirt on the site to create a balanced site (no import or export required). List the grading equipment you will need to accomplish this.

6 pts                

4. Your boss asks you to develop the required work (scope) for the building envelop. When you review the drawings what specific items & materials will you look at?

6 pts                

5. In preparation of grading for your site what would you plan for?

4 pts                

6. Why is having a survey on your project so important before you start grading and construction?

4 pts                      

7. You are selected as the project manager for a new 5-story steel frame building. For your assignment you are asked to build a plan. What items would you include in your plan?

6 pts                

8. What are the four general Construction Types for commercial construction?

4 pts                

9. Name four activites that take place during the project Close-out Phase.

4 pts                

10. What is the importance of soil borings? [Check all that apply]

• To determine the water table
• Confirm existing HAZMAT soil
• To determine the types of soils
• Verify any flood plan activity

4 pts                

11. In addition to verifying existing soil conditions on your site, what other information will you want to obtain from the civil and geotechnical engineers?

4 pts                

12. On your site, the grading subcontractor has uncovered and removed many large boulders. He has stockpiled them and is ready to have them removed from the site. What type of truck will he used to remove the boulders from the site?

4 pts                

13. What is does CSI stand for in Commercial Construction Practices?

• Contractor Standards of Interiors
• Construction Safety Institute
• Construction Specification Institute
• Verify any flood plan activity

4 pts                

14. Name three soil types and describe that soil.

6 pts                

15. You have been instructed to develop a SWPPP Plan. What do you need to consider?

6pts                 

16. All utility trenches are required to be shored.

[true or false]

2 pts                

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Commercial Construction Principles

Last Updated on October 31, 2019