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Assignment - Workflows Models Questions
1. What type of information identifies an action item?
2. Define BIM.
3. Give an example of a process to demonstrate how work-flow could be used for contract administration?(give only construction related examples)
4. Why are workflows processes beneficial?
5. What is the value of having a project extranet track out-standing issue?
6. What purpose does an audit trail of documents or transactions provide?
7. What value in there in having project communications in a database as opposed to individual e-mail accounts?
8. What is the value of having project drawings associated with the extranet?
9. Why should one use an agenda planning feature for a meeting?
10. Why should one bother to create a punch list on an extranet?
11. What is the role of a gateway person in contract administration?
12. What differentiates BIM from 3D-modeling?
13. Give three examples of benefits that may be achieved by implementing BIM on a construction project.
14. What are the three principles of lean construction?
15. What are the three principal "parts" of the contract specifications document (or CSI "project manual" or "contract book" as some public agencies call the document)?
16. What are the three parts of a technical section under the CSI format?
17. Give three examples of a unenforceable phrases if used in specifications.
18. If you were working with a set of project specifications prepared in CSI format, under what division numbers would you find the following subjects?
_______________Plumbing
_______________Sheet material
_______________Fabrication
_______________Project meetings
_______________Contractor
_______________Submittals
_______________Painting
_______________Piling
_______________Roof flashing and sheet metal
_______________Butler buildings
_______________Alarm systems
19. Describe the function of the special provisions or supplemental specifications as used in a DOT project as opposed to the CSI format.
20. Under CSI format,explain the difference between the documents referred to as "General conditions" and "General requirements".
21. Under the CSI format, the definition of contract documents does not include the Notice Inviting Bids, Instructions to Bidders, or the Bid itself. Name the principal exception on this rule, where in the term CONTRACT DOCUMENTS may include the Notice inviting bids, Instructions to Bidders, and the bid itself.
22. True or False? It is better to specify absolute dimensions than to indicate allowable tolerances in construction.
23. Which is more desirable in a specification: to require literal compliance with an absolute dimension or to specify a tolerance range for the inspector to work with?