Cosc 153 c - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

How many subcontractors and sub-subcontractors are there typically? - ANSWER 10-50 What is crucial about subcontractor coordination? - ANSWER The scope of services What are a necessary requirement for communication? - ANSWER Meetings

What is a construction estimate? - ANSWER Summary of probable quantities and costs of materials, labor, equipment, and subcontracts to complete a project, including taxes, overhead, and profit, based on the best available information at the time. Name the four primary categories of costs in the construction estimate. - ANSWER Materials, labor, equipment, and subcontracts. How are construction estimates typically organized? - ANSWER 1995 CSI Master Format, which utilizes 16 divisions, or t...

When does the pre-construction phase take place? - ANSWER Before design is complete and construction begins. What are three ways owners can benefit from alternative project delivery methods? - ANSWER Low cost, high quality, innovation. Define pre-construction services - ANSWER Evaluation activities that occur before construction begins, often during the design phase when at-risk CM or design-build is employed as the project delivery method.

COSC 153 Chapters 5-7(solved 2025).

Name the four fundamental stages of the construction management process after the design stage. - ANSWER Pre-construction, procurement, construction, and post-construction. What are the four distinct stages of the design process? - ANSWER Programming and feasibility, schematic or conceptual design, design development, and contract documents.

Identify at least three issues that the superintendent must be concerned with when trying to manage construction operations. - ANSWER Subcontractor coordination, material and equipment deliveries, and productivity. When scheduling subcontractors for the job, you should try to follow three fundamental rules. What are they? - ANSWER To resist bringing subcontractors onto the job until you are 100 percent ready for them; to make sure that once you bring them on the job, they have everything they...

COSC 153 Chapter 14 fully solved & updated(passed).

COSC 153 Chapter 10 fully solved & updated(passed)