AIC Chapter 5 - Bidding and Estimating
How many 7 CY dump truck loads are needed to remove 840 BCY of soil assuming the swell factor is 16%?
140
Using the foundation plan and wall section below, how many cubic yard of concrete would you need to pour the footings for this building? (rounded up)
17?
Which document establishes the forms, content and procedures for submitting the bid proposals?
Instructions to Bidders
What does the abbreviation EMR stand for?
Experience Modification Rating
Which document is provided to the Contractor including detailed information about the bid due date, location to deliver the bid, type of bid opening (public or private), how and when contracts will be awarded or rejected?
Instructions to Bidders
Which document is submitted by each bidder stating that their bid was arrived at without any conferring with other prime bidders?
Noncollusive Affidavit
Which party invokes a bond?
Owner
Which document guarantees to the Owner that all third parties will be paid or else the Bond will be invoked?
Payment Bond
Which documents must be submitted to the Owner from the Contractor at the signing of the Owner-Contractor Agreement?
Performance Bond, Payment Bond and Insurance Certificates
Which type of estimate is most appropriate when the contract documents are 30% to 90% complete?
Semi-Detailed estimate
Roofing is typically taken off by which unit of measure?
Square
Ductwork is typically taken off by which unit of measure?
Square foot
Which document applies to the Contractor and the Subcontractors and outlines any project-specific conditions, such as wage scales, geotechnical reports, insurance and bond requirements, job-site office, temporariy facilities, parking, signage, and cleaning requirements?
Supplementary Conditions
Which party backs the face value of the Payment and Performance Bonds?
Surety
Which document describes quality of work and the quality of the materials and the construction execution procedures?
Technical Specifications
Which type of insurance covers workers being laid off from their job?
Unemployment
Which type of insurance covers injuries to construction site workers employed at the job site?
Worker's Compensation
The Contractor submits a bid for $1,303,071 with the appropriate forms. They receive a Notice of Award letter indicating that their bid has been selected. The Contractor decides not to accept the contract.Will the Contractor lose anything?
Yes, they will lose the amount of their Bid Bond
Which document specifies the Bid Bond Percentage?
Instruction to Bidders
How many days would it take to install 25,000 SF of slab-on-grade concrete if a C14F crew (9 workers) can do 3,350 SF a day?
7.5 day
How many bank cubic yards of soil would be needed to fill in an excavation requiring 700 CCY of fill assuming a 86% compaction?
814
oints How many board feet is 650 lnft of 2 in x 8 in wood studs?
867 bft? (not 734
Which document makes changes, modifications and corrections prior to bid opening?
Addenda
What is the purpose of an EMR?
Adjust Workers Compensation Manual Rate to reflect a company safety
Which document guarantees to the Owner that the successful Contractor will sign a contract?
Bid Bond
Which of the following bid documents would the contractor place his or her price on?
Bid Form
Which type of insurance is needed because the high winds blow down the 40 feet high concrete wall forms'?
Builder's Risk
Which of the following documents is normally incorporated by reference?
General Condition
Which type of insurance covers injuries to persons not employed at the site but who get injured passing by the Site?
General Liability
What is the name of the law principle for referring the Contractor to other documents that are not contained in the package provided?
Incorporated by Reference
Which document issued by the Architect illustrates what is to be built at the time of bid?
Plans
Which document is submitted to the Owner for bid consideration before the Contractor can receive the bidding documents?
Pre-qualification Forms
Which document establishes the labor rates on a federally funded project?
Prevailing Wage Rate Schedule
Which type of specification provides the criteria that the contractor must build and may not make substitutions to?
Project specification
Which of the following documents are submitted by the Contractor at bid opening?
Proposal Form, Bid Breakdown, Addendum, Bid Bond & Noncollusive Affidavit
What is the term used to describe the process of finding lower cost alternatives for the same services/functions provided by the building?
initial cost analysis? (not lcca)
Which document describes the rights, responsibilities, obligations, and authority of the project participants?
not GR (ITB?)
