CM 1011 Final
Our guest speaker graduated in CM at LSU
True
Our guest speaker works for D.R. Horton
True
Palmisano Construction does mostly commercial projects
True
Palmisano is a design-build / design-assist company
True
"TQM" stands for Terminal Quality Management
False
A Certificate of Substantial Completion should not be recorded at the courthouse
False
A bid is the same as an estimate
False
A site layout plan does not include employee parking
False
All of the subcontract bids were in conformance with the specifications
False
An RFI means a "requirement for information."
False
An SOV is the contractor's budget.
False
BIM is not a good tool for site planning
False
BIM is not good for "what if" situations
False
BIM is two dimensional
False
Bidding is an area that is not affected by ethics
False
Change orders are an area where ethical violations do not occur
False
Change orders should be seen as an opportunity to make a large profit
False
Corrective action has to wait until the project is completed
False
D.R. Horton mostly builds custom houses in the million dollar range
False
D.R. Horton self performs about 50% of the work it does
False
D.R. Horton started as a construction company in 1948
False
Delays in construction are expected and cannot be measured
False
Documentation should include opinions of the person preparing it
False
Drafting the contract documents is one of the contractor pre-construction tasks
False
Estimating is used in BIM as a sixth dimension
False
Ethics decisions are always either black or white
False
Ethics is innate; it cannot be taught
False
Field observations are useless for tracking quality
False
Final payment is usually made before final submittals
False
Goals for the construction team should be set by the superintendent alone
False
Hiring is unimportant regarding company ethics
False
Inspection is not needed when determining quality
False
It is best to calculate productivity from the RSMeans book
False
Knowing the contract will not help you when it comes to a change order
False
Litigation is the preferable solution to disputes
False
Most industrial contractors sub out around 90% of the work
False
Our guest lecturer, Rudy Comeaux, works for Turner Industries
False
Our guest speaker on residential construction was Michael Casteneau
False
Our guest speaker was Marc Bourgeois, President of Brown Eagle Construction Co
False
Palmisano does not use Post-It stickies on its construction projects
False
Palmisano uses ProBuild for its field management
False
Permits are not part of the execution plan
False
Quality is the most important thing for a contractor on a project
False
Removing and reworking incorrect work costs approximately twice that of doing it right the first time
False
Retainage is a penalty amount kept by the owner
False
Scheduling addresses "how much" and "what"
False
Substantial completion is when the project is completely paid
False
Superintendent responsibilities include processing pay applications
False
Testing of materials is part of Quality Assurance, not Quality Control
False
The LSU group was awarded the project as low bidder
False
The class chose a profit of eight percent
False
The critical path is the network path with the most floats
False
The guest lecturer, John Manion, works for Boh Brothers
False
The guest lecturers on Technology work for Parkinson Construction
False
The network CPM is ideal for showing the owner the status of the project
False
The network logic stage comes before the sequence stage when producing a schedule
False
The preconstruction conference should be among only the contractor and owner
False
The quality of the work force does not impact performance
False
The status of productivity is unimportant in management of a project
False
There were seven subcontractors bidding on the overhead doors
False
Unforeseen conditions do not justify a change order
False
"BIM" stands for Building Information Modeling
True
A change order means accepting more risk
True
A clean site equals a safe site
True
A construction project should be monitored to assure contract compliance
True
Activity on Node (AON) is the most common network diagram used in construction
True
BIM allows building a project in a virtual world before actually building it
True
BIM is a good tool for communicating with the owner
True
BIM is a good tool for presentations
True
BIM is used mostly in commercial construction
True
Building code inspections are part of Quality Control
True
Change orders may arise from regulatory compliance
True
Changes are inevitable
True
Commissioning is part of construction close-out
True
Completion date forecasts are part of management reports
True
Construction impact issues may include dust control
True
Contract administration is managing the conditions of the contract
True
Cost control requires documentation
True
D.R. Horton built 41,000 houses in 2016
True
D.R. Horton has a mortgage division
True
D.R. Horton's reputation was built on word-of-mouth
True
Deliveries and inspection of materials are superintendent responsibilities
True
Documentation includes material delivery tickets
True
Durations have to do with how long an activity will take
True
Equipment is one of the scopes to consider when pricing a change order
True
Establishment of site rules is one of the purposes of the preconstruction conference
True
Ethical violations should be addressed by management
True
Ethics has to do with what is right and wrong
True
Ethics starts at the top
True
Everyone in a company needs to "buy in" to the company ethics
True
Final payment is part of contract close-out
True
Interns at D.R. Horton first meet altogether in Fort Worth at the home office
True
It is a good idea to have diversity in abilities on a construction team
True
It is the will to prepare to win that separates success from failure
True
Key performance indicators measure performance against the goals
True
Marc called the summary sheet (shown on the screen) a "top sheet"
True
Meetings with subcontractors should be at least weekly
True
Mini-schedules are used for more detail on an item of work
True
One of Palmisano's core markets is restorations
True
One of the objectives of QA/QC is doing the job correctly the first time
True
Operation and maintenance manuals are part of contract close-out
True
Palmisano self-performs concrete work
True
Palmisano uses Bluebeam for estimating
True
Palmisano uses Primavera P6 for its scheduling
True
Palmisano uses a Job Box on its construction sites
True
ProCore is a construction management program
True
Procurement activities are associated with obtaining materials and equipment
True
Punch list is part of construction close-out
True
Quality is "meeting or exceeding the requirements established in the design documents"
True
Quality is determined by the owner's expectations
True
Quality is meeting the acceptance criteria 100% of the time
True
Scheduling is used in BIM as a fourth dimension
True
Selection of subcontractors is part of Quality Assurance, not Quality Control
True
Subcontractor performance is important in evaluating project performance
True
Submittals include shop drawings
True
Superintendent responsibilities include subcontractor coordination
True
Team activities include identifying who has what responsibilities
True
The Chicken Coop was so big it required an overhead crane
True
The competing bidders were Bama, Ole Miss, and Auburn
True
The example bid project was The LSU Chicken Coop
True
The payment procedures should be discussed at the preconstruction conference
True
The presenter's first rule regarding changes to the work is "First, do no harm"
True
The primary problem with a bar chart is the lack of interconnectivity of the work items
True
The primary tool for planning is the schedule
True
The three primary ethical directives are loyalty, honesty, and responsibility
True
There are legal implications to consider when doing a change order
True
There are three project close-out reports
True
Time is one of the scopes to consider when pricing a change order
True
Training is part of Quality Assurance, not Quality Control
True
When the plan doesn't work, stop and re-plan
True
