ASSESSMENT 1
| Item | Cost per Item (From Appendix) | Cost for Project |
| EPA Permit | $1345 per year | $485.32 |
| Work Cover | $8900 per month | $38537 |
| Waste Disposal -Base | $1199 | $1199 |
| Waste Disposal -Frame | $298 | $298 |
| Waste Disposal –Lock up | $480 | $480 |
| Waste Disposal – Fixing | $575 | $575 |
| Total Waste Disposal | $2552 | $2552 |
| Toilets | $600 each | $1800 |
| Site office | $8450 | $8450 |
| Meal Room | $4000 | $8000 |
| Locker Room | $5250 | $10500 |
| Planning Permit | $360 | $360 |
| Building Permit | $425 | $425 |
| Surveyor costs for Occupancy
Permit, pre-pour inspections, Slab inspections and other mandatory inspection stages. |
$1500 | $1500 |
| Total | $33382 | $72609.32 |
Will the above costs be used for inclusion in a tender or bill?
15 % of $ 72609.32 = $ 10891.398
$ 10891.398 + $ 72609.32 = $ 83500.718
Tax 3 % = $ 2505.2154
Tender = $ 83500.718 + $ 2505.2154 = $ 86005.9334
What information did you extract from plans and drawings to calculate the estimates above?
The information that is been extracted from plans and drawings were the cost per item for all the items and the total months that are required to complete the project. The number of toilets for the labour required is also been collected from the drawings and plans (Liu, et al., 2019).
ASSESSMENT 2
| Site prep estimate | Quantity | Cost per day/hr | Time required
(in days/hours) |
Subtotal | Overhead recovery |
| Equipment | |||||
| Crawler tractor | 1 | $ 1000 | 15 Days | $ 15000 | $ 5250 |
| Hydraulic excavator | 1 | $ 1000 | 10 Days | $ 10000 | $ 3500 |
| Rubber tyred front-end back-end loader | 1 | $ 1000 | 10 Days | $ 10000 | $ 3500 |
| Subtotal | $ 35000 | $ 12250 | |||
| Labour | |||||
| Manual trench excavation | 3 | $ 360 | 20 Days | $ 7200 | $ 2520 |
| Manual oversite excavation | 2 | $ 360 | 20 Days | $ 7200 | $ 2520 |
| Subtotal | $ 14400 | $ 5040 | |||
| Grand total | $ 49400 | $ 17290 |
ASSESSMENT 3
| Employee type (according to Award) | No of employees required | Labour rate per day | Subtotal | Time required | Total cost |
| Inspection officer | 3 | $ 500 | $ 1500 | 28 Days | $ 42000 |
| Business analyst | 2 | $ 450 | $ 900 | 10 Days | $ 9000 |
| Civil Engineer | 3 | $ 800 | $ 2400 | 75 Days | $ 180000 |
| Finance manager | 1 | $ 600 | $ 600 | 28 Days | $ 16800 |
| HR manager | 3 | $ 500 | $ 1500 | 130 Days | $ 195000 |
| Labour | 9 | $ 360 | $ 3240 | 75 Days | $ 243000 |
| Carpenter | 2 | $ 400 | $ 800 | 30 Days | $ 24000 |
| Plumber | 2 | $ 300 | $ 600 | 30 Days | $ 18000 |
| Total | $ 727800 |
(Liu, et al., 2019)
ASSESSMENT 4
| Materials | Supplier 1 unit price | Supplier 2 unit price | Estimated unit price | Quantity required | Supplier 1 order price |
Supplier 2 order price |
| Burnished Concrete Slab | $ 50/ square fit | $ 49/ square fit | $ 49/square fit | 100 square fit | $ 5000 | $ 4900 |
| Ceiling batts | $ 38 | $ 40 | $ 38 | 50 | $ 1900 | $ 2000 |
| Colorbond | $ 12 | $ 15 | $ 12 | 200 | $ 2400 | $ 3000 |
| Brick Vaneer | $ 50 | $ 48 | $ 48 | 500 | $ 25000 | $ 24000 |
| Plasterboard | $ 40 | $ 34 | $ 40 | 50 | $ 2000 | $ 1700 |
| Aluminium frames | $ 100 | $ 105 | $ 112 | 5 | $ 500 | $ 525 |
| Hume Oakfield | $ 200 | $ 220 | $ 220 | 5 | $ 1000 | $ 1100 |
| Hume Savoy | $ 200 | $ 220 | $ 200 | 5 | $ 1000 | $ 1100 |
| Aluminium sliding door set | $ 300 | $ 330 | $ 300 | 5 | $ 1500 | $ 1650 |
| Gliderol Garage Door | $ 200 | $ 190 | $ 200 | 5 | $ 1000 | $ 950 |
| Air conditioner split system | $ 300 | $ 298 | $ 300 | 2 | $ 600 | $ 596 |
| Solar water heater | $ 500 | $ 600 | $ 500 | 2 | $ 1000 | $ 1200 |
| Total | $ 1990 | $ 2100 | $ 2019 | $ 42900 | $ 42721 |
(Ahn, et al., 2020)
ASSESSMENT 5
| Questions | |
| 1 | Name and describe 3 types of drawings relevant to the building and construction industry. |
| The three types of drawings relevant to the construction and building industry are as follows –
Architectural drawing – This type of drawing shows the whole pictorial view of the building which is known as complete view. This demonstrates the building’s location and this also remarks that where the several building parts must be placed. this itself comprises of diverse names – plan, elevation, section, etc. This upholds all the building’s technical aspects. Electrical drawing – This is a kind of drawing which demonstrates the information and location of the electrical wiring, fixtures, and sub-station. This demonstrates the electrical load measurement. this provides information regarding communication, power and lighting for the architectural or engineering project. Structural drawing – The name of this drawing clearly determines the purpose of this drawing. It displays everything concerning the structure such as their strengths of diverse parts of placement, size, structure, and grade of structural and reinforcement material, etc. This also has too many other types of drawings inside it. |
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| 2 | What are proprietary specifications? |
| The proprietary specifications request that only one certain product can be utilised for provided installation. This is generally used is the project section needs the particular performance which only one product can acquire (Pinzón, et al., 2019). | |
| 3 | When performing a demolition, what is the meaning of the work gutting? |
| Partial or gutting dismantlement to the demolition of current structural and building installations is the very first step towards the modernisation. | |
| 4 | Name 3 differences between an employee and a subcontractor. |
| The subcontractor delivers their own office space, supplies and equipment, whereas an employee is given the office equipment, supplies, and the workplace (Pinzón, et al., 2019).
The subcontractor establishes their working hours, whereas the employee is given the work hours by employers. The subcontractor pays their taxes, whereas, the taxes are been deducted automatically in the salary of the employee by employer. |
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| 5 | What is an addendum? |
| The addendum is the type of attachment to the contract which changes the conditions and terms of the initial contract. The addendum is utilised to effectively and efficiently update the terms and conditions of several contracts type. The purpose of addendum is to change, nullify, or clarify the section of the initial document, that can be simple as ranging the dates for which the contract is legal or as multifaceted as redefining the payment deliverables and schedules. | |
| 6 | What is critical path method scheduling? |
| This is basically a common scheduling method within the construction industry because of the effectiveness and simplicity. This produces the graphical view for projects and measures that how much resources and schedule are needed to accomplish each activity. This also identifies the critical tasks needing the attention so that the project can be accomplished on schedule. | |
| 7 | Explain the labour requirements of installing a roof and productivity is calculated. |
| The labour requirements for installing certain roof and productivity are as follows –
Initiate the work (Pandit, et al., 2015). Evaluate that how much time it takes to accomplish the tasks Evaluate the work Separate the task for getting it done per hour or per day Compare them with the set standards |
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| 8 | The Building Act 1993 governs building that occurs in Victoria. Name 3 objectives of this legislation. |
| For increasing the building’s amenity.
For safeguarding the health and safety of individuals that utilise the buildings and further places the entertainment of public. To enable the efficient application and adoption of national plumbing standards and national building standards (Gunduz, & Yahya, 2018). |
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| 9 | Name 5 variables that contribute to estimations of construction costs. |
| Inflation factor
Construction material cists Project schedule Labor wage rates Conditions of construction site |
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| 10 | List 5 health and safety responsibilities of the person in charge of a construction site, according to the National Standards for Construction Work. |
| The health and safety responsibilities of the person in charge of a construction site are –
To safeguard all associated members from any kind of risks that can occur probably. To train the employees and staff regarding the health and safety measures that need to be taken by them. To develop a policy related to the health and safety of individuals at workplace. To provide all associated PPE related to safety of individuals. To use the risk management plan when there is any urgency (Chopra, et al., 2018). |
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| 11 | Describe a ‘construct only’ delivery model. |
| The term construct only delivery model is utilised within the construction industry. The construct only involves only the construction project elements, as contrast to the procurement, design, or the current operations linked with the project. | |
| 12 | If you were constructing a commercial building and needed to refer to the BCA, which volume would you refer to? Why? |
| The volume 1 relates to the commercial buildings that includes class 2-9 buildings, so, I would prefer this volume as because this is commonly used for the purposes of the commercial buildings. In this volume the laundries and other associated spaces are not for the utilisation of residents (Gunduz, & Yahya, 2018). | |
| 13 | Explain the following site classifications: | |
| Class A | The rock sites are having no ground movements | |
| Class M | Reasonable movements of ground is there because of the changes in moisture | |
| Class H2 | This is a highly responsive clayey soil which is between the dryish and pettish soil moisture conditions can develop very high movement of ground. | |
| Class E | These are tremendously reactive sites, that may experience dangerous ground movement from the changes in moisture. | |
| 14 | What are 3 features that indicate an abnormal site? |
| The three features which denotes the abnormal sites are –
P classification Multiple cortical feature Abnormal moistures |
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| 15 | Give one reason why you might utilise experienced employees who have a higher rate of pay, rather than cheaper, unskilled labourers. |
| I would use the experienced employees that have the higher rate of pay because firstly, he is having much experience, he increases the productivity, there is no such need to pay attention on him as he can manage their tasks by their own (Pandit, et al., 2015). | |
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