Assignment #4

1. Discuss the Philippine industry sector

1.1. Output

1.2. Input

2. Discuss the Industry Clients Sector

2.1. Public Owners

2.2. Private Owners

3. Discuss the major types of governmental project owners

3.1. Infrastructure Agencies

3.2. Non-infrastructure Agencies

4. Discuss Contracting Sector

4.1. Formal Subsector

4.2. Informal Subsector

5. Population and geography

5.1. Registered number of licensed contractors from 2000 up to 2018

6. Licensed Contractors by Region from 2000 up to 2018

7. Licensed Contractors by Principal Classification from 2000 up to 2018

8. Licensed Contractors by Size of Firm from 2000 up to 2018

9. Number and Percentage Distribution of Construction-Related Professional from 2000 up to 2018

10. Discuss the Labor Sector

10.1. project workers or employees

10.2. non-project workers

11. Percentage Distribution of Construction Workers/Employees (Professional,

Technical & laborers) from 2000 up to to 2016

12. Discuss Materials Sector distribution of these facilities and the annual

installed capacity by geographical area

12.1. Cement

12.2. Aggregates

12.3. Reinforcing Steel Bars

 12.4. Galvanized Iron Sheets

12.5. Lumber

13. Discuss Equipment Sector

13.1. Lessors

13.2. Importers

13.3. Manufacturers

14. Discuss Financing Sector

14.1. Owner Financing

14.1.1. Government Projects

14.1.2. Non-government Projects

15. Contractor Financing

Assignment #5

1.Talking with a scheduler, review a schedule for a construction project with

which you are familiar with. Find out the following:

a. How long did it take to complete the schedule?

b. When in the design/build process did the scheduling begin?

c. Is the schedule broken down into phases? Areas?

d. How is the schedule coded? By contract? By responsibility?

e. What activities fall on the critical path?

f. How often is the schedule updated?

g. Is the schedule being used for any advanced project

management activities such as resource leveling, cash flow

projections, and so on?

2. Working in a small group, construct a schedule for a small project or focus on part of a larger
project (with fewer than one hundred activities). Examples include a single-family house; tenant fit up
work for a commercial building; or the work of a particular major trade for a large project such as
mechanical, electrical, site, or concrete work. Use available schedule software as appropriate.

3. Gather from a local construction company some example forms used to report actual cost, schedule,
and performance information from the field to the home office. Report on the cost-coding system used.
Explain what value each bit of information provides to the following company department:

a. Estimating

b. Scheduling

c. Project Management

d. Accounting

e. Contract Administration

f. Purchasing

4. Examine a new communication, computational, or software technology and explain what economic
benefits it can provide to the construction project control process. Possible topics might be advances in
three-dimensional CAD, BIM, estimating/scheduling/CAD integration, internet communications, or
digital photography.
Assignment #6

1. Discuss the uses of schedules and types of scheduling methods

2. Explain how and why schedules are used in the preconstruction and construction
stages

3. Discuss the history of PERT/CPM and how to construct a network diagram, how to
determine the duration of an activity and how to perform the basic network calculation

4. What are the objectives of a project control?

5. Discuss the basics of how a project control system works and process of preparing
a project for construction and control

6. Explain some models used to monitor and control cash inflows and outflows

7. Discuss how to properly measure and document cost and schedule performance
Assignment #7

1. Identify which of the constitutional provisions affect the practice of the construction project
management profession. Cite the specific effects of the provision.

2. Choose at least one industry regulations identified in the additional readings section of this course
guide. Explain at least ten salient provisions of the chosen regulation.

3. Discuss the effect of the regulation on the practice of the construction project management
profession. Discuss your personal reason for choosing these regulations and how it will affect your
practice as a construction project manager.