Question 1:

The selection of the most appropriate procurement route is important to the successful implementation of a construction project.

a) Name and briefly explain the main procurement methods used in the construction industry.

b) Tabulate the main difference of them stating one advantage and one disadvantage of each method over any selected one method.

c) "The Client needs to have a high degree of price certainty at the beginning of the project". Which procurement method is the best in this case? Briefly justify your answer.

Question 2

a) Safety and Health plays a key role in any industry. Explain why the management of safety and health is so important in the construction industry

b) Southern Highway construction was a landmark project implemented in Sri Lanka in the recent past. Assume you would be assigned as Health & Safety Engineer in the planned Northern Expressway project. What kind of general safety methods and health guidelines would you follow in such a project?

c) Sustainability considers as an important element in modern day construction projects. Justify your answer.

Question 3

a) Triple constraints play an important role in any project. Define them and explain why they are important.

b) Elaborate the following statements with regard to the triple constraints.

i. Different approaches to be made when designing for a cost and costing of a design in a project.

ii. Microsoft Project software is a useful tool in the project management discipline over the traditional hand drawn bar charts.

iii. A few types of quality management systems are evolved in construction projects.

Question 4

Risk is defined as 'uncertainty of outcome'. In any project it is important to make sure that a risk management process is adopted.

a) Explain the risk management process.

b) Describe and explain the 4Ts in risk management process.

c) Illustrate a common tool available for a PM to use in support of the risk management process.

Question 5

Any activity has a life cycle and projects are not an exception. Define the stages of a project lifecycle and explain the difference of each stage. You may use tables, graphs, statements to support your answer.

Question 6

Project Management is aimed to achieve project goals in a successful manner. This is critical in successful delivery of large scale, complex construction projects where historical evidence is showing failures in achieving project goals, irrespective of the projects may ultimately reach physical completion.

a) Discuss what is inferred as "Project Goals and Project Success"

b) Evaluate above statement critically citing appropriate examples from projects you may be aware of, either from your personal experience, or of the historic context.