Assignment No.

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Assignment #1
1.  Define the meaning of the construction industry? How does this defer from your own definition?
Discuss and give details.
2.  In what particular scope of construction industry services will construction project management
be needed? Explain how this is so. 
3.  Describe some of your construction project management experience.
4.  Name at least three economic and three social contributions of the construction industry to the
economy? Define the importance of the construction project manager in increasing the contributions
of the construction industry to the economy.
5.  What are some of the technical and managerial knowledge required of the construction project
managers to carry out their jobs? What are some of the skills needed by a construction project
manager in vertical and horizontal construction?
6.  Name at least five differences between a construction project manager practicing in the
Philippines and one who works abroad (e.g., Asia). Explain why you think so.

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Assignment No. 2
Assignment #2
1. What is a construction project manager? Define the role of the construction project manager in the
project types and each of the five stages of the construction project life cycle.
2. What are some of the issues and concerns presently affecting the following:
  a.  Construction project managers
  b.  Contractors
  c.  Engineering and design professionals
  d.  Construction workers
  e.  Construction materials and manufacturers
  f.   Equipment suppliers and lessors
 g.   Engineering and construction educators 
3. What are some of the challenges faced by the following in this new century?
  a.  Construction project managers
  b.  Contractors
  c.  Engineering and design professionals
  d.  Construction workers
  e.  Construction materials and manufacturers
  f.  Equipment suppliers and lessors
  g.  Engineering and construction educators 

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Assignment No. 3
Assignment #3
1.             Discuss briefly Medium Terms Philippine Development Plan (MTPDP) of Pres. Fidel
Ramos, Joseph Estrada, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and Benigno Aquino III in relation with
Construction Industry.
2.             Discuss the statistics of the following:
2.1.        Average Percentage Share of Government and Private Construction to Total
Construction Demand (1990-2000, 2001 – 2010, 2011 – present)
2.2.        Real Demand for Construction (2000 - present)
2.3.        Total Government Infrastructure Demand (2000 - present), In Billion Pesos
(Power, Energy, and Electrification, Transportation, Water Resources, Social
Infrastructure and Communications)
2.4.        Demand for Power & Electrification Projects (2000 - present), in Billion Pesos
(BOT, NPC and Rural Electrification)
2.5.        Demand for Transportation Projects (2000 - present) In Million Pesos (Land,
Water and Air Transportation)
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 Assignment No. 4
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

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 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.
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Due date Friday, 13 September 2019, 11:55 PM

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Assignment No. 6
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 ofpreparing 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

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Due date Saturday, 14 September 2019, 11:55 PM

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Assignment No. 7
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.

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This assignment will accept submissions from Sunday, 15 September 2019, 12:00 AM

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Due date Saturday, 5 October 2019, 11:55 PM