Q3: How resource utilization can be ensured in a construction project? Also, discuss how it will affect the
project performance?

Engineering student Bryan has a high-paid summer job as a forklift operator. This job enables him to attend college without having to take out any student loans. He is now staring at a 50- gallon drum filled with used machine coolant, wondering what he should do.

Just moments ago, Bryan’s supervisor, Max, told him to dump half of the used coolant down the drain. Knowing the coolant was toxic, Bryan noted this to Max, but Max was not swayed.

Max: The toxins settle at the bottom of the drum. If you pour out half and dilute it with tap water while you are pouring it, there is no problem.

Bryan: I don’t think that’s going to work. Besides isn’t it against the law?

Max: Look, kid, I don’t have the time for chitchat about a bunch of silly laws. If I spent my time worrying about every little regulation that comes along, I’d never get anything done – and neither will you. Common sense is my rule. I just told you – toxins settle at the bottom, and most of them will stay there. We’ve been doing this for years, and nothing’s happened.

Bryan: You mean not one’s said anything about it? That doesn’t mean the environment isn’t being harmed.

Max: You aren’t one of those “environmentalists”, are you? You college guys spend too much of your time in the “ivory tower.” It’s time to get real – and get on with the job. You know, you’re lucky to have a good-paid job like this, kid. In three months, you will be back in your cozy Page 2 of 3 college. Meanwhile, how many other college kids do you think are out there wondering if they’ll be able to afford to go back – kids who’d give their eyetooth to be where you are right now.

Max then left, fully expecting Bryan to dump the used coolant. Bryan stared at the drum, he pondered his options. What options do you think he has? Conduct an ethical analysis of the above case.

1. In the above case, what are three relevant moral values that Bryan faces? Justify each value.

2. Clarify the different aspects of the values relevant in this case.

3. What information should Bryan collect in the short and long-term?

4. What options are available to Bryan?

5. What action should Bryan take? What are the consequences of taking that action?

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A −2.60%−2.60% grade meets a +1.60%+1.60% grade at station 44+25 and elevation 3386.96 ftft, 305-ftft curve, stakeout at half stations.answer should be 10 elevations

Provide a comparison between different execution processes of wood, HDF and MDF interior Flooring with skirting.

why allowance for wastage is necessary when preparing an estimate/ built up rate？

Please answer the question:

A 24 inch diameter spirally reinforced concrete column with a 1.5 inch cover to the spiral is reinforced with Grade 60 bars and has a concrete compressive strength of 5,000 psi. Determine the required diameter and pitch of the spiral reinforcement.

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A. Compare and contrast the following: design period, return period, design life.

B .What return period is required in the design of a drain in order to carry 10% risk of flooding in the next 3 years? How does the risk in this design vary as the return period is increased (answer both qualitatively (i.e., conceptually) and quantitatively (i.e., mathematically)? How does the risk vary as the recurrence interval is increased (answer both qualitatively and quantitatively)?

C. Define the time of concentration as used by water resource engineers/city managers. Explain/describe how it can be used in the design of a bridge.

2. Given a chance to give a lecture on ‘Acoustics’ in class, what are the ten different important terms / topics you would like to teach in Acoustics? Make a report of your own lecture-notes with those terms giving clear explanations and including pictures /sketches / diagrams /tables. (This is a research based critical thinking question and marks will depend upon your creative and innovative

presentation of notes)   

QUESTION 6

(written in own words.)

a) What is the difference between the physical soil formed and chemical soil formed weathering ? Also explain different types of soil with explain its formation ? ( 4 marks )

b) Define briefly consistency of soil showing a neat sketch of the different soil states and explain Atterberg limits and consistency indices. ( 4 marks )

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What are 3main reasons that project managers engaged on building and construction projects delegate out specific finacial control tasks to others

A −2.60% grade meets a +1.70% grade at station 44+25 and elevation 3386.96 ftft, 305-ftft curve, stakeout at half stations.

Tabulate station elevations for an equal-tangent parabolic curve for the data given above.

Express your answers, separated by commas, to six significant figures from lowest to highest elevation.