SOIL IN LABORATORY

Soil.

 Q.  7 .

             If in cut section the 20 cm. Material are okey but below in the soil has natural compaction of 90% and the contractor are asking for a payment are you going to pay ?

A. No 

Q. 8. 

       How will you prepare monthly report ?

A. By summarizing the daily activities of the contractor .

Q. 9.

    Supposing there are many activities going on that day , and same day request for next day activities was submitted by the contractor , what will be the flow of those request and when such request be acted ?

A .    Distribute the request to fieldman and instruct them to finish first the previous request by doing overtime work if necessary , so that new request will be acted immediately the following day. 

Q. 10. 

     If the contractor request to use salty water for concreting , is it possible to used such for concrete ?

A. If potable water is not available , salty water could be used for non-reinforced slab. To reinforced structure concrete must be dense and proper and strict supervision to be adopted . For pre-stressinh, salty water can not be used .

Q. 11. 

     What back slopes you would adopt in the rocky area and sandy area ?

A.  Refer to typical section .

Q. 12.

    How to monitor project progress ?

A.   By plotting their monthly accomplishment in a bar chart.

Q. 13. 

    Steps taken in the preparation of a monthly certificate what deduction are usually applied ?

A.   1. Monthly payment for contractor 

       2. Monthly payment for consultant

       3. Monthly residents engineers report 

       4. Monthly materials report 

       5. Following report which consists of ; a ) Beginning of project 

b ) End of project 

c ) Cost of project 

d ) Percentage of progress 

c ) percentage of delay 

f )  Equipment list of contractor and his staff

g ) List of consultant 

h ) Approval certificate for materials like steel and cement .