UNIT TEST I Quantity Surveying, Contracts & Tenders

1) Write brief specification for excavation in hard soil between 2.0 to 4.0m

2)

Draft a tender notice for construction of road work. (6 marks)

3) Write five items of excavation & brickwork where method of measurement is different.

4) State the circumstances under which payment for dewatering is allowed and how measurement of the same is taken.

5) Write a short note on 3 envelope system of receipt of a tender.

6) Write specification for cement plaster 1:4 on brick masonry covering various important points like deductions in plastering, method of measurement, accuracy & what the rate includes.

7) Find the quantity of the reinforcement in a beam of width 0.3m, depth 0.6m & length 8.0m. The reinforcement consists of the following. (a)2 bars 12mm dia. at top.

(b)

4 bars 16mm dia. straight.

(c)2 bars 16mm dia. bent up. Assume 6mm dia. stirrups @ 20cm c/c.
8)

A road passes from cutting to filling between chainage 80.0m to 120.0m. The details of formation level & ground level are given below. a) Formation level at the start of chainage is 140.0m b) The road surface has a filling gradient of 1:50 c) Formation width if road in cutting & filling should be 12.2m & 12.5m respectively.
d)

Side slope in filling is 1V:2H & that in cutting is 1V:1.5H

e) Assume that there is no cross-slope. Chainage (m) 0 40 80 120 160 200 G.L. (m) 142.3 141.1 139.5 137.0 136.2 134.9

9) Determine the volume of brick work & PCC upto G.L. Given: Volume of Excavation = 100m3