A crew plans to add temporary heaters and lights to a floor already near panel capacity. What should be checked first?
Correct Answer
C) Temporary power capacity, circuit protection, cords, GFCI requirements, and fire risk.
Temporary power loads must be coordinated for capacity, protection, and safety before use.
Why This Is the Correct Answer
Temporary power loads must be coordinated for capacity, protection, and safety before use.
Why the Other Options Are Wrong
Option A: Limit temporary power coordination to the color of extension cords
In general project requirements, Only the color of extension cords. is the wrong selection for Temporary power coordination: the option delays or omits the controlling step.
Option B: Base the temporary power coordination response on the pay application line item
The trap in B is Only the pay application line item. That selection is wrong because the action skips the timing, documentation, or field-control step needed for Temporary power coordination.
Option D: Base the temporary power coordination response on the final O&M manual only
Choice D (Only the final O&M manual.) is rejected because it leaves the work at an informal or incomplete stage, while Temporary power coordination requires Temporary power capacity, circuit protection, cords, GFCI requirements, and fire risk.
Memory Technique
Picture a checkpoint on the jobsite; temporary power coordination is solved by the action that leads to Temporary power capacity, circuit protection, cords, GFCI requirements, and fire risk.
Reference Hint
Open Construction Jobsite Management, 5th Ed. (2024); use by topic index - meetings / coordination / action items to confirm that Temporary power loads must be coordinated for capacity, protection, and safety before use.
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