Contract Administration

An addendum adds 18 access panels at $315 each installed. What amount should be added to the bid?

A slab-on-grade is 96 ft by 54 ft and 5 in thick. Including 7% waste, how many cubic yards of concrete should be carried?

An addendum adds 14 doors at $685 each installed. What additive amount should be added to the bid for those doors?

A CMU wall area is 2,240 sf after openings. If one block covers 1.125 sf and 4% waste is included, how many blocks should be estimated?

An office ceiling takeoff is 11,250 sf. Ceiling tile waste is 6%. How many square feet of tile should be carried?

A framing crew averages 310 lf of partition layout and track per day. The bid includes 2,170 lf. At $1,540 per crew day, what labor amount should be carried?

A scope is expected to cost $420,000. The contractor wants a 16% margin on selling price. What selling price is required?

Project general conditions are estimated at $73,500 for a 14-week project. If the owner asks for the weekly cost, what amount is it?

Bank excavation is 1,850 cy. If material swells 18% when hauled loose, how many loose cubic yards will be hauled?

A pad requires 2,640 cy of compacted fill in place. Borrow material yields 90% after compaction. How many loose cubic yards should be ordered?

A vinyl flooring takeoff is 6,875 sf. The estimator carries 5.5% waste. What quantity should be priced?

A bid carries 68 cy of flowable fill at $154 per cy plus a $900 setup charge. What total should be included?

A monthly payment application requests $186,000 of earned work. If retainage is 5%, what net payment should be forecast before other deductions?

A steel quote is $142,000 and the estimator carries a 4% escalation allowance before award. What amount should be carried for steel?

Taxable material totals $218,400 and applicable tax is estimated at 7%. What tax amount should be included?

A crane has 3 standby days at $1,950 per day after a delivery delay. If a change estimate includes those standby days only, what amount is requested?

Alternate A adds $28,500 of scope and deletes $6,200 of base scope. With 10% overhead and profit on the net add, what additive alternate should be listed?

A conceptual storage building is 22,600 sf at a benchmark of $148 per sf. What budget does that produce?

Temporary power is estimated at $1,180 per month for 7 months plus a $2,400 hookup charge. What amount should be carried?

Demolition debris is estimated at 42 tons. Hauling and disposal cost is $96 per ton plus $750 for containers. What total should be carried?

A night-shift labor line would normally be $36,000, but the estimate carries a 12% productivity premium. What labor amount should be included?

A permit fee allowance is estimated at 1.1% of a $1,940,000 construction value. What allowance should be carried?

A long-lead equipment vendor requires a 30% deposit on a $74,000 package. What cash requirement should be forecast?

A bid review finds a $12,500 unresolved scope gap and management carries a 15% risk factor on that gap. What risk amount is added?

A slab package requires vapor barrier under 18,900 sf of slab. The estimator carries 8% lap and waste. What square footage should be priced?

A continuous footing is 420 lf long, 30 in wide, and 12 in deep. Including 5% waste, how many cubic yards of concrete should be carried?

A low-slope roof takeoff is 31,760 sf. If the estimator prices roofing by the square and carries 4% waste, how many squares should be included?

Interior wall paint covers 365 sf per gallon. The net painted wall area is 14,235 sf and one coat is required. How many gallons should be estimated before tint overage?

A restroom floor takeoff is 1,920 sf. Tile cartons cover 16 sf each, and the estimate carries 7% waste. How many cartons should be ordered?

Partition surfaces total 18,480 sf. Standard boards cover 32 sf, and the estimator carries 9% waste. How many boards should be included?

A rejected payment application is corrected and resubmitted to a city whose charter requires the commission to approve payments. When must the city pay or reject it?

A school board disputes $18,000 of a $240,000 payment application. What must it do with the rest?

A contractor on a county project receives a progress payment covering work performed by three subcontractors. How long does the contractor have to pay them?

A mechanical subcontractor on a city job is paid by the general contractor and owes its own sheet metal supplier. What is the deadline to pass the money along?

A general contractor believes one subcontractor overbilled by $9,000 on a city project. May the contractor hold that amount past the statutory remittance period?

A local government finishes its punch list for a completed project. The listed items are estimated to cost $40,000 to complete. How much of the remaining contract balance may it keep?

The punch list on a city project is created on June 2. By when must the city pay the remaining contract balance less the withholding the statute allows?

A town delivers its punch list 12 days after the date the contract set for delivery. What happens to the contract time?

A corrective item that the contract clearly covers is left off the punch list by mistake. Who is responsible for it?

A local government wants to keep part of the final retainage as security for the one-year roof warranty. Is that allowed?

A county holds final retainage pending its insurer's audit of a consolidated insurance program covering the project. Is the hold permitted?

A city never develops the punch list required by the contract, well past the statutory time. What may the contractor do?

A local government wants to withhold retainage on a $1.4 million construction contract. What is the most it may hold from each progress payment?

A village awards a construction contract identified at $165,000. Does the statutory retainage cap apply?

A county pays a construction payment application 15 business days late. The contract specifies interest at 1 percent per month. What rate applies?

The same city buys office furniture rather than construction services. When is that payment due?

A supplier is paid late by a county on a nonconstruction purchase order. What interest does the statute give, and from when?

A vendor is owed statutory interest on a late nonconstruction payment from a local government. What must the vendor do to collect it?

What single administrative act starts the payment clock on a local government construction contract?

A proposed city contract contains a clause stating that the contractor waives all late payment interest. What is the effect of that clause?

A vendor submits an improper invoice to a local government. How soon must the government respond, and with what?

A payment dispute arises with a county that has adopted its own dispute resolution procedure. When must the proceedings begin?

By when must the local government's dispute resolution reach a final decision?

A dispute is resolved in the local government's favor, and some amount is still ultimately payable. When does interest begin to run?

The same dispute is instead resolved in the vendor's favor. From what date does interest run?

A contractor loses a local government payment dispute and wants the matter heard in court. What does the statute say about that?

A city never starts its dispute procedure. The contractor gives written notice of that failure, and the city still does nothing. What happens?

A contractor sues a local government to recover amounts due under the Local Government Prompt Payment Act and wins. What does the court award beyond the amount due?

A contractor is awarded a public building contract requiring a payment and performance bond. What must happen before work begins?

A public entity tells bidders that bonds will be accepted only through the agency it has used for years. Is that permissible?

What does a "permit application" comprise where a private provider has done the plan review?

A tenant asks the general contractor to begin demolition inside an existing space before the permit is issued. What does s. 553.79(1)(a) provide?

The enforcing agency determines that permitted work is not in conformity with the Florida Building Code. What may it do under s. 553.79(1)(a)?

A permit is denied because the plans are found not to comply. What must the local enforcing agency give the applicant?

What must a request for a certificate of occupancy include on a private provider job?

What does s. 553.79(1)(b) require of a local enforcement agency’s permit application process?

A building department asks for the signed owner-builder contract before it will accept a permit application. Is that permitted?

A project restarts after months of inactivity. What does s. 553.79(1)(c) say about notice of a permit’s expiration?

A building official issues a foundation-only permit before the full construction documents are submitted. What is the holder’s position under s. 553.79(8)?

To whom may an enforcing agency issue a building permit for a threshold building?

Under s. 553.79(2)(a), when may an enforcing agency issue a construction permit?

After a permit is issued, when may the local enforcing agency require substantive changes to the plans?

What is the relationship between the Florida Building Code and local building construction ordinances?

A jurisdiction imposes an administrative requirement beyond the base Florida Building Code. On what basis may it do so?

When must the structural inspection plan for a threshold building be approved?

Who selects and pays the special inspector on a threshold building, and to whom is that inspector responsible?

What licence must a special inspector on a threshold building hold?

What does s. 553.79(5)(a) say about the special inspector’s role relative to the contractor?

When may an enforcement agency NOT perform a virtual inspection under s. 553.79(6)?

Work fails an inspection and the inspector gives no reason within 5 business days. What does s. 553.79(7)(a) require?

A jurisdiction requires inspection requests through its own online portal. What does s. 553.79(1)(d) require of the agency?

Design documents are rejected a fourth time for the same continuously-noted code violation. What does s. 553.80(2)(b) require?

The same code violation survives an initial inspection and one reinspection. What fee applies to each subsequent reinspection?

A local enforcement agency may adopt a rule exempting an owner’s own work on a single-family residence. What size limit does s. 553.80(3)(b)1 set?

The same optional exemption can cover work by a nonowner. What cost limit applies under s. 553.80(3)(b)1.b?

A single-family residence sits in a mapped flood hazard area. How does that affect the local code exemptions in s. 553.80(3)(b)?

How far in advance must a local code exemption be certified to the local board under s. 553.80(3)(b)3?

A state-approved lawn storage building of 320 square feet is delivered to a site. What does s. 553.80(1)(d) provide?

A building department charges a separate fee to record the contractor’s licence and its workers’ compensation certificate. Is that allowed?

What may a local government spend building permit fee revenue on under s. 553.80(7)(a)?

When must a signal person be provided during a crane lift under subpart CC?

How may a signal person’s qualification be established under subpart CC?

What does subpart CC require to be carried on crane equipment itself?

A competent person’s excavation inspection finds evidence of a possible cave-in. What does s. 1926.651(k)(2) require?

A weekly coordination meeting resolves a sequencing issue that affects three trades. What should the PM do after the meeting?

The architect returns a reviewed submittal with comments that affect installation. What should the GC do?

A delivery arrives with damaged packaging and missing certification documents. What should the superintendent do?

A two-week look-ahead schedule shows drywall starting before rough inspections. What should the superintendent do?

The owner verbally asks for a small added task during a site walk. What is the best field-administration response before doing the work?

A pipe route changes in the field with approved direction. What should the GC do with record documents?

The architect rejects a portion of installed finish work. What field-control action helps manage correction?

A trade plans hot work in an occupied renovation area. What should the GC coordinate operationally?

Roofing material will arrive before the deck is ready and storage space is limited. What should the PM do?

A required pressure test fails. What should the superintendent do next?

A mechanical system requires startup and commissioning support before turnover. What should the GC coordinate?

A trade falls behind because it is not staffing the work as planned. What is the best operational response?

A rain event stops exterior work and affects two subcontractors. What should the superintendent document that day?

A field dimension conflicts with a drawing note, and the answer affects fabrication. What should the PM do?

A submittal is returned 'revise and resubmit' with comments affecting product selection. What should the GC do?

Moisture-sensitive flooring arrives three weeks early during humid weather. What field operation is best?

A crew will install edge metal near an unprotected roof edge. What should the GC coordinate before work begins?

A slab pour is scheduled for tomorrow. Reinforcing, embeds, vapor barrier, and inspection status are not fully confirmed. What should the superintendent do?

Several owner-directed changes are authorized at different stages. What record helps the PM manage pricing and approval status?

A two-week look-ahead shows tile starting before substrate moisture testing and HVAC conditioning. What should the superintendent do?

The architect issues punch-list items assigned to three trades. What is the best control for the GC?

The specifications require owner training for mechanical controls before turnover. What should the PM coordinate?

A tropical storm watch is issued while exterior openings are incomplete. What operational response should the GC coordinate?

A revised drawing changes a ceiling access-panel location after older sheets were already distributed. What should the PM do?

A subcontractor repeatedly misses agreed recovery dates after written coordination efforts. What should the PM do next?

A Florida superintendent receives a revised approved detail. What field procedure should follow?