​B - Management and Leadership
Identify tasks and organise resources to complete them effectively
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Work reliably and accept responsibility for their work or the work of others
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Complete tasks with due consideration for quality
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B1 Identify tasks and organise resources to complete them effectively:
Resources not necessarily people – may be guidance, design standards or software.
How did you decide what information, material, people or plant to use?
How did you introduce a new method of working?
B1 Questions
Identify tasks and organise resources to complete them effectively
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Road closures
What is the process involved in applying for a road closure and what sort of information do you need to provide and to whom? What is the process known as?
Temporary Traffic Regulation Order. Apply to local area co-ordinator and local authority, provide diversion route, give length of time, start date, finish date etc. Notify emergency services.
Did you specify the diversion route? What criteria should you consider when choosing a diversion?
Length, other works, same classification of road, tracking depending on vehicles used
​Allocating resources
Did you delegate work to individuals? What considerations did you apply?
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You’ve described that you lead weekly resourcing meetings with your team leads, how do you use your tool/what tool do you use to track who is doing what? How does it work or what insights dos it provides you with?
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B2 Work reliably and accept responsibility for their work or the work of others
An experience or instance where candidate had to accept personal responsibility for seeing a process through to completion within agreed targets.
Evidence that candidate identified and agreed what had to be done and to what standards.
Taking accountability for decisions/actions and knowing limits.
Ability to accept, allocate and supervise technical and other tasks
Evidence can include:
Minutes of meetings
Site notes and instructions
Variation Orders
Programmes of work
Specifications
Drawings
Reports
B2 Questions
Work reliably and accept responsibility for their work or the work of others
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Design processes
How is design change managed in your office? For example, scope creep from the client. What is your responsibility if the client approaches you directly with a change that requires additional work?
Reporting to manager immediately if candidate was approached, suggest client speaks to manager, do not start the additional work until you have approval.
What is the importance of as-builts and what is your responsibility?
What is the value of BIM? Relating to both buildings and infrastructure. Describe some documents
Information Execution Plan, Information Model Requirements, Employer's Information Requirements, Task/Master Information Delivery Plan
What’s the importance of as-built information?
H&S, future maintenance, future works, record of materials used.
​Quality control
Talk through your checking and approval processes – what’s your responsibility?
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​Reinforcement detailing
The design is creating a reinforcement cage that is likely to be too heavy. What’s the importance of the cage weight and how would you approach the designer with your reasons for your proposals to reduce it? (also under H&S)
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​Site management
Why is it important to keep records of activities carried out on site?
How do you manage change on site?
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What is typically involved in your role as a site supervisor in addition to drafting weekly reports? Have you ever had to resolve any issues on site?​
​Personal management
How do you organise your workload? What tools do you use?
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How does organising your own workload differ from when you are required to delegate to and supervise placement students or those with less experience than you?
How do you identify and apply “lessons learned”?
​Project management
Why is a programme used on a construction project? How do you ensure the programme is maintained for your tasks?
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B3 Complete tasks with due consideration for quality
How did you contribute to best practice methods of continuous improvement, e.g. ISO 9000 or similar outside the UK?
B3 Questions
Complete tasks with due consideration for quality
​Drawing quality
When you carry out your checking process, how do you ensure that each drawing adheres to the quality requirements? Explain it to me as you would to a new person.
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Advantages of using automation tools for drawing/detailing? Give some examples.
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​How do you ensure you provide accurate and useful setting out details on your drawings?
​Site management
Why is it important to keep records of activities carried out on site?
Quality, H&S, compliance with contract so got written record if any claims, programme
​Reinforcement detailing
Do you ever specify bar bending on site? If not, why?
​Staff competence
What do you feel is the best way to deal with CAD (or as appropriate) staff members who repeat mistakes?
Looking for highlighting and building lessons on errors rather than punishments or harsh consequences.
​BIM
What sort of information goes into a Task and then a Master Information Delivery Plan under BIM?
Glorified document issue register
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What do you refer to, to make sure that the project requirements are met in model and drawing production?
IEP and EIR
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What sort of requirements might these be?
What kind of clash detection did you carry out? What elements of the design were you working with?
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Can you describe some of the key differences between BS EN ISO 19650 and its predecessor PAS 1192?
Went for a more simplified approach in general. It's more international, aligning terminologies, Appointing Party and Appointed Party brought in (previously Employer/Supplier), CDE becomes Information Management Environment