CPCCBC5002 Monitor Costing System on Complex Building and Construction Projects - Workplace Assessment

E.g., You are a builder, a site manager in training, a foreperson, or an apprentice in this project, etc.

Please approach your Training Provider for further assistance on accessing the resources required for this assessment.

Before starting the practical assessment, record the following information for your assessor’s reference.

When completing the tasks in this practical assessment, ensure that your responses and performance must align with the information you have provided below.

For example (but not limited to):

·         If the task asks you to refer to building and construction legislation and regulatory requirements, refer to the requirements that apply to the state/territory where your nominated building and construction project is undertaken.

·         If the task requires you to follow organisational policies and procedures, refer to the policies and procedures in your nominated organisation/workplace.

ITEM

COST CENTRE

% WBS

1

Preliminaries

3.8

2

Site Establishment

5.5

3

Site excavation & Cleaning

4.5

4

Drainage

9.0

5

Concreting

6.0

6

Masonry

8.5

7

Electrical

8

8

Services

7

9

Plumbing

7.5

10

Roof Plumbing

10.2

11

Glazing

10.5

12

Carpentry

7.5

13

Painting

3.5

14

Tiling

3.5

15

Fire Services

5

a.       Plot a reasonable site construction schedule with MS Excel that would need to be addressed and discussed by a project team when administering control of the above-mentioned project. Use a 10-12 month schedule.

b.       Calculate the $ value of the cost centre breakdowns

c.       Prepare a cash flow (MS Excel) of major cost milestones above that would need to be calculated when addressing such a project and plot the monthly cash in bank. Cash in Bank at start of project $550,000.

d.       Prepare an S-Curve

After completing this task, submit copies of documents you accessed and reviewed for this task to your assessor. Your submission must include:

·         Completed Gantt Chart

·         Cashflow projection

·         S-Curve

Items to consider:

·         You must achieve at least 2% savings on materials over the lifecycle of the project

·         Employee costs have increased by 1% over the lifecycle of the project

·         Overheads have decreased by 5% due to a reduction on office space

After completing this task, submit the following to your assessor:

§  Budget / Expense & Variance report

·         Explain how you would revise schedules of payments and cashflows to match contract performance and efficiency

·         How frequently would cost reports need to be monitored and revised

·         Identify any variations in rates occurring through rise and fall

·         Identify equipment performance information and efficiencies

·         Discuss the cost benefit analysis of overtime payments

·         Your process for evaluating and eliminating or reducing risk

Template available in the Parker Brent LMS (Download it in Additional References of the unit in Learning Path)

·         Building codes of practice, standards, legislation and specifications taken into account when completing the above tasks

·         The process undertaken for producing hard copies of prepared expenditure reports for presentation to the management group

·         How interim payments claims have been prepared and processed throughout the project

·         Rise and fall calculations for contractors and subcontractors

·         How cash flow and payments have been prepared and compared using time risk and cost risk

·         How cash flow wad prepared using early start and late finish for pessimistic or optimistic outcomes

·         Overdraft requirements for the project – optimistic and pessimistic

·         Future actions based on actual costs vs estimates

·         Proposal to adjust organisational rates based on final cost report and current movements in price and rates