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What is S curve?
What are the factors considering for preparing
the s curve? How it describe the project
progress?
What is cash flow?
Why it is need to prepare cash flow of the
project?
As a QS what is the first job of you when we Prepare document for the claim of advance payment.
appointed you to a new site? Refer the tender drawings and engineer certified
drawings deeply and find the variation works (
additional work, omission of work, quantity quality
changes etc)
How you did cost controlling in previous
project?
What kind of variations you prepared in
previous project?
What is the total amount of it?
When you identify a variation, what you did? Give request for variation within 28 days.
Give full report of variation including rate analysis, cost
impact, time impact drawings etc within 42 days for
engineer approval.
Building contractors general interview questions
How you measure the weight of 10mm dia steel bar? X^2/162.162 kg/m , X in mm
o =10^2/162.162 kg/m
What is the Density of mild steel? 7850 kg/m3 Cement = 1600 kg/ m3
How you calculate required material for 1 m2 wall plaster? What is the proportion of content?
What is the thickness interior and exterior wall plaster?
What is the finishing thickness of a slab surface? They ask about the different between final
finishing top level and slab concreting top level.
o It may be around 50 mm for tiling or other floor finishers
What is OPC Ordinary Portland Cement
Name other types of cement? SRC, PPC, Super sulphate
What is the setting times of OPC cement?
o Initial setting time 0.5 hrs
o Final setting time 8 to 10 hrs
Why it is need to curing a concrete? Planning Engineer
Interview
What are method of shoring? What are the different in these methods?
o Sheet pile when water table is very low
o Secant piles sequence of reinforced piles and mass piles
o Continues pilling all piles are reinforced piles
o Diaphragm walls
What are the main methods of water proofing?
List out the key works from site beginning to superstructure which has piling foundation.
o Mobilization to the site
o Site clearing
o Setting out for piles
o Excavation for piles
o r/f work for piles
o piles concreting
o piles hacking
o pile testing
o excavation for pile caps and ground beams
o ant termite treatment for the soil
o lean concreting for the piles caps and beams
o waterproofing
o pile caps and beam r/f work and concreting
o back filling
o ground preparing for basement slab
o waterproofing for ground slab
o ground slab r/f work and concerting
o column r/f work
o column form working and concerting
o formwork for first slab
o r/f work of slab
o slab concreting
What is the grade of concrete of lean concrete? Thickness? What is the proportion? How you
calculate the quantities for each material needs for 1 m3 concrete?
What is the floor height of a building? Normally its 3m or 10 ft
What is the normal dimension of the steps of staircase? Tread 10 and rise 6