NASCLA Contractor case studies

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The NASCLA Accredited Examination for Commercial General Building Contractors is a standardized trade examination administered through the National Association of State Contractors Licensing Agencies. Its central design feature is portability: NASCLA markets the program as "one trade exam for multiple states," so a candidate who passes a single accredited commercial general building contractors examination may use that result when applying to any participating state agency that has adopted it, rather than sitting a separate trade exam in each jurisdiction. The NASCLA Contractor case studies are 5 cases and about 4,684 words.

Leveling Subcontractor Bids Under a No-Exception Hard Bid

You are the estimator for a general contractor bidding a 6.4 million occupied school renovation as a lump-sum hard bid. Bids are due Thursday at 2:00 p.m.

901 words, about 5 min 2

Earned Value, Weather Delay, and Whether to Buy Acceleration

At the end of month 4 of a 12-month, 2,400,000 fixed-price contract your cost report shows planned value (BCWS) 1,000,000, earned value (BCWP) 880,000, and actual cost (ACWP) 956,500. The CPM update shows the project five weeks behind the baseline completion date.

860 words, about 4 min 3

Unprotected Trench Found at 7:20 A.M.

You are the site superintendent on a four-story steel-frame medical office building. you find a 7-foot-6-inch deep sanitary sewer trench, 140 feet long, along the property line.

912 words, about 5 min 4

A Permit Set That Does Not Meet Egress or Fit the Structure

The permit set for a tenant improvement shows a 60-foot by 30-foot assembly room with tables and chairs and no fixed seats, inside a fully sprinklered Type II-B office building. The room has one 36-inch door at the northeast corner and a second 36-inch door at the southeast corner, 18 feet from the first; both swing into the room and open onto a 44-inch corridor.

972 words, about 5 min 5

Pay-When-Paid, an Oral Change, and a Lien Clock Running

You own a 22-person specialty subcontractor. In February you signed a general contractor's 40-page subcontract worth 1,350,000 on a mixed-use project.

1,039 words, about 5 min