cameroon gce advanced level architectural project management 2
cameroon gce advanced level architectural project management 2
SECTION A: SITE MANAGEMENT
QUESTION ONE: EARTH WORK (20 marks)
For the site striping and mass excavations (2620.5m3), the enterprise has at its disposal a hydraulic shovel of capacity
1150l, tippers (15t). This shovel does 120 cycles in an hour. The shovel and the tippers are rented at 6000 FRS and 3000
FRS respectively. The durations for travelling is 3mins, that of return is 2.5mins and that of offloading is 1.5mins.The
bulking coefficient of soil is 1.18 and the density of the bulked soil is 1.15. A working day takes 8 hours.
Calculate:
a) Define the term bulk soil (1 mark)
b) The volume of bulked soil. (3 marks)
c) The cycle time of three tippers. (6 marks)
d) The daily output. (6 marks)
e) The duration of the work (4 marks)
