QUIZ 7 - Winning a Project
- Landscape Practice Class
- Apr 27, 2020
- 4 min read
In-class Session 7 quiz
11/03/2020
Q1. Which of the following would you consider important when choosing a consultant for your project team?
Select one or more:
a. Whether you had worked with them before
b. Knowledge of the site
c. Their capacity to take on the work
d. Knowledge as to how to undertake the type of work
e. Staff are available to be committed to the project and the necessary resources are available to support the professional staff
f. Long established relationships with the other team members
g. Previous experience – in work of the same nature and scale
h. Special knowledge how to get the work done quickly
i. Ability to undertake the work in a cost effective manner
j. Staffing - professionals have required skills and qualities to undertake the work
Q2. What information does a consultant need from a potential client in order to enable effective bidding for a project?
Select one or more:
a. Program of work delivery
b. Proof of Property Ownership
c. Business Registration Certificate
d. Tree Survey
e. Financial Proofs
f. Selection Process
g. Land Survey
h. Client expectations
i. List of Client staff who will work on the project and the reporting structure
j. Chances of Success
k. Declared Registered Capital
l. Client history and past track record
m. List of the other consultants bidding
n. Conditions of the Property Lease
o. Awards and Achievements
Q3. What should a Consultancy Agreement contain?
Select one or more :
a. Project schedule of costs.
b. Terms and Conditions
c. All of the above
d. Schedule of payment for services
e. Outline of the extent of the project scope
f. Key personnel involved
g. Business Registration Certificates
h. Names of the parties
i. List of completed projects
j. Description of the services to be undertaken
k. Indemnity insurance cover
l. Clarification of the services excluded
m. None of the above
n. Memorandum of Agreement
o. Bank details of the parties
p. Programme of undertaking the work
Q4. How is a contract formed between you, as the landscape consultant, and your client?
Select one or more:
a. A client asks if you can do some work and you confirm the scope and the price
b. You offer the Client to do the work and accept the payment terms he suggests
c. A client offers you work and you accept it
d. A client offers you work and you suggest payment terms
e. You offer to carry out the work for a price and the Client offers you to accept a lower price
Q5. Your scope of work offered is a lump sum fee covering a full service, including:
Feasibility (is a really big issue but only take 10% of the project)
Outline proposals
Sketch scheme proposals
Detailed proposals
Production information and bills of quantities
Tender and contract preparation
Construction and maintenance, completion.
The Client says it costs too much and asks you to break the costs down into the seven categories so they can choose how far they want to retain you to work on the project. Which of the actions could you follow?
Select one or more:
a. Break down the fee as requested, based on the work stage percentages provided in the Landscape Architects Appointment.
b. Tell the Client that they really need the full service and you will try to reduce the lump sum to get in their budget cost.
c. Ask the Client to confirm the extent of the reduced work they would like you to do and reprice for that.
d. Recalculate the costs based on undertaking each stage of completion additionally
e. Break down the fee as requested, based on the estimated time expended on each stage
Q6. A fixed amount of money is agreed for a fixed package of works. Usually calculated using either hourly rates multiplied by an estimate of time required by each member of staff, or a simplified form of a percentage fee. Fees are paid in agreed stages upon completion of defined work tasks.
Lump-sum fees are used because:
They offer a good balance between the interests of both client and consultant;
Payments are predictable for both sides.
Once agreed there is little to argue over (except interim payments/scope of work)
Very simple paperwork is required
A new Client offers you work to redesign the landscape surrounding their new headquarters. Additional works have to be agreed either as a separate quotation or on time charge basis.
Select one:
True
False
Q7. You are putting together a fee proposal and have worked out a lump sum fee based on the time cost of the staff. The Client brief does not highlight any specific costs you should allow for, so In your proposal, you want to list potential costs that will be covered as additional expenses and are not included in your lump sum. Select those services that you consider should be additional costs.
Select one:
a. Visa and application costs for travel to overseas Client HQ
b. Making a display model and artist renderings
c. Plotting and photocopying
d. Telephone charges to the Clients overseas HQ
e. Government planning application fees
f. Local travel costs to meetings
g. Presentation booklet production and printing
Q8. You are preparing a fee proposal to a new Client and wish to highlight services that will not be included in your costs. Please select those services that you consider to be additional.
Select one or more:
a. Drone Survey
b. Land Survey
c. Soil Investigation
d. Tree Survey
e. Attending public meetings to explain the project
f. Ecology Survey
g. Irrigation design
h. Tree Risk Assessment
i. Building Plan Submission*
j. none of the above
Q9. HK Government Consultancies are let on a three-stage system:
Pre Qualification - Approaching consultants from an approved list;
Expression of Interest (EOI) - submitting an outline tender offer and concept design
Technical Submission - providing more detailed information about the design and including all the terms and conditions of the contract, to explain the outline tender and draft form of agreement.
Select:
True
False
Q10. An Engineering Consultant has asked your team to support their bid to win a government project to undertake an EIA for a proposed large reclamation project in Hong Kong. They now need your information contribution to the Technical Submission (TS) Document. What do they want you to provide?
Select one or more:
a. Any requirements for site monitoring
b. A statement identifying the key landscape and visual issues
c. An approach to cost-effectiveness
d. Statement of the knowledge, experience and capability of your key staff
e. Relevant experience and qualifications of key staff, including CV's
f. Staff organization chart
g. Statement explaining the relevant experience and knowledge of your team
h. Outline of responsibilities and degree of involvement of key staff
i. Statement of understanding of the project objectives
j. Examples and discussion of sustainability issues
k. A technical approach to the study
l. Opinion on safety and environmental issues
m. Details of your work programme
n. Innovative ideas
o. Explanation of constraints and special landscape requirements
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