2.1 General Requirements
Key Takeaways
- General requirements include project planning, estimating, scheduling, safety, and code coordination.
- Construction math should be practiced with units visible at every step.
- OSHA concepts often test employer responsibility and hazard control.
- Schedules should be read for dependencies, float, and critical path impact.
What General Requirements Covers
General requirements questions usually ask how a contractor plans, estimates, supervises, protects, schedules, and documents the work. The details vary by bulletin, but the reasoning is stable: control risk, protect workers, coordinate trades, and keep the project moving.
High-Yield Skills
| Skill | What to practice |
|---|---|
| Estimating | Takeoffs, units, overhead, markup |
| Scheduling | Dependencies, float, critical path |
| Safety | OSHA hazard controls |
| Site admin | Meetings, logs, inspections |
| Code basics | Occupancy, egress, fire ratings |
| Documentation | Notices, reports, daily records |
Math Discipline
Show units in every calculation. Square feet, cubic yards, linear feet, gallons, tons, and percentages show up in different contexts. Most wrong math answers come from a unit conversion miss or from adding markup in the wrong order.
Scenario Practice
For every estimating or scheduling question, identify the owner objective, contractor duty, and project-control document involved. A delay question may require critical path reasoning. A safety question may require the competent person or employer duty. A cost question may require distinguishing direct cost, overhead, contingency, and profit.
Review Cue
Translate each scenario into who controls time, cost, safety, quality, and documentation before selecting the answer.
In scheduling, what does the critical path control?