1. What are the most attractive areas of cost reduction on your project? (Value engineering). How would you go about investigating and screening them for presentation to your client?

2. Your labor survey report indicates a potentiallabor shortage during the peak construction effort. Your management wants to start out working five ten-hour days a week in order to attract the necessary craft labor. As construction manager or project manager, would you support or try to defeat the proposal? State your reasons either way.