Amhara National Regional State Water Works Construction Enterprise

North Eastern Regional Office

Written Examination for Engineer level-1
April, 2013
Maximum time allowed 1:30hr Maximum marks 100%

1. List at least four factors that affect design of concrete mix? (10%)
2. You are given a design of 75m3 capacity sandwich reservoir; state the main procedures of
construction. (15%)
3. Discuss briefly the use of scheduling before starting, during construction and after
completion of a construction (project) (20%)
4. The service reservoir of Weledi water Supply project has a concrete work of 4m3 C-7 lean
concrete under the base slab. If this concrete C-7 mechanical mix has a mix ratio of 1:4:8.
Assume 30% shrinkage and 5% wastage. Take density of cement 1400kg/m3.
a. Calculate the amount of cement required to make 4m3 of 1:4:8 concrete in kilograms
(5%)
b. Calculate the volume of sand in cubic meter (5%)
c. Calculate the volume of gravel (crushed stone) in cubic meter. (5%)
5. Given a trapezoidal channel non deformed bed of bottom width 3m with side slopes 1.5
(m:1) and with mean depth of flow 1.5 meters and longitudinal slope 0.03% , free board 0.6m
and length 2km . Calculate the cost of excavation and daily labor required, given that cost of
excavation 15birr /m3 and one daily labor excavate 1.3m3/day for 8 hours duty time. (20%)
6. Estimate the quantities of brickwork and plastering required in a wall 6 m long, 3 m high and
40 cm thick. Calculate also the cost if the rate of brickwork is 350.00birr per cubic meter and
of plastering is 9.0 birr per square meter. (20%)

GOOD LUCK!
1. List at least four factors that affect design of concrete mix?

a) Grade designation,
b) Type of cement,
c) Maximum nominal size of aggregates,
d) Minimum water-cement ratio,
e) Workability, and
f) Minimum cement content.

2. You are given a design of 75m3 capacity sandwich reservoir, state the main procedures of
construction.

1. Earth work

a. Site clearing
b. Excavation
c. Cart away excavated materials
d. Selected material fill
e. Hard core Filling

2. Concrete work

a. C-5 lean concrete under the base slab of service reservoir

b. floor slab and friction key reinforced concrete C-30

c. roof slab C-20

d. Form work

e. Reinforcement bars according to the drawing

3. Masonry work

Finishing Work- cement screed, plastering of internal concrete wall, Semi dressed stoen pavemet
around service reservoir

Pipes and fittings and ladder installation

 a. upply and install G.I.P with all accessories as per the drawing for ladder over flow,
drainage, inlet, outlet & vent pipe

3. Discuss briefly the use of scheduling before starting, during construction and after completion
of a construction (project)

4. The service reservoir of Weledi water Supply project has a concrete work of 4m 3 C-7
lean concrete under the base slab. If this concrete C-7 mechanical mix has a mix ratio of
1:4:8. Assume 30% shrinkage and 5% wastage. Take density of cement 1400kg/m3.
a. calculate the amount of cement required to make 4m3 of 1:4:8 concrete in kilograms
b. Calculate the volume of sand in cubic meter
 c. Calculate the volume of gravel (crushed stone) in cubic meter.

Concrete Mix ratio = 1:4:8

Let Volume of concrete = 4 m3

Then a) Cement = 1/13 × 4m3 × 1400kg/m3 × 1.30 Shrinkage × 1.05 wastage

= 588kgs

= 0.42m3

b) Sand = 4/13 × 4m3 × 1.30 Shrinkage × 1.05 wastage

= 1.68m3

c) Gravel = 8/13 × 4m3 × 1.30 Shrinkage × 1.05 wastage

= 3.36m3

5. Given a trapezoidal channel non deformed bed of bottom width 3m side slopes 1.5 (m:1)
with mean depth of flow 1.5 meters and longitudinal slope 0.03% , free board 0.6m and
length 2km . Calculate the cost of excavation and daily labor required, given that cost of
excavation 15birr /m3 and one daily labor excavate 1.3m3/day for 8 hours duty time (20%)

Trapezoidal channel
Depth of exacavation, y = flow depth + freeboard = 1.5+0.6 = 2.10m
Area of the channel = y(B+my) = 2.1(3+1.5*2.1) = 13.545m2
Volume of 2km long channel = A*L = 13.545m2*2000m = 27,090m3
Cost of excavation = 15birr/m3*27,090m3 = 406, 350birr
Daily labor required = 27,090m3/1.3m3 per day
6. Estimate the quantities of brickwork and plastering required in a wall 6 m long, 3 m high and
40 cm thick. Calculate also the cost if the rate of brickwork is 350.00birr per cubic meter and of
plastering is 9.0 birr per square meter. (20%)
Quantity of brickwork = L x B x H = 6m x 3 m x 0.40 = 7.2 cu m. Quantity of plastering (two
faces) = 2 x Lx H = 2 x 6 m x 3 m = 36 sq m Cost of brickwork = 7.2 x 350.00= 2520.00 birr.
Cost of plastering = 36 x 9.0 = 324.00 birr
Total cost = 2520.00 +324.00 =2844.00birr.