CCM Level 5 Performance Assessment PMP Sample

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This CCM performance assessment sample shows how selected sections of a Project Management Plan (PMP) can be written for the MRSM Merbok design-and-build case, where the candidate acts as Construction Manager for the main contractor. It follows the original Level 5 question page. For a planning method behind it, read our guide on how to write the CIDB CCM performance assessment PMP.

The extract covers only part of the full 5,000–8,000-word PMP. Every cost, percentage and delay figure that is not taken from the brief is labelled illustrative and must be replaced by your own site data.

What this sample covers

Model answer extract

1. Assumptions register

A PMP rests on stated assumptions, because baselines are only as reliable as the conditions they assume (PMI, 2021). The register below keeps the brief’s given facts separate from the candidate’s added assumptions, so an assessor can see what was supplied and what was reasoned.

Each added assumption is paired with a trigger. For A5, for example, the Construction Manager reviews approval status at every fortnightly progress meeting and escalates to the project director if a submission is more than 14 days (illustrative) behind plan.

2. Project baseline and key dates

The time baseline is anchored to the possession date. Counting 104 weeks (728 days) from Saturday 6 March 2021 gives Saturday 4 March 2023, while the brief states completion on 5 March 2023, which is 729 days after possession. The one-day difference is common when a contract counts the possession day as day one. The PMP therefore adopts 5 March 2023 as the contractual date and records the counting convention as an assumption to confirm against the contract’s appendix.

3. Work breakdown structure and key milestones

The scope is divided by building group, since administrative, academic, student facility, residential and support buildings can proceed in parallel once enabling works are complete. Following the work-breakdown approach described by Harris, McCaffer and Edum-Fotwe (2013), each package has a single responsible manager. The week numbers below are illustrative and would be derived from the master programme.

4. Site mobilisation plan

Mobilisation in the first four weeks (up to 3 April 2021) establishes control before production begins. The sequence is: site boundary, security and temporary fencing; main access and wheel-washing point; site offices and a clerk-of-works room for the employer’s representative; temporary power and water; storage and fabrication yards; and welfare facilities sized to the peak labour force. Layout is planned so that heavy plant routes do not cross pedestrian paths, and material stacking sits close to the first building groups to be started.

Insurance, performance security and permits are lodged before the first excavation. The Construction Manager also issues a mobilisation checklist, signed off by the site agent, safety officer and quantity surveyor, so that no work package starts without its resources confirmed.

5. Cash flow and S-curve logic

The cash-flow forecast converts the programme into expected valuations. Because progress is slow at start-up, fast during structure and slows during finishing and commissioning, cumulative value traces an S shape. The figures below are illustrative only: they spread the RM 40.5 million contract sum across eight quarters of the 104-week period and ignore retention, advance payment and price adjustment.

Actual cumulative value is plotted against this baseline each month. A gap of more than 5% (illustrative threshold) triggers a recovery plan and a review of subcontractor payments, since the contractor funds work between valuation and payment.

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6. Quality, safety and environment controls

Quality. The quality plan sets inspection and test plans for each trade, hold points before concealment, and a defects register closed out weekly. Workmanship is checked against the CIDB Quality Assessment System in Construction (QLASSIC), which CIDB publishes as Construction Industry Standard CIS 7 (CIDB, 2014). Target scores should be set in the plan and agreed with the employer. The management system is aligned with ISO 9001 principles of documented processes and corrective action.

Safety. The Occupational Safety and Health Act 1994 places duties on employers to provide a safe system of work (Malaysia, 1994). The Occupational Safety and Health (Amendment) Act 2022 came into force on 1 June 2024 (Malay Mail, 2024), after this project’s 2021–2023 period, so the plan should state which legal position applied during construction and avoid presenting later duties as binding retrospectively. Site controls include toolbox talks, permit-to-work for height and excavation, scaffold inspection, and an incident log reviewed at progress meetings.

Environment. The Environmental Quality Act 1974 is the framework statute (Malaysia, 1974). The plan should check whether any part of the works falls within the prescribed activities requiring an Environmental Impact Assessment, and in any case control silt, dust, noise and waste through sediment traps, covered stockpiles, restricted working hours and a scheduled-waste procedure.

7. LAD exposure calculation

Liquidated and ascertained damages are the employer’s pre-agreed compensation for late completion. With LAD at RM 12,031.00 per day, exposure grows linearly with delay. The scenarios below are illustrative delays, not forecasts, and assume no extension of time is granted.

The daily rate equals about 0.03% of the contract sum (12,031 ÷ 40,500,000). The Construction Manager’s controls therefore include early notice of delay events, contemporaneous records for any extension-of-time claim, and acceleration options priced against the daily LAD figure (Harris, McCaffer and Edum-Fotwe, 2013).

8. Handover and defects liability period

Handover starts well before the date for completion. From about week 96 the plan schedules pre-completion inspections by building group, commissioning of services, as-built drawings, operation and maintenance manuals, and training for the employer’s maintenance staff. A punch list is closed out before the certificate of completion is requested.

During the 36-month defects liability period the contractor keeps a response team and a defects log with agreed response times. If practical completion is certified on 5 March 2023, the period would run to about 5 March 2026; any delay moves this date. The plan ends with a lessons-learned review and a final account.

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References

• CIDB Malaysia (2014) Construction Industry Standard CIS 7: Quality Assessment System for Building Construction Works (QLASSIC). Kuala Lumpur: Construction Industry Development Board Malaysia. Available at: https://smart.cidb.gov.my/program/qlassic
• Harris, F., McCaffer, R. and Edum-Fotwe, F. (2013) Modern Construction Management. 7th edn. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell.
• Malay Mail (2024) Human Resources Ministry: Amended Occupational Safety and Health Act to come into force on June 1, 4 April. Available at: https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2024/04/04/human-resources-ministry-amended-occupational-safety-and-health-act-to-come-into-force-on-june-1/127335
• Malaysia (1974) Environmental Quality Act 1974 (Act 127). Kuala Lumpur: Government of Malaysia.
• Malaysia (1994) Occupational Safety and Health Act 1994 (Act 514). Kuala Lumpur: Government of Malaysia.
• Project Management Institute (2021) A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide). 7th edn. Newtown Square, PA: Project Management Institute.

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