Construction Planning and Scheduling

✍ Scribed by Jimmie W. Hinze

• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 265
• Edition: 4
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

CONTENTS
Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION
History of Scheduling
Planning and Scheduling
Bar Charts
Shortcomings of Bar Charts
The Sports Facility Project
Value of Bar Charts
Scheduling Networks
Other Scheduling Approaches
Work Breakdown Structure
Reasons for Planning and Scheduling in Construction
Review Questions
Chapter 2 DEVELOPING A NETWORK MODEL
Steps in Building a Network Model
Defining Activities
Ordering Activities
Drawing the Network Diagram
Assigning Durations to Activities
Assigning Resources and Costs
Calculating Early and Late Start/Finish Times
Identify the Critical Path
Scheduling Activity Start/Finish Times
Final Comments
Review Questions
Chapter 3 PRECEDENCE DIAGRAMS
Precedence (Activity-on-Node) Networks
Activity Relationships
Basics about Precedence Diagrams
Calculations on a Precedence Network
Independent Float and Interfering Float
Computations for Different-Activity Relationships
Final Comments
Review Questions
Chapter 4 DETERMINING ACTIVITY DURATIONS
Estimating
Types of Estimates
Conceptual Estimates
Detailed Estimates
Conducting a Detailed Estimate
Estimating Durations
Scheduling Issues
Factors Influencing Choice of Activity Schedules
Weather and the Schedule
Uncertainty in Duration Estimates
Final Comments
Review Problems
Chapter 5 TIME IN CONTRACT PROVISIONS
Time Is of the Essence
Requirements for Project Coordination
Cooperation
Progress Schedule
Ownership of Float
Notice to Proceed
Time of Completion
Units of Time: Working Days or Calendar Days
Liquidated Damages—Damages for Late Completion
Weather
Use of Completed Portions of the Work
Substantial Completion
Notice of Delays
Avoidable Delays
Unavoidable Delays
Extension of Time (Avoidable Delays)
Extension of Time (Unavoidable Delays)
Submittals
Progress Payments
Payment for Materials
Final Payment
Suspension
Termination by Contractor
Final Comments
Review Questions
Chapter 6 RESOURCE ALLOCATION AND RESOURCE LEVELING
The Management of Resources
When Resources Are Limited (Resource Allocation)
The Manual Solution for Resource Allocation
The Brooks Method of Resource Allocation
When Project Duration Is Fixed (Resource Leveling)
The Manual Solution for Resource Leveling
The Sports Facility Project
Final Comments
Review Problems
Chapter 7 MONEY AND NETWORK SCHEDULES
Cash Flow
The Time Value of Money
Interest Rates
Contractor Cash Disbursements
Contract Provisions That Impact Cash Flow
Owner Policies and Practices That Impact Cash Flow
The Cash Flow Analysis
The Sports Facility Project
The Present Worth of Cash Flow
The Value of Cash Flow Analysis
Time–Cost Trade-Offs
Direct Costs
Indirect Job Costs (Job Overhead)
Overhead (Company Overhead)
Profit
Four Different Solutions for Each Network
Logically Reducing Project Duration
Final Comments
Review Problems
Chapter 8 PROJECT MONITORING AND CONTROL
Construction Time
Effective Scheduling
Monitoring Project Status
Difficulties in Assessing Progress
Updating the Schedule
Controlling the Project
The Sports Facility Project
Recovery Schedules
As-Built Schedules
Final Comments
Review Questions
Chapter 9 COMPUTER SCHEDULING
Computer Scheduling Terms
Scheduling Software
Oracle’s Primavera P6 Professional Project Management
Oracle’s Primavera SureTrak
Microsoft Office Project
Web-Based Programs
Creating a Schedule
Updating a Schedule
Presenting a Schedule
Useful Software Features
Sorting and Filtering
Global Editing
Cash Flow Analysis
Resource Leveling
Summary Tasks
Task Tracing
Linking to Other Project Management Software
Final Comments
Review Questions
Chapter 10 EARNED VALUE: A MEANS FOR INTEGRATING COSTS AND SCHEDULE
The Earned Value Concept
Difficulties in Integrating Cost and Schedule Systems
Final Comments
Review Questions and Problems
Chapter 11 THE IMPACT OF SCHEDULING DECISIONS ON PRODUCTIVITY
Working Overtime
Increasing the Workforce (Crowding)
Increasing the Number of Starting Points
Identifying the Causes of Delays
Interruption of Work on Multiple Units (Impact of Lost Learning)
Learning Applied to Individual Units
Learning Applied to Cumulative Average Units
What Happens When Work Is Interrupted?
Other Sources of Lost Productivity
Final Comments
Review Problems
Chapter 12 CPM IN DISPUTE RESOLUTION AND LITIGATION
Going to Court
Types of Schedules
Impact of Changes
Impact of Delays
Final Comments
Review Questions
Chapter 13 SHORT-INTERVAL SCHEDULES
Short-Interval Schedules in the Literature
How Contractors Use Short-Interval Schedules
Other Short-Interval Schedules
Final Comments
Review Questions
Chapter 14 LINEAR SCHEDULING
What Is Linear Scheduling?
Example 1: Project to Replace a State Park Walkway
Production Rate Diagrams
Buffers
Generating the Linear Schedule
Example 2: Project to Construct 500 Tract Housing Units
Final Comments
Review Questions
Chapter 15 PERT: PROGRAM EVALUATION AND REVIEW TECHNIQUE
Uncertainty in Activity Duration Estimates
Uncertainty in the Duration Estimates of an Activity Chain
Uncertainty in the Duration Estimates of Projects
Monte Carlo Simulation
Final Comments
Review Problems
Chapter 16 ARROW DIAGRAMS
Activity Relationships
The i–j Notation of Activities
Dummies
Performing Time Calculations with Arrow Diagrams
Float Values
Understanding Free Float and Total Float
Computations for Different Activity Relationships
Final Comments
Review Problems
BIBLIOGRAPHY
ADDITIONAL REFERENCES
INDEX
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