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Construction Planning and Scheduling

ISBN: 9780130928610 | 0130928615
Edition: 3rd
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Pub. Date: 1/1/2008

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SummaryTable of Contents
For undergraduate courses in Construction Planning and Scheduling, Construction Management, offered in the departments of Construction Technology and Architecture. This text presents a straightforward and comprehensive introduction to all of the aspects and techniques of construction scheduling. It begins with a treatise on the fundamentals of scheduling and develops and discusses these topics while introducing other subjects. Construction Planning and Scheduling will serve as a future resource for various subjects in construction scheduling.
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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION1(16)
Bar Charts
2(8)
Shortcomings of Bar Charts
3(4)
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The Sports Facility Project
7(1)
Value of Bar Charts
7(3)
Other Scheduling Approaches
10(1)
Work Breakdown Structure
11(3)
Reasons for Planning and Scheduling in Construction
14(1)
Review Questions
15(2)
CHAPTER 2 DEVELOPING A NETWORK MODEL17(13)
Steps in Building a Network Model
17(11)
Defining Activities
18(2)
Ordering Activities
20(3)
Drawing the Network Diagram
23(3)
Assigning Durations to Activities
26(1)
Assigning Resources and Costs
27(1)
Calculating Early and Late Start/Finish Times
27(1)
Identify the Critical Path
27(1)
Scheduling Activity Start/Finish Times
28(1)
Final Comments
28(1)
Review Questions
28(2)
CHAPTER 3 PRECEDENCE DIAGRAMS30(35)
Precedence (Activity-on-Node) Networks
30(1)
Activity Relationships
31(13)
Basics about Precedence Diagrams
40(4)
Calculations on a Precedence Network
44(6)
Independent Float and Interfering Float
50(3)
Final Comments
53(1)
Review Problems
54(11)
CHAPTER 4 DETERMINING ACTIVITY DURATIONS65(18)
Estimating
65(1)
Types of Estimates
66(1)
Conceptual Estimates
66(1)
Detailed Estimates
66(1)
Conducting a Detailed Estimate
66(6)
Estimating Durations
72(3)
Scheduling Issues
75(1)
Factors Influencing Choice of Activity Schedules
76(5)
Weather and the Schedule
77(1)
Uncertainty in Duration Estimates
78(3)
Final Comments
81(1)
Review Problems
81(2)
CHAPTER 5 TIME IN CONTRACT PROVISIONS83(27)
Time Is of the Essence
84(1)
Requirements for Project Coordination
84(1)
Cooperation
85(1)
Progress Schedule
85(6)
Ownership of Float
91(2)
Notice to Proceed
93(1)
Time of Completion
94(1)
Units of Time: Working Days or Calendar Days
95(3)
Liquidated Damages-Damages for Late Completion
98(1)
Weather
99(1)
Use of Completed Portions of the Work
99(1)
Substantial Completion
100(1)
Notice of Delays
101(1)
Avoidable Delays
101(1)
Unavoidable Delays
102(1)
Extension of Time (Avoidable Delays)
102(1)
Extension of Time (Unavoidable Delays)
102(2)
Submittals
104(1)
Progress Payments
105(2)
Payment for Materials
107(1)
Final Payment
107(1)
Suspension
107(1)
Termination by Contractor
108(1)
Final Comments
109(1)
Review Questions
109(1)
CHAPTER 6 RESOURCE ALLOCATION AND RESOURCE LEVELING110(47)
The Management of Resources
110(1)
When Resources Are Limited (Resource Allocation)
111(11)
The Manual Solution for Resource Allocation
113(9)
The Brooks Method of Resource Allocation
122(7)
When Project Duration Is Fixed (Resource Leveling)
129(2)
The Manual Solution for Resource Leveling
131(9)
The Sports Facility Project
139(1)
Final Comments
140(2)
Review Problems
142(15)
CHAPTER 7 MONEY AND NETWORK SCHEDULES157(35)
Cash Flow
158(11)
The Time Value of Money
158(1)
Interest Rates
158(1)
Contractor Cash Disbursements
159(2)
Contract Provisions That Impact Cash Flow
161(2)
Owner Policies and Practices That Impact Cash Flow
163(1)
The Cash-Flow Analysis
163(2)
The Sports Facility Project
165(1)
The Present Worth of Cash Flow
165(1)
The Value of Cash-Flow Analysis
166(3)
Time-Cost Trade-Offs
169(17)
Direct Costs
170(1)
Indirect Job Costs (Job Overhead)
170(1)
Overhead (Company Overhead)
170(1)
Profit
170(4)
Four Different Solutions for Each Network
174(1)
Logically Reducing Project Duration
175(11)
Final Comments
186(1)
Review Problems
187(5)
CHAPTER 8 PROJECT MONITORING AND CONTROL192(17)
Construction Time
192(2)
Effective Scheduling
194(1)
Monitoring Project Status
195(4)
Difficulties in Assessing Progress
199(1)
Updating the Schedule
200(1)
Controlling the Project
201(3)
The Sports Facility Project
203(1)
As-Built Schedules
204(3)
Final Comments
207(1)
Review Questions
207(2)
CHAPTER 9 COMPUTER SCHEDULING209(16)
Computer Scheduling Terms
211(2)
Scheduling Software
213(2)
Primavera (P3®)
214(1)
SureTrak Project Manager
215(1)
Microsoft Project
215(1)
Creating a Schedule
215(4)
Updating a Schedule
219(1)
Presenting a Schedule
219(2)
Useful Software Features
221(1)
Sorting and Filtering
221(1)
Global Editing
222(1)
Cash-Flow Analysis
222(1)
Resource Leveling
222(1)
Linking to Other Project Management Software
222(2)
Final Comments
224(1)
Review Questions
224(1)
CHAPTER 10 EARNED VALUE: A MEANS FOR INTEGRATING COSTS AND SCHEDULE225(14)
The Earned Value Concept
226(5)
Difficulties in Integrating Cost and Schedule Systems
231(3)
Final Comments
234(1)
Review Questions and Problems
235(4)
CHAPTER 11 THE IMPACT OF SCHEDULING DECISIONS ON PRODUCTIVITY239(24)
Working Overtime
239(3)
Increasing the Workforce (Crowding)
242(2)
Increasing the Number of Starting Points
244(2)
Identifying the Causes of Delays
246(1)
Interruption of Work on Multiple Units (Impact of Lost Learning)
247(3)
Learning Applied to Individual Units
250(3)
Learning Applied to Cumulative Average Units
253(2)
What Happens When Work Is Interrupted?
255(3)
Other Sources of Lost Productivity
258(1)
Final Comments
259(1)
Review Problems
259(4)
CHAPTER 12 CPM IN DISPUTE RESOLUTION AND LITIGATION263(11)
Going to Court
263(7)
Types of Schedules
270(1)
Impact of Changes
271(1)
Impact of Delays
272(1)
Final Comments
273(1)
Review Questions
273(1)
CHAPTER 13 SHORT-INTERVAL SCHEDULES274(16)
Short-Interval Schedules in the Literature
276(1)
How Contractors Use Short-Interval Schedules
276(5)
Other Short-Interval Schedules
281(5)
Final Comments
286(3)
Review Questions
289(1)
CHAPTER 14 LINEAR SCHEDULING290(16)
What Is Linear Scheduling?
293(4)
Example 1: Project to Replace a State Park Walkway
297(3)
Production Rate Diagrams
297(2)
Buffers
299(1)
Generating the Linear Schedule
299(1)
Example 2: Project to Construct
300(6)
Tract Housing Units
301(4)
Final Comments
305(1)
Review Questions
305(1)
CHAPTER 15 PERT: PROGRAM EVALUATION AND REVIEW TECHNIQUE306(13)
Uncertainty in Activity Duration Estimates
306(5)
Uncertainty in the Duration Estimates of an Activity Chain
311(2)
Uncertainty in the Duration Estimates of Projects
313(1)
Monte Carlo Simulation
314(2)
Final Comments
316(1)
Practice Problems
316(3)
CHAPTER 16 ARROW DIAGRAMS319(36)
Activity Relationships
320(3)
The i-j Notation of Activities
323(6)
Dummies
323(6)
Performing Time Calculations with Arrow Diagrams
329(7)
Float Values
336(6)
Understanding Free Float and Total Float
342(3)
Final Comments
345(1)
Review Problems
346(9)
REFERENCES355(2)
ADDITIONAL REFERENCES357(4)
INDEX361

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