Coonstruction Planning and Scheduling Flashcards
What controls a project? (3)
Cost, Quality Assurance and Control, Time
What is a construction schedule made up of?
series of tasks arranged in logical order with a start and end time.
What are the objectives of a Schedule? (4)
Determines Project Completion Time and critical activities. shows what activities can be delayed, manage a project
What is the purpose of subparts? Where is it applied?
To further divide and breakdown a schedule to narrow it to specific tasks and time lengths. It is applied in estimating and planning
Planning and control technique that provides an accurate, timely, and easily understood picture of the project
Critical Path Method (CPM)
What does management include?
Planning, Scheduling, and Controlling
What is the gist of management principles?
Makes sure everyone understands their job, authority is established, and materials/equipment is accounted for
How should you go about planning a project?
Review historical data
Review the Contract
Review Drawings and Specs
Communicate
the dedicated calendar block of a specific task to be done according to the planning
sequence
Goal of Planning
Break the job down into its component parts, small manageable parts; decide the sequence of construction, duration of tasks and project as whole
dividing the project into _____ can help understand and organize undertakings
Activities
Activities are broken down into
tasks
Main type of activities
Construction, procurement, administrative, and support
Chart utilized for organizing construction scheduling by listing activities in their chronological order with start and ends dates
Bar Chart (Gantt Chart)
Important disadvantage to Gantt Chart?
does not depict detailed sequence
A logical and chronological, graphic representation of the activities (and events) comprising a project
Network
A network diagram showing a sequence of activities, in which each activity is represented by an arrow connecting two nodes (circles) each of which represents an event
Activity-on-Arrow Network (AOA)
A network diagram in which activities are represented by a node (box or circle) connected with arrows or lines that represent logic dependencies
Activity-on-Node Network (AON)
a logical and chronological, graphic representation of the activities (and events) comprising a project
Network
Forward pass is
early times
backward pass
late times
the amount of time that an activity may be delayed without delaying the project’s estimated completion time
Total Float
An activity that cannot be delayed due to it affecting the overall duration of the project
critical activity/path
a fictitious activity with zero duration and non budget or resources assigned, used in AOA to maintain correct logic or distinguish activities identities
Dummy Activity
the precedence the activities fall under
sequence of work
Helpful tool among the industry today to help create schedules and plan construction projects
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