Programming And Scheduling Techniques (Construction Management)

PROGRAMMING AND SCHEDULING TECHNIQUES......Page 1
CONTENTS......Page 4
Preface......Page 9
Abbreviations......Page 10
Introduction......Page 11
Planning process......Page 12
Types of planning activities......Page 17
Planning tools and techniques......Page 18
Planning of construction projects......Page 19
Planning tasks at different stages of the project lifecycle......Page 26
Examples of construction plans and schedules......Page 32
Summary......Page 35
What is a bar chart?......Page 36
Linked bar chart......Page 38
Process of developing a bar chart......Page 39
Activity duration......Page 40
Risk contingency......Page 43
Method statement......Page 44
Summary......Page 47
Introduction......Page 48
A brief history of the critical path method......Page 49
Arrow method......Page 50
Precedence method......Page 64
Concept of link lag......Page 73
Summary......Page 77
Exercises......Page 78
Introduction......Page 82
Distribution of resources......Page 84
Resource levelling......Page 87
Resource levelling performed by computers......Page 96
Managing the labour resource......Page 97
Managing materials......Page 100
Managing plant and equipment......Page 102
Summary......Page 106
Exercises......Page 107
Introduction......Page 111
Finish-to-start link (FTS)......Page 112
Start-to-start link (STS)......Page 113
Finish-to-finish link (FTF)......Page 115
Start-to-finish link (STF)......Page 117
A compound link......Page 118
Free and total float in overlapped networks......Page 120
Calculating an overlapped critical path schedule......Page 121
Overlapping of critical path schedules by computer......Page 127
Summary......Page 128
Exercises......Page 129
Project performance outcomes......Page 132
Project control system......Page 133
Monitoring performance......Page 134
Evaluating performance......Page 137
Example of monitoring, evaluation and adjusting or updating......Page 139
of a critical path schedule Cost¨Ctime optimisation......Page 142
Earned value......Page 156
Exercises......Page 162
Introduction......Page 167
Brief overview of Primavera Project Planner P3 software......Page 168
Scheduling a residential project using Primavera P3......Page 171
Overlapping models in Primavera P3......Page 188
Summary......Page 190
Shortcomings of the critical path method......Page 191
Theory of constraints......Page 194
Critical chain scheduling......Page 195
Summary......Page 197
Introduction......Page 198
Format of a multiple activity chart......Page 199
Preparation of a multiple activity chart......Page 200
Example of MAC scheduling......Page 202
Exercises......Page 210
Introduction......Page 216
Concept of line of balance......Page 217
Concept of delivery program in LOB......Page 219
Developing a LOB schedule......Page 222
Developing a LOB schedule for projects requiring multiple crews......Page 226
Exercises......Page 232
Introduction......Page 234
Method study......Page 236
Work measurement......Page 246
Exercises......Page 259
Introduction......Page 261
Risk and uncertainty......Page 262
Principles of risk management......Page 263
Probability scheduling......Page 276
Summary......Page 280
TECHNIQUE (PERT)Introduction......Page 281
Network construction......Page 282
The probability concept in PERT......Page 283
The computational process in PERT......Page 287
Example of a PERT schedule......Page 288
An alternative approach to PERT......Page 291
Summary......Page 293
Exercises......Page 294
References......Page 297
Index......Page 300