Construction Process Management
Introduction
Each group has to prepare a comprehensive report on the Operational Plan of a fictitious construction company. This assignment tests the students' knowledge on the following theoretical knowledge. (Sections 1 and 2)
a. Effective Management Process for the Company including Resource Management.
b. Effective Communication Channel that the Company has with Internal and External Stakeholders.
c. Company Strategy on how to Motivate the Employees.
d. Ideal Leadership Qualities that has to be possessed by the Employees.
e. Policy on Health and Safety Management within the Organization.
In addition to the above, the group should also develop a work breakdown structure for a construction project using MS Project / Primavera / Gantter / QM for Windows. The group is required to do the following analysis using any one of the mentioned software. (Section 3)
a. Calculation of critical path and critical duration for the project.
b. Calculation of the total project cost and suggest ways on how to optimize the cost.
SECTION 3: Project Planning
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If your Student Number is Ending with....
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You should select the project as...
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0
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2 Floor Villa Project
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1
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3 Floor Residential Apartment
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2
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2 Floor Commercial Building
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3
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2 Floor Shopping Mall with Cinema
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4
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Industrial Warehouse made of Steel Structure
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5
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2 Floor School/College Building
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6
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2 Floor Hospital
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7
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2 Floor Office Building
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8
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2 Floor Restaurant
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9
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2 Floor Hotel
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The group is expected to report the following details for their respective construction project.
1. Develop a rough plan / sketch of the construction project based on the assumptions of the construction bye laws of Muscat Area. The area for each of the project can be assumed suitably as per the norms.
2. Using MS Project / Primavera / Gantter / QM for Windows Software, perform the following analysis (no manual project schedule / network diagram is permitted)
a. Identify and develop a comprehensive work break down structure of all the activities of the project
b. Assign the duration for each of the activities with proper justification
c. Link the activities with proper predecessors and successors as the case may be
d. Calculate the critical duration and identify the critical path for the project
e. Identify the resources to be utilized for each of the activities and prepare the day wise resource allocation chart
f. Identify the cost of each of the activities and obtain the total cost of the project
3. Suggest the ways on how to optimize the cost and time of the project and check the effects of optimizing on the project critical path.
Attachment:- Assignment File.rar