Programming and scheduling techniques

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