Case Study - Custom Pebble Beach Home with questions
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Case Study: Construction - Custom Pebble Beach Home
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Construction has been hired by a retiring CEO
of a large corporation to build a custom, single-family residence in the upscale coastal neighborhood of Pebble Beach, California. Property
has already been purchased, and an initial approval by the city has been
given for the construction of a 9,600-square-foot residence. It
has been the longtime desire of this CEO and his wife to retire and live on the picturesque 18-mile drive of Pebble Beach looking out over the spectacular Pacific Ocean. On this unique stretch of the California coast, it is not uncommon for a one-acre parcel of land to cost more than $2 million, and homes can range
anywhere from $3 to $10 million once completed. The CEO and his wife are excited to design and have their dream home finally built.
In the
design of this fantastic custom home, the owners have
several components of the residence that will be custom-made and will need to be imported from various places around the world. Items such as handmade doors, large oversized stormproof windows, exotic wood, and marble
flooring will be custom fabricated to meet specific requirements. Other items such as stone used throughout the interior and exterior of the residence
and driveways will be hand-selected by the owners and shipped from Europe to the construction site in
California.
This residence will have a large living room and three large bedroom suites that face the ocean. The home will also include two other bedrooms, a large office, a game room, a large custom gourmet kitchen, and a four-car garage. The home will be located on the beach side of the highway and will be nestled between large pine trees currently on the property.
As the owners discuss the details of this project with the construction supervisor and project manager,
several constraints as well as challenges have been discovered that will need to be managed. The owners have requested a specific move-in date of September 1 based on the end of their current lease on a corporate-provided residence. The owners have communicated that this move-in date has to be a hard date because the owner of the corporate-provided residence has already signed a lease with another occupant. Although there will be a lot required of the owners in finalizing various custom components of the house and making trips to several places around the world to select materials, the owners have committed to accomplishing their part of the goal to meet the move-in date.
The project manager has determined, based on the weather in this particular region, that all the construction will be completed during the spring and summer months; the weather should not pose any delay factors. The project manager has also determined that, based on the owners’ financial means, funding of the project should not be an issue. Therefore, if expedite fees or changes in exotic and custom materials have to be made, added costs should not be a problem to meet the owners’ move-in date requirement. In addition, the project manager has determined that certain pieces of heavy equipment will be used throughout this project, such as backhoes, dirt-moving equipment, and other specialty equipment,
which may have to be rented for the installation of custom materials for this project. The project manager’s biggest problem in developing the overall project schedule is that the owners do not know the specific time frames when they will be traveling around the world to select their materials or when these materials will be at the jobsite. The biggest challenge the project manager will face is managing the schedule to ensure segments of the project will commence as designed. This will mean effective communication with the owners to manage their travels to align with the project schedule.
The
project manager has determined that he would like to start construction in April to allow extra time to be built in to the project schedule as a buffer. Adding extra time or a buffer to the project schedule helps offset any unforeseen circumstances that might come up and delay the project. In this case, the extra time in the project
schedule provides a buffer for the owners to complete their parts of the project, which involve traveling around the world to select materials, and still meet the completion date of September 1. The following is a proposed schedule of the primary components needed
to complete the residence within the requested time frame:
April
- Ground preparation, utilities and sewer installation, and completion of initial foundation footings
May/June
- Rough construction, including subflooring; walls; roof trusses and final roofing system; electrical; plumbing; and heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems
July
- Completion of interior insulation, sheet rock, and finishes and installation of flooring
August
- Installation of all appliances and fixtures throughout the interior, completion of driveways, and exterior landscaping; final sign-off and approval by owners
September
- Owners take occupancy as residents
Case study questions – resource estimation
1.
Is the project a time-constrained project or a resource-constrained project? Why?
2.
What resource estimating tools could the project manager use to estimate human resources, equipment, and materials?
3.
How will the type of project structure influence the resource estimating methods the project manager
might use for this particular project?
4.
Will RE construction likely have to consider resource leveling? Why?
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5.
Estimate the completion time for this project using 3 point estimate tool? O – September 3 ML – Sept 12 P - Sept 28