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Assignment Brief
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Overview
The assignment involves the application and evaluation of project management tools and techniques
to a construction project case study in order to achieve optimal and effective use of resources. This
will instill in you an appreciation and understanding of project management tools and techniques. By
developing your critical awareness of the limitations of the tools and techniques, this assignment is
also designed to develop your ability to select, use and evaluate project management tools and
techniques in general.
You are required to plan the construction project by assembling Gantt charts, resource aggregation
charts and performing earned value analysis (EVA), to achieve the most optimal use of both time and
resources. You are then expected to appraise the use of network analysis in construction projects.
You are required to consider the uncertainty inherent in construction projects by making use of both
program evaluation and review technique (PERT) and modelling using random numbers. This will
lead you to reflect on how the above approach could be incorporated into Monte Carlo simulation.
Using MS Project
Remote Access to Portsmouth University Lab Computers
You can use one of the university computers remotely and any of the software installed on that
computer. This is possible by connecting to the physical computers within the university using
Microsoft Remote Desktop.
Connect to the university VPN (Virtual Private Network), please see the guide to VPN here:
https://myport.port.ac.uk/guidance-and-support/it-help/vpn-guide
To gain remote access to Portsmouth's Lab computers please follow the Quick Steps (firstly
connecting to the VPN, then connecting to a remote computer) in the following link:
https://myport.port.ac.uk/guidance-and-support/it-help/using-university-computers-and-laptops/
remote-access-to-lab-computers
When you have remote access, find and connect to an available lab machine, and you can start to
use MS Project on that machine.
Task:
A construction company wins the tender to build a multi storey office block which is to be the new
headquarters of a large organisation. The basement of the multi storey office block is to be
constructed of in-situ reinforced concrete, while the frame is to be structural steelwork (See section
1.0 in attached project brief
for details of construction). As the manager for the construction
company in charge of planning the above project to the nearest 0.5 days, you are required to carry
out the following:
Assemble a Gantt chart no.1 for the construction of the substructure and frame for the above office
block (assume all activities are sequential eg the whole base slab has to be completed to be able to
start work on walls).
Create a resource aggregation chart no.1 for the project.
By means of another Gantt chart no. 2 and resource aggregation chart no. 2, assess the effect of
overlapping activities by constructing the building in two halves, and introducing another team of
steel fixers and joiners just for the walls. For example, once half of the base slab is constructed, other
elements (walls, columns, etc) can start on that half while the rest of the slab is being completed.
Assume piling and blinding is done as in Gantt chart no. 1 (NOT in two halves).
Appraise the use of network analysis in the scheduling of construction projects.
At scheduled completion date on Gantt chart no.1, the basement is found to be only 75% complete.
The labour allocation records show a total of 350 man-days have been used so far. Use EVA to assess
the metrics and predict final duration and resources in man-days for the basement.
Appraise the use of EVA in construction projects.
With respect to the Gantt chart no.1 assembled in the first step, use information given in the
attached project brief, and random fields generated in Excel, to propose optimum and pessimistic
durations. Assess the progress of the project using PERT analysis, estimate of expected duration and
probability of achieving completion two days before this duration.
Justify the importance of the above analysis and recommend how it can be used with Monte Carlo
simulation.
For clarity, the word count starts from the introduction and ends with the conclusion.
Front pages, bibliography etc are not included in the word count.
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