The Korle Klottey Municipal Assembly (KoKMA) has inaugurated a 20-bed isolation centre for the Adabraka Polyclinic to boost their capacity to hold suspected patients of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The facility is made up of two wards of 10 beds each and has two consulting rooms and washrooms attached to each ward. The Municipal  Chief Executive (MCE) of the assembly, Mr Samuel Nii Adjei Tawiah, explained that the provision of the facility was part of the assembly’s commitment  to ensure the safety of people during the pandemic. “The assembly’s swift response to convert an existing open shed into a 20-bed isolation centre for coronavirus positive patients was borne out of our sensitivity towards the health and safety of the people,” he said. He added that the move was also to ensure that health practitioners were able to operate within the best environment in managing the global pandemic. Table 1 below shows all the activities required to construct the isolation centre successfully.   Table 1: Data for the activity Activity Code Description Time (Weeks) Immediate Predecessor(s) A Determine resource requirements 2 None B Requisition of lumber, cement. gravel and sand 6 A C Lay bricks 1 A D Saw lumber into appropriate sizes 3 B E Position lumber in correct position 2 D, C F Roof the Building 1 E G Fix windows and Doors 2 F H Put in hospital equipment and consumables 1 F I Connect electricity and paint the building 3 G, H   a) Construct a network diagram for the project.     b)   Indicate the critical path (s) and the expected completion time

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The Korle Klottey Municipal Assembly (KoKMA) has inaugurated a 20-bed isolation centre for the Adabraka Polyclinic to boost their capacity to hold suspected patients of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The facility is made up of two wards of 10 beds each and has two consulting rooms and washrooms attached to each ward. The Municipal  Chief Executive (MCE) of the assembly, Mr Samuel Nii Adjei Tawiah, explained that the provision of the facility was part of the assembly’s commitment  to ensure the safety of people during the pandemic. “The assembly’s swift response to convert an existing open shed into a 20-bed isolation centre for coronavirus positive patients was borne out of our sensitivity towards the health and safety of the people,” he said. He added that the move was also to ensure that health practitioners were able to operate within the best environment in managing the global pandemic. Table 1 below shows all the activities required to construct the isolation centre successfully.

 

Table 1: Data for the activity

Activity

Code

Description

Time

(Weeks)

Immediate

Predecessor(s)

A

Determine resource requirements

2

None

B

Requisition of lumber, cement. gravel and sand

6

A

C

Lay bricks

1

A

D

Saw lumber into appropriate sizes

3

B

E

Position lumber in correct position

2

D, C

F

Roof the Building

1

E

G

Fix windows and Doors

2

F

H

Put in hospital equipment and consumables

1

F

I

Connect electricity and paint the building

3

G, H

 

a)

Construct a network diagram for the project.

 

 

b)

 

Indicate the critical path (s) and the expected completion time

 

 

     

 

 

 

Required

 

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