Construction Management: Planning and Scheduling

Discover the steps needed to develop a proper construction plan and learn how to transform that plan into a schedule.

Introduction

• Welcome and introduction
• What you need to know
• Exercise files

1. Planning and Scheduling Fundamentals

• History and impact
• Types of schedules
• Planning versus scheduling

2. Proper Planning

• How is the work done?
• Who does the work?
• Work breakdown structure
• Work breakdown structure illustrated

3. Use the Plan to Develop a Schedule

• Creating a network model
• Order activities from the WBS
• Establish activity relationships
• Assign durations, costs, and resources
• Calculate early, late start, and finish times
• Identify the critical path
• Schedule activity start and finish dates
• Letting the software do the calculations

4. Maintaining the Schedule

• Check and update the schedule
• Time in contract provisions
• Scheduling's impact on productivity

Conclusion

• The future of planning and scheduling
• Integrating Lean principles with CPM
• Better understanding of planning and scheduling