LDRP Institute of Technology & Research, Gandhinagar

Department of Civil Engineering

Branch: Civil Engineering Semester: VI
Subject: Construction Equipments & Management Subject Code: CV-601-N
Date of Display: Date of Submission:

Assignment No. 1 –Construction Management

1. What are the objectives of construction management?

2. Explain the various stages in a construction project.
3. What do you mean by work break down structure in a construction project?
4. Prepare WBS for the construction of hospital.
5. Prepare WBS for the construction of warehouse.

Assignment No. 2 –Management Techniques

1. What is Gant bar chart? Explain with the help of suitable example the method of
preparing a bar chart.
2. Give the limitations of bar chart.
3. Differentiate between bar chart and milestone chart.
 LDRP Institute of Technology & Research, Gandhinagar
Department of Civil Engineering
Branch: Civil Engineering Semester: VI
Subject: Construction Equipments & Management Subject Code: CV-601-N
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Assignment No. 3 –Network Analysis: Critical Path Method (CPM)

1. State the rules for drawing a network.

2. Define: (1) Event (2) Activity (3) Head event (4) Tail event (5)Earliest event time
(6) Latest event time (7) Critical path (8) Earliest start Time (9) Earliest Finish Time
(10) Latest Start Time (11) Latest Finish Time
3. Define floats with example. Also explain the types of floats.
4. Draw a network diagram and find out critical path and project completion time. Also find
out EST, EFT, LST, and LFT. And all floats
ACTIVITY DURATION PREDECESSOR SUCCESSOR
A 5 - E,
B 7 - F,G
C 10 - H
D 12 - I
E 8 A L, J
F 9 B J, L
G 15 B K
H 18 C K
I 10 D O
J 6 E, F M
K 12 G, H M
L 16 E, F N
M 2 J, K O
N 13 L O
O 8 I, M, N -
4. Explain direct cost and indirect cost with example.
5. Define (a) normal time (b) crash time (c) normal cost (d) crash cost (e) outage loss.
6. Explain why time cost trade off is necessary? Discuss various ways to reduce the activity
duration?
7. For a small project following data is available
I node for 1 1 2 3 4 4 4 5 6 7
activity
J node for 2 3 3 4 5 6 7 7 7 8
activity
Normal 10 13 4 6 0 5 9 7 3 3
duration
Crash duration 9 10 3 4 0 4 7 5 3 2
Normal cost 1000 780 400 320 0 250 720 420 30 300
Crash cost 1200 900 470 410 0 300 810 580 30 400
Take indirect cost as Rs 50 per day. Determine (a) Normal project duration (b) optimum
project cost (c) minimum project duration and corresponding project cost.
8. What do you understand by updating? Why it is essential?
9. Explain time-grid diagram. Give its advantages.
10. Draw the time grid diagram for the project having the following details.
Activities immediately
Activity Duration (weeks)
Preceding Following
A 8 - B,C
B 10 A C,D,E,H
C 7 A,B D
D 4 B,C F,H
E 2 B G,H
F 9 D I
G 12 E I
H 1 B,D,E I
I 5 F,G,H -
11. Original schedule of a small project is given below and information at the end of tenth
working day is also given. Determine the change in critical path and project duration by
updating the network.
Activity A B C D E F G H I
Preceding activity - - A A B,C B,C D,E D,E F,G
Duration 5 7 8 5 3 4 2 3 5
Information at the end of tenth working day (a) Activity A and D were completed as per
schedule (b) Activity B is completed in 5 days instead of planned 7 days (c) Activity C
started immediately after activity A was completed and it yet requires 5 more days (d)
Considering site condition duration of activity E and F were revised to 4 days and 5 days
respectively (e) Duration of activities G, H and I are unchanged.
 LDRP Institute of Technology & Research, Gandhinagar
Department of Civil Engineering
Branch: Civil Engineering Semester: VI
Subject: Construction Equipments & Management Subject Code: CV-601 –N
Date of Display: Date of Submission

Assignment No.–4 Resource allocation and Resource Scheduling

1. Explain in detail resource smoothing method of resource allocation problems.

2. What are the objectives of resource allocation? Explain what do you mean by resource
levelling? Explain step by step process of resource levelling.
3. What do you mean by scheduling of a project? Give its types and advantages.
 LDRP Institute of Technology & Research, Gandhinagar
Department of Civil Engineering
Branch: Civil Engineering Semester: VI
Subject: Construction Equipments & Management Subject Code: CV-601-N
Date of Display: Date of Submission

Assignment No.–5 Program Evaluation and Review Technique

Define PERT and give its significance.

Distinguish between CPM and PERT

What do you understand by frequency distribution? Explain mean, variance and standard
deviation.

1. Define: 1) Optimistic time (to) 2) Most likely time (tm) 3) Pessimistic time (tp)
2. For the network shown below with duration, determine the critical path and the
probability of completing the project in 36 days. The probability for various values of
probability factor Z is :
Z 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3
Pr 84.13 86.43 88.49 90.32

Activity Duration(days)
1-2 6-9-18
1-3 5-8-17
2-4 4-7-22
3-4 4-7-16
2-5 4-7-10
3-5 2-5-8
4-5 4-10-22

1 4 5

3
3. For the network shown in fig, determine the expected time for each path. Which path
is critical?
Activity Duration
1-2 6-8-11
1-3 3-7-9
1-4 5-7-10
2-6 4-8-14
3-6 8-10-12
4-5 8-10-12
5-6 3-5-6
2-7 8-10-12
6-8 7-10-15
7-8 5-8-12

7
2

1 3 6 8

4
5
 LDRP Institute of Technology & Research, Gandhinagar
Department of Civil Engineering
Branch: Civil Engineering Semester: VI
Subject: Construction Equipments & Management Subject Code: CV-601-N
Date of Display: Date of Submission

Assignment No.–6 Cash flow analysis and job layout, Supervision

and safety in construction projects.

1. What are the purposes of cash flow analysis and expenditure schedules? How is it
determined?
2. Explain the ‘S’ curve used to analyse the cash requirements of the project.
3. Discuss the cash inflow and cash outflow. Explain the items included in it.
4. What do you understand by Job Layout? What are the factors affecting the job
layout?
5. What is the importance of safety in construction projects?
6. Describe the safety requirements for demolition works and safety requirements
for scaffolding, formwork and excavation.
 LDRP Institute of Technology & Research, Gandhinagar
Department of Civil Engineering
Branch: Civil Engineering Semester: VI
Subject: Construction Equipments & Management Subject Code: CV-601-N
Date of Display: Date of Submission:

Assignment No. 7 –Construction Equipment

1. Give classification of construction equipment.

2. Explain in detail various factor affecting the selection of construction equipment.
3. Explain in detail various financial aspects of procuring construction equipment.
4. A construction company is planning to purchase a rotating mast tower crane. If it is purchased
under down payment, the cost of the tower crane is Rs. 64, 00,000. If it is purchased under
instalment basis, the company has to pay 25% of the cost at the time of purchase and the
remaining amount in 10 annual equal instalments of Rs. 8, 00,000 each. Using the present worth
basis at i = 18% compounded annually, suggest the best alternate for the company.
5. Define Depreciation and its types. Explain any two.
6. A needle vibrator purchased for Rs. 24,000. If after 6 years its scrap value is Rs. 6,000, calculate
amount of annual depreciation. Rate of interest is 6%.
i. Straight line method
ii. Constant percentage method
iii. sinking fund method
7. Explain Economic Life Of Construction Equipment.
8. Explain equipment replacement policy.
 LDRP Institute of Technology & Research, Gandhinagar
Department of Civil Engineering
Branch: Civil Engineering Semester: VI
Subject: Construction Equipments & Management Subject Code: CV-601-N
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Assignment No. 8 –Equipment Fundamentals

1. Explain the following soil properties:

i. Soil structure
ii. Shear strength
iii. Compressibility
2. Explain:
i. Water content
ii. Bulk unit weight
iii. Submerged unit weight
iv. Specific gravity
v. Degree of saturation
vi. Relative density
3. Write short note on Rolling Resistance.
 LDRP Institute of Technology & Research, Gandhinagar
Department of Civil Engineering
Branch: Civil Engineering Semester: VI
Subject: Construction Equipments & Management Subject Code: CV-601 –N
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Assignment No. 9 –Excavating Equipment

1. Give comparison between wheeled and crawler tractor.

2. What is scraper? Give classification of scrapers and discuss it.
3. Explain output of shovel.
4. Give the advantages and disadvantages of dragline.
LDRP Institute of Technology & Research, Gandhinagar
Department of Civil Engineering
Branch: Civil Engineering Semester: VI
Subject: Construction Equipments & Management Subject Code: CV-601-N
Date of Display: Date of Submission

Assignment No. - 10 Belt Conveyor System.

1. Describe the basic parts and operation of belt conveyors, with detailed sketches.
2. In which situations the belt conveyors are used? What are the advantages of it?
3. Derive the expressions for the power required to drive various components of a
belt conveyor.
4. Discuss the economy in transporting material with a belt conveyor compared to
other methods of transportation.
 LDRP Institute of Technology & Research, Gandhinagar
Department of Civil Engineering
Branch: Civil Engineering Semester: VI

Subject: Construction Equipments &Management Subject Code: CV-601-N

Date of Display: Date of Submission

Assignment No. - 11 Hauling Equipments.

1. What are the uses of trucks? Give classification of it in brief explanation.

2. What are the uses of dump trucks? Describe various types of dump trucks.
3. Write short note on: 1) Dumpers 2) Trailers or Wagons.