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CEN 411: CONSTRUCTION PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT

TUTORIAL 1
1. Discuss in brief various civil engineering projects?
2. Differentiate between Construction Project management and Process Industries
management?
3. Why do construction projects usually fail to achieve their mission?
4. What are different phases of Civil engineering projects? Explain all the phases
citing examples and outcome.
5. Define terms planning and Scheduling. Discuss the differences between the terms.
6. What do you understand by work breakdown structure? What are it’s benefit? Give
suitable examples.
7. Identify the primary advantages and disadvantages of a Gantt chart for
construction projects.
8. Draw bar chart for final design and work order for a building.
9. In what specific ways are milestone charts superior to bar charts?
10. The following project is to be represented by a bar chart. The duration for each
activity is in days. These are the actual work days. The project commences on
Monday, August 29, with five working days a week. Draw the bar chart with the
horizontal scale denoting the calendar dates.
Activity 1 5 days
Activity 2 6 days
Activity 3 10 days
Activity 4 8 days
Activity 5 4 days
Activity 6 5 days
Activity 7 12 days
Activity 8 18 days
Activities 1 and 2 can occur concurrently. Activity 3 can take place after activity 2
is completed. Activities 4, 6 and 3 can occur concurrently. Activity 8 can start 4 days after
the commencement of activity 6. Activity 7 should follow activity 5. Activity 5 can begin
concurrently with activity 8.
Also find out the followings:
(a) On what calendar date can we expect the project to be completed?
(b) On September 15, what is the progress?

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