CE 306

Construction Planning and Management

Lecture 2

Chander Prakash, NIT Hamirpur

chandermanali@nith.ac.in

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 Project management
• The overall planning,

• co-ordination and control of a project from inception to

completion,

• aimed at meeting a client’s requirements

• in order to produce a functionally and financially viable project

• that will be completed on time,

• within authorized cost and

• to the required quality standards.

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 Project life cycle
Inception the stage where a client’s case for a building or a refurbishment is
communicated to a professional team to develop the constraints.

Feasibility stage include investigation of alternatives, funding options, design

option appraisal, value enhancement, comparative estimates and life cycle cost

Strategy deals with how a project is carried out

and controlled, i.e. procurement route, the cost,
the program, the control systems, the quality
management and methodology for construction

Design and tendering appoints the

full design and construction team, full
developing design scheme, detailed
drawings, tendering/mobilization of
resources for construction

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 Project life cycle
Construction phase has emphasis on the control of time, quality and cost and
the management of many other issues i.e. supply chain, health and safety
planning, the environment and change.

Engineering commissioning comes at the latter end of construction.

Its outputs should include the efficient functioning of the building.

Completion is certified by the project manager for

the formal handover of the fabric and systems to
the facilities team

Client’s occupation and Commission

full or sectional completion of the work.

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 Project team roles

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 Factors of success

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 Project planning
The process of choosing the one method and order of work to be
adopted for a project from all the various ways and sequences in
which it could be done.
It serves as a foundation for several functions i.e. cost estimating,
scheduling, project control, quality control, safety management, etc.

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 Scheduling
Scheduling is the determination of timing and sequence of operations
in the project and their assembly/sequence to meet the completion time.

Project planning answers the questions What? How? Where? By

whom? and When (in general terms, the project’s start and end)?
Scheduling deals with when on a detailed level.

Planning a family vacation Project Project schedule is itinerary

• Who will go on the trip?
• Which places do you want to visit?
• What is the time frame
• What is the total budget
• What types of activities
• What means of transportation
• Other issues (accommodation, food,
clothing etc.)
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• Leave home in Thar on June 8 2021.
• Arrive in Manali on June 8, 2021.
• Manali to Atal Tunnel/back on 9 June
• Trek to Bhrigu lake on 11 June
• Brigu to Rohtang Trek on 13 June
• Jogni fall, Dhungari, Raurich art
gellary etc on June 16-18
• Return home to on June 19
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 Why schedule projects?
• Calculate the project completion date
• Calculate the start or end of a specific activity
• Coordinate among trades and subcontractors, adjust conflicts
• Predict and calculate the cash flow
• Improve work efficiency
• Serve as an effective project control tool
• Evaluate the effect of changes
• Prove delay claims

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