Cameron G.

Horne
1123 Smith St.
Fort Worth, Texas 76123

October 7, 2022

Dennis Henderson
Museum Director
Fort Worth Arts Association
5123 Belknap St
Fort Worth, Texas 76131

Dear Mr. Henderson,

I look forward to working with you on the Museum Expansion project. Reviewing the
original documents, we cannot meet the timeline specifications with the original
scheduling to complete the project in the allotted 81 days. I have worked vigorously with
my team to create a revised plan to compress the schedule and make contingency
plans to meet the deadline. With the additional budget of $3 million, we can compress
the schedule to reallocate resources to meet the requirements. In the following sections,
we will review two strategies we will execute to compress the schedule and meet the
deadline.

Option 1: Reschedule & Crashing

Reviewing the critical path our firm can reschedule the hard tile installation of the lobby
by outsourcing the labor to our reliable sublet contractor. This work can begin sooner on
day five of the project. This will result in higher costs to complete the task but
rescheduling and outsourcing will free up labor to work on other areas of the lobby to
eliminate and create a buffer prior to wood treatment within the lobby. During the hard
tile installation within the lobby, the contractor will work during the drywall installation
and allow our internal team to utilize more resources to account for any uncertainties.
This will eliminate the dependency on the installation and the start of the wood
treatment. The additional budget will then allow us to utilize our teams to expedite other
critical path tasks by allowing our teams to work overtime. Utilizing this compression
method, we can reduce the following durations:

● Wood Treatment by one day

● Lobby Floor Installation by three days
● Carpeting in the lobby by two days
 ● Door Installation by three days
● M.E.P. by three days

This will result in a total duration of 80 days to complete the expansion project.

Option 2: Crashing

In the event, we experience any uncertainties with securing the subcontractor, we have
created a contingency plan. The plan will utilize our increased budget to approve
overtime on critical path tasks. This labor allocation and prioritization is likely to accrue a
substantial cost in overall labor costs but will ensure the project is completed within the
time frame. Furthermore, this contingency will leave little room for unforeseen problems
and will stretch our labor thinner than we traditionally would like. The crashing
contingency plan will ensure the project stays on track by prioritizing resources to critical
path tasks and will reduce the following tasks:

● Wood Treatment by one day

● Lobby Floor Installation by three days
● Carpeting in the lobby by two days
● Door Installation by three days
● M.E.P. by three days

With these adjustments, the new time frame can be met successfully with minimal
disruptions to the flow of labor. I look forward to hearing your feedback on the proposed
revisions and additional budget. I will be available for further discussion on the matter as
well.

Thank you,

Cameron G. Horne