Construction Planning
Course Duration: 2 Days
Cost: £545 + VAT
Programme
Day One
Session1
Introduction
Construction Planning – How do you do it?
Minimum economic time / Programme risk.
Session 2
The Linked Bar Chart (Building Project Case Study)
The difference between critical items and the critical path.
Good practice in construction planning.
Coding a programme for information.
Family of programmes / buffer time.
Session 3
Theory of Critical Path
Revision of theory and discuss implications of “Slack” time.
Critical chain.
Session 4
Precedence network (Civils Project Case Study)
Practical exercise to prepare network.
Day Two
Session 1
Resource Exercise
Levelled/ Limited resources.
Session 2
Video on Planning
Part of BBC Video on critical path planning.
Session 3
Controlling Design
Information schedules as a design programme.
Interference space (packages) / Last Planner.
Session 4
Computer Planning Systems
The development of computer planning systems.
The systems available and what they offer.
Session 5
Progress reporting
Effective reporting/ Trend analysis.
Earned Value Analysis.
Session 6
Weekly Planning
Preparation of the weekly programme
Session 7
Planning Objectives
Group exercise to identify key objectives
Session 8
Preliminaries Exercise
Preparation of preliminaries as a group exercise
Session 9
Conclusion
Final discussion and questions.
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