Construction Planning and Scheduling

Planning and scheduling construction work: levels of schedule, work breakdown structures and activity definition, durations from quantities and productivity with calendars and weather, logic and constraints, the critical path method and float, PERT and Monte Carlo risk, resource leveling and cost curves, crashing and fast-tracking, line of balance and takt planning, AIA A201-2017, FAR 52.236-15 and Division 01 scheduling requirements, DCMA schedule quality metrics and float ownership, updates, time impact analysis and recovery, software, 4D BIM and a capstone CPM schedule.

CON-210 Year 2 3 credits 12 lessons · 6 h 18 min

Offered by HSM University · Construction Management

This is the American version of this course. See the Canadian version.

What you'll learn

Distinguish planning from scheduling, explain why construction needs formal schedules, and describe the levels of schedule from milestone summary to weekly work plan
Build a work breakdown structure that meets the 100 % rule, write a WBS dictionary, and define, name and code activities at a level of detail suited to control
Estimate activity durations from quantities, productivity and crew size, apply calendars, holidays and weather allowances, and chain procurement activities for long-lead items
Sequence activities with finish-to-start, start-to-start, finish-to-finish and start-to-finish relationships, use lags correctly, and avoid hard constraints, leads and open ends
Perform forward and backward passes by hand, calculate total and free float, and identify critical and near-critical paths
Apply PERT three-point estimates to estimate the probability of meeting a date, interpret Monte Carlo results, and size visible schedule contingency
Load resources onto a schedule, draw resource histograms and cost curves, and smooth or level resources within float or within hard limits
Compress a schedule by crashing critical activities in order of cost slope and by fast-tracking, and find the duration with the lowest total cost
Plan repetitive work with time-location charts, line of balance and takt planning so that crews work continuously, and calculate durations for balanced rates
Interpret the scheduling requirements of AIA A201-2017, FAR 52.236-15 and Division 01 specifications, review a baseline submittal, apply schedule quality metrics and explain float ownership
Update a schedule from a data date, measure progress, calculate earned schedule indices, analyze delays with time impact analysis, and plan a credible recovery
Use scheduling software and 4D models critically, and build, analyze, update and recover a complete CPM schedule for a small building

Course content

12 lessons · 6 h 18 min total · final exam

1 Why planning matters and the planning process 29 min · quiz
2 Work breakdown structures and activity definition 30 min · quiz
3 Estimating activity durations 33 min · quiz
4 Sequencing and logic: dependencies, constraints and lags 30 min · quiz
5 The critical path method 30 min · quiz
6 Probabilistic scheduling and schedule risk 32 min · quiz
7 Resource loading and leveling 33 min · quiz
8 Schedule compression: crashing and fast-tracking 28 min · quiz
9 Linear and location-based scheduling 34 min · quiz
10 Scheduling specifications, contract requirements and schedule quality 32 min · quiz
11 Schedule updates, progress measurement and recovery 34 min · quiz
12 Scheduling software, 4D BIM and capstone: a CPM schedule for a small building 33 min · quiz
E Final exam 20 questions

Requirements

CON-100 Introduction to the Construction Industry

Recommended background. You can start any course at any time.

Description

Part of the Construction Management stream, typically taken in year 2.