Project Management for Construction Chapter 9

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Project Management for Construction Chapter 99. Construction Planning9.1 Basic Concepts in the Development of Construction PlansConstruction planning is a fundamental and challenging activity in the management and execution ofconstruction projects. It involves the choice of technology, the definition of work tasks, the estimationof the required resources and durations for individual tasks, and the identification of any interactionsamong the different work tasks. A good construction plan is the basis for developing the budget andthe schedule for work. Developing the construction plan is a critical task in the management ofconstruction, even if the plan is not written or otherwise formally recorded. In addition to thesetechnical aspects of construction planning, it may also be necessary to make organizational decisionsabout the relationships between project participants and even which organizations to include in aproject. For example, the extent to which sub-contractors will be used on a project is often determinedduring construction planning.Forming a construction plan is a highly challenging task. As Sherlock Holmes noted:Most people, if you describe a train of events to them, will tell you what the result would be. They canput those events together in their minds, and argue from them that something will come to pass. Thereare few people, however, who, if you told them a result, would be able to evolve from their own innerconsciousness what the steps were which led up to that result. This power is what I mean when I talkof reasoning backward. [1]Like a detective, a planner begins with a result (i.e. a facility design) and must synthesize the stepsrequired to yield this result. Essential aspects of construction planning include the generation ofrequired activities, analysis of the implications of these activities, and choice among the variousalternative means of performing activities. In contrast to a detective discovering a single train ofevents, however, construction planners also face the normative problem of choosing the best amongnumerous alternative plans. Moreover, a detective is faced with an observable result, whereas aplanner must imagine the final facility as described in the plans and specifications.In developing a construction plan, it is common to adopt a primary emphasis on either cost control oron schedule control as illustrated in Fig. 9-1. Some projects are primarily divided into expensecategories with associated costs. In these cases, construction planning is cost or expense oriented.Within the categories of expenditure, a distinction is made between costs incurred directly in theperformance of an activity and indirectly for the accomplishment of the project. For example,borrowing expenses for project financing and overhead items are commonly treated as indirect costs.For other projects, scheduling of work activities over time is critical and is emphasized in the planningprocess. In this case, the planner insures that the proper precedences among activities are maintainedand that efficient scheduling of the available resources prevails. Traditional scheduling proceduresemphasize the maintenance of task precedences (resulting in critical path scheduling procedures) orefficient use of resources over time (resulting in job shop scheduling procedures). Finally, mostcomplex projects require consideration of both cost and scheduling over time, so that planning,monitoring and record keeping must consider both dimensions. In these cases, the integration ofschedule and budget information is a major concern. 281 Figure 9-1 Alternative Emphases in Construction PlanningIn this chapter, we shall consider the functional requirements for construction planning such astechnology choice, work breakdown, and budgeting. Construction planning is not an activity which isrestricted to the period after the award of a contract for construction. It should be an essential activityduring the facility design. Also, if problems arise during construction, re-planning is required.Back to top9.2 Choice of Technology and Construction MethodAs in the development of appropriate alternatives for facility design, choices of appropriate technologyand methods for construction are often ill-structured yet critical ingredients in the success of theproject. For example, a decision whether to pump or to transport concrete in buckets will directlyaffect the cost and duration of tasks involved in building construction. A decision between these twoalternatives should consider the relative costs, reliabilities, and availability of equipment for the twotransport methods. Unfortunately, the exact implications of different methods depend upon numerousconsiderations for which information may be sketchy during the plann ...