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Construction Planning and Scheduling

What Will Learn?

  • Course Aims
    This course aims to provide students with the opportunity to develop the ability of the students to gain an in-depth view of the principles, techniques and applications of project planning, scheduling, monitoring, controlling and resource allocation in construction projects. It introduces the students to real life projects and the use of planning and scheduling software. It, also, helps the students develop their ability to work in team environment.
  • Course Goals
  • Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Requirements

CES371

Description

  • English Description

    Introduction to Planning and Scheduling, Scheduling techniques, Work Breakdown Structures, Introduction to Time Management, Critical Path Method (Activity on Node & Activity on Arrow), Gantt Charts, Resource Loading and Leveling, Line of Balance, Program Review and Evaluation Techniques (PERT), Project Crashing (Cost-Time-Tradeoffs), Project Monitoring and Control, Introduction to Commercial Software. Introduction to complex networks, short interval production scheduling and related Computer applications.
  • Arabic Description

    Introduction to Planning and Scheduling, Scheduling techniques, Work Breakdown Structures, Introduction to Time Management, Critical Path Method (Activity on Node & Activity on Arrow), Gantt Charts, Resource Loading and Leveling, Line of Balance, Program Review and Evaluation Techniques (PERT), Project Crashing (Cost-Time-Tradeoffs), Project Monitoring and Control, Introduction to Commercial Software. Introduction to complex networks, short interval production scheduling and related Computer applications.
  • Department
    Structural Engineering
  • Credit Hours
    3
  • Grades
    Total ( 100 ) = Midterm (25) + tr.Major Assessment (30 = tr.Industry 0% , tr.Project 10% , tr.Self_learning 0% , tr.Seminar 25% ) + tr.Minor Assessment (5) + Exam Grade (40)
  • Hours
    Lecture Hours: 2, Tutorial Hours: 2, Lab Hours: 0
  • Required SWL
    125
  • Equivalent ECTS
    5
  • • PMI, “A guide to the project management body of knowledge”, 5th edition, PMI, USA
  • • Hinze, Jimmie, “Construction Planning and Scheduling”, 4th edition, Person Prentice Hall, New Jersey, USA, 2011
  • • Hegazy, T., “Computer-Based Construction Project Management”, Prentice Hall, 2002.
  • • Sears, S. et al., “Construction Project Management”, 6th edition, John Wiley and Sons, New York, 2015
  • • Mubarak, Saleh A., “Construction Project Scheduling and Control”, 3rd edition, John Wiley and Sons, New York, 2015 - PMI, A guide to the project management body of knowledge, 5th edition, PMI, USA - PMI, A guide to the project management body of knowledge, 5th edition, PMI, USA.