CMGT 343 - Construction Estimating I

• Define project activities (tasks) and work breakdown structure (WBS) for a residential and commercial building by considering equipment, subcontracts, material requirements and event sequencing.
• Define sequential logic on a network diagram, including start to start, finish to start, start to finish and finish to finish logic, with lag and lead times identified.
• Manually perform a forward and backward pass on both an activity on node and activity on arrow network, identify the critical path, early and late starts and finishes and float times for each activity.
• Demonstrate an understanding of network scheduling as it relates to contract provisions, delay claims and dispute resolution for a project.
• Demonstrate a working knowledge of resource considerations, including resource histograms, allocation resource leveling, cash flow and earned value for a project.
• Properly utilize a variety of specialized scheduling techniques, including PERT, linear scheduling and short interval scheduling.
• Accurately and quickly perform each of the items identified above on Microsoft Project 98 scheduling software, including proper use of reports and graphics.