Notes from Lecture on Planning

Planning

There is the client, the cost planner, all of the engineers, these ones are measurable, but architecture is subjective->design

The project has a life cycle
Concept, design, tendering, pre-construction, commissioning, asset management

Hierarchy of planning- depending on the person, the task they need to complete and the time needed

The best thing about planning is solving the problems before construction

Tools to allow for planning
-Multiple Acttivity Chart (MAC)- timetables(for repetitive activities)
-GANTT chart- bar chart, one activity to the next (aligned with time)

Network Diagram
-shows the workflow (without dates) and constraints

Schedule
-shows workflow (with time, dates and resources)

Float is the time to procrastinate (float activity)

Critical path- the longest sequence o connected activities with NO float

There are so many factors that can influence the workflow (like time, weather, environment)

Contingency is stuffup time so ‘plan’ for that

You should always have a plan B
After the plan is made, use it!
You use it also to find the status of where you are and where you need to be
Look forward and look backwards

If there are problems, which there always will be, reschedule the plan to allow other activities to happen and get back to status quo
There is acceleration
-Overlapping activites
-Additional resources