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Missouri S&TEngineering Education Center
CE 342: Construction Planning and Scheduling Strategies
Course Introduction
Dr. [email protected]: 314-835-9820
Narayan Bodapati
MST Engineering Education Center Tel. (314) 835-9820One University Blvd. (UMSL Campus) Fax (314) 835-9815St. Louis, MO 63121 [email protected]
Experience2006 - Adjunct Professor, Civil Engineering Department
Missouri Science and Tech
2005 - Emeritus Professor, School of Engineering, SIU Edwardsville, Illinois
2000-2005 Professor and Chair, Department of Construction, School of Engineering, SIU Edwardsville, Illinois
1995-2000 Associate Professor, Department of Construction, School of Engineering SIU Edwardsville, Illinois
1973 – 1995 Project Control Engineer/Project Manager, Sverdrup Facilities, St. Louis, Missouri
1963 – 1964 Engineer, Engineer Section, U.S. Army Sp. Troops, USAREUR, Heidelberg Germany
1962 - Structural Designer, Firma Dr. Ing. H. Beck, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Academic QualificationsB.E., Civil Engineering – University of Mysore, India, 1956M.Sc., Design Technology – University of Manchester Institute of
Science and Technology, Manchester, U.K., 1966Ph.D., Building Technology – University of Manchester Institute of
Science and Technology, Manchester U.K., 1969Affiliate Professor, Washington University in St. Louis, MO. Taught Graduate and Undergraduate courses in Construction
Management
RegistrationRegistered Professional Engineer in the state of Missouri
MembershipsCertified Professional Constructor, American Institute of ConstructorsFellow American Society of Civil Engineers
Missouri S&TEngineering Education Center
CE 342: Construction Planning and Scheduling Strategies
Dr. Narayan Bodapati, P.E. Office Tel: 314-835-9820Email: [email protected]
1. Course OutlineComprehensive survey of Critical Path Method (CPM) scheduling techniques including Arrow Diagram Method (ADM), Precedence Diagram Method (PDM), PERT and GANTT Charts. Project progress measurement and variance analysis, recovery schedules, resource application and leveling. Approximately 40% of the course work involves application of Primavera Contractor scheduling software.
2. Reference Text (not mandatory)Construction Planning & Scheduling, Thomas E. Glavinich, Associated General Contractors of America, 2nd edition 2004, Item # 3502.
3. GradingClass Assignments/Project : 15%1st Test 20%Midterm Test: 30%Final Test (comprehensive): 35%
Syllabus
Week 1 Introduction: Course overview, project delivery methods, project participants, scheduling basics
and terminology (Chapters 1 and 2). Week 2 CPM Schedules: Determining work activities, durations and logic; critical path
calculations; critical activities, barchart graphics (Chapters 4, 5 and 6).
Week 3 Arrow Diagram Method (ADM): Logic conventions and calculations (Chapter 7).
Week 4 ADM Graphics and Examples
Week 5 1st Test
Week 6 Precedence Diagram Method (PDM): Logic conventions and calculations (Chapter 17)
Estimating activity durations; schedule compression ( Chapters 3 and 23).
Week 7 Calendars: Days/dates conversion (Chapter 6) Scheduling considerations (Chapter 9)
Week 8 Progress measurement and updating (Chapters 14 and 19). Resource leveling. Week 9 Midterm Test
Week 10 Project Assignment Introduction to Primavera Contractor
Week 11 Spring Break
Week 12 Software Application: Baseline Schedule
Week 13 Software Application: WBS, filters and cost-loaded schedules
Week 14 Software Application:. Progress data input and updating
Week 15 Software Application: Resource loading and
leveling. Recovery schedules and comparison schedules
Week 16 Final Test
Week 17 Project Submittal
