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Construction Project Management &

Planning

Part I:

Planning-Process: Planning aims at formulation of a time-based plan of action

for coordinating various activities and resources to achieve specified objective.

Planning is the process of developing the project plan.

Planning in its broader perspective, involves advanced thinking as to what is to be

done, what are the activities, how it is to be done, when it is to be done, where it

is to be done, what is needed to do it, who is to do it and how to ensure that it is

done. All of this is canalized to generate and evaluate options for evolving an

action plan aimed at achieving the specified goals.

Project Planning Techniques:

STAGES PLANNING PROCCESS TECHNIQUES/METHODS

Time Planning Breaking down project

work.

Developing time network

plans.

Scheduling work

Work Breakdown

Network analysis, Gantt chart, Line of

Balanced technique

Time limited scheduling, Resources

limited scheduling

PlanningResources

Forecasting resourcerequirements

Planning manpower

requirements

Planning materials

requirement

Planning Equipment

procurement

Budgeting costs

Designing organisational

structure

Allocating tasks and

resources

Forecasting

Manpower scheduling

Materials scheduling

Equipment selection and scheduling

Cost planning and budgeting

Organisation design

Resource allocation

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Planning

Implementation

Formulating monitoring

methodology

Resource productivity control

Time control

Contribution control

Budgetary control

Planning:Time Planning:

Project Work Breakdown : This means breaking down the scope of

project work into its constituent sub projects, tasks, work packages and activities.

Modelling and analysing networks : This include developing logic diagrams or

sub-networks to develop a time planning model and analysing it to determine the

project completion time.

Scheduling Work Programme : This involves putting plan on calendar basis and

using the scheduled programme to forecast inputs and outputs.

Resource Planning:

Forecasting Input and Output : Input and Output forecasting aids in

conceptualizing the project. It indicates the Quantum of resources required for

executing a project and the output expected.

Planning Construction Work Force : It primarily focuses on determining the size of

the project work force, its structuring into functional groups and workers teams

and scheduling the manpower recruitment/ induction to match the task

requirements.

Planning Construction Materials : It involves identifying the materials required,

estimating quantities, defining specifications, forecasting requirements, locating

sources for procurements, getting material samples approved, designing materials

inventory and developing the procurement plan to ensure a smooth flow of

materials till the connected construction works are completed at the project site.

Planning Construction Equipment : It aims at identifying the construction tasks to

be undertaken by mechanical equipment, assessing the equipments required,

exploring the equipment procurement options and finally participating in the

decision making for the selective equipment.

Planning Construction Standard Costs : It aims at the integration of planning

judgement, costing techniques and accounting disciplines for the development ofstandard costs, financial forecasts, project budget and cost control measures.

Planning Construction Budget : The purpose of such planning is to assign financial

targets and resources to reach functional group so as to establish some basis for

controlling their performance and to make participants plan with cost

consciousness instead of purposeless routine working.

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Project Control/ Implementation Process:

Project control Methodology : This acts on a common language of understanding.

It defines the performance parameters to be controlled and outlines the

performance accounting and monitoring processes.

Controlling Resource Productivity : This aims at ensuring efficient utilization of

the inputs of men, materials and equipments by identifying cause of their wastage

as well as affecting improvements to minimize it.

Controlling Costs: It aims at restraining of expenditure within the predefined

limits. It involves the processing of reports received from various responsibilities

centres relating to the cost incurred.

Controlling Time : It involves the monitoring of time status by updating the project

networks and time schedules, reviewing duration of balance activities, computing

deviation and evaluating the implications of deviation project time objectives by

time analysing the project network.

Part II (Project CPM/ PERT Network Analysis):

The term project network analysis is a generic term covering all the networking

techniques used for planning, scheduling and controlling of projects. The two commonly

used techniques are:

Critical Part Method (CPM) : An experienced planner can develop the CPM sub

networks of a sub project or a task, working straight from its work breakdown

structure or task matrix.

Programme Evaluation and Review Techniques (PERT) :Its an event oriented

technique. It lays stress on measuring the uncertainty in activity times by using

three times duration estimation method.

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Part III (Project Management):

The project manager aims to achieve its missions by:

Managing Time and progress

Cost and cash flow

Quality and performance

Organization behaviour

With Organization resources

Planning resources

Organizing resources

By Scheduling resources

Directing resources

Monitoring resources

Controlling resources

Quality constraints

Within Time constraints

Cost constraints

Environment constraints