Overview

This is a two-day course to introduce and improve skills in construction project planning and programming. Attend this course and learn about:

• How to Plan
• Developing the Work Breakdown Structure and Critical Path
• Creating a Schedule (Programme)
• Prevention and Mitigation of Delays

Why Should an Individual Attend?

• This course focuses on how to plan, how to create a work breakdown structure and how to create a programme (Project Schedule).
• This programme is a major part of the project as it is used for tendering, controlling costs, determining delays and setting a completion date.

Outcomes

• Comprehending Planning
• Understanding the Work Breakdown Structure and the Critical Path
• Creating a Schedule (Programme)
• Prevention and Mitigation of Delays

Program Outline

INTRODUCTION

• What is planning, scheduling and programming?
• Why is planning and programming important?
• When do I use it?
• Who should use it?
• Definitions and Terminology

CONTEXTUAL FRAMEWORK

• Role-players and Project Management
• Contracts: Types, Forms, Documents and Strategies
• Standards, Specifications, Legislation and Regulations

GENERAL CONCEPTS

• Scope of Work
• Project Definition
• Establishment and P&G’s

PLANNING

• Drawings and Investigations
• Outline Plans and Strategies
• Work Breakdown Structure, Task List
• Activities and Planning Logic
• Obstructions, Unknowns, Risk Minimisation

PROGRAMMING

• Types of Programming (PERT, Gantt, etc.)
• Critical Path Method (CPM)
• Float, Lag, Lead, TRA, Finish to Finish etc.
• Baseline Programme
• Detailed Programming including Resource Levelling

CONSTRUCTION PHASE

• Keeping to the Milestones and Programme Revision
• Disruption and Acceleration Claims
• The S-Curve
• Change Management and Fast Tracking
• Cost Control
• Controlling and Ownership of the Float

COMPLETION

• Practical Completion and Extension of Time
• Penalties
• Close out Report

Who Should Attend?

• Project planners, project managers, site agents, engineer's representatives
• PMU members, quantity surveyors, SCM members, contractors, consulting engineers, clients
• Candidate engineers, technologists and technicians
• Senior engineers in the civil construction industry in need of a refresher