Computer Project - Construction Project Scheduling and Control - page 433

SCHEDULE COMPRESSION 2
Assignment 7
The GC is trying to accelerate the schedule by requiring certain crews to work on Sat-
urdays. Most likely, this will increase the indirect cost—because of overtime pay—but
we will not calculate cost in this exercise. Do the following:
1. Make a copy of the Tampa Office Building-01 project. Call it “Tampa Office
Building-07.”
2. Create a new calendar called “Six-Workday Week.” Maintain the same holidays
and rain days as on a regular calendar.
3. Choose certain activities to switch to the “Six-Workday Week” calendar. Start
with critical activities. Make sure that this change will contribute to an earlier
project completion date. This process will start simple but will become more
complicated as you accelerate the schedule.
4. Keep accelerating the schedule until the project calculated finish date is no later
than 04-MAR-2016.
5. Print a tabular report and a bar chart. Add a column in each report showing
the calendar.
DELAY CLAIM 1: UNFORESEEN CONDITIONS
While excavating, the contractor discovered contaminated soil that forced the con-
tractor to change plans. The contractor incurred extra costs because of the hauling
and disposal of the contaminated soil. In addition, excavation took 12 workdays rather
than 7 workdays. The contractor issued a claim to the owner, requesting the following:
1. A 1-week (5 workdays) time extension
2. An extra $23,600 (to cover the extra costs for excavating, hauling, and dis-
posing of the contaminated soil, plus the GC's overhead for the extra week of
duration)
Assignment 8
Do you think the contractor's claims are legitimate? Analyze both the contractor's
claims (time and cost) separately. Explain your answers.
DELAY CLAIM 2: CHANGE IN THE OWNER'S REQUIREMENTS
( Note : This delay claim is independent of delay claim 1.)
The owner decided to add an awning at the building's entrance. It will require
the following three activities.