RENOVATING THE BOARD ROOM

The corporate office is planning to renovate and refurnish the existing board room. The project is
entrusted to the administrative manager Mr. George. His mandate is to finish the task before 29 th April,
2016 the scheduled day of the next board meeting.
George and his assistant Rashid sat down to plan the work. They identified the major tasks to be
completed with respect to the board room renovation project. The resource requirements were also
estimated.
The table 1 gives the output of their work. It lists the tasks under three heads; planning, painting,
installing fixtures. It gives names of the tasks, the time and resource estimates and the information on
sequencing the tasks.
They have also made a resource table (Table 2) listing the details of the available resources. It gives data
on max availability and rates. The company normally works only 5 days a week.
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Table 1
Main
subtask
Duration
Precedence Sub Task
Task
( days)
(Sl. No)
Renovating The Board Room Project
Planning
Create Plan
7
Plan Circulation
7
3
Obtain Permits
4
3
Paint Board Room
Paint Trim
1
5
Paint Walls
1
Can start 1 day after task
7 is completed
(7FS + 1d)
Paint Doors
1
Can start 1 day after task
8 is started
(8SS+1d)
Installing fixtures
Install Light
2
8
Fixtures

12

Install Curtains

13

Lay Carpets

14

Install Furniture

Can start 1 day after task

11 is started
(11SS+1d)
13

11,12,14

15

Board Room Complete

Resources
required

and

units

Architect
Manager ( half time )
Manager
Painter(2),Paint[2 litres]
Painter(2),Paint[3 litres]
Painter(2),Paint[1 litre]

Electrician (1),
Laborer(2),
Light Fixtures set(1)
Laborer(1), Curtain set
(1), curtain supervisor
( half time)
Carpet
Layer(2),
Carpet(600 sq ft)
Laborer(2),Furniture
Set(1)

Table 2

Resource name

Label
for
measure

Max
units
available

Overtime
Rate
Cost/use

Architect
Manager
Painter
Laborer
Carpet Layer
Electrician
Curtain supervisor
Paint

Litres

Std . Rate
5000.00/da
y
1500/day
700/day
500/day
700/day
600/day
800/day
500.00

Furniture

Set

500000.00

0.00

Light Fixtures

1,00,000.00

0.00

Carpet

Set
Square
feet

300.00

0.00

Curtain

Set

50000

1
1
3
3
2
3
1

150.00/hr
100.0/hr
200.00/hr
150.00/hr
200.00/hr

25,000.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00

The manager has fixed up a meeting with the architect on 1 st April 2016, which will formally kick start
the project.