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SEMESTER I SESSION 2015/2016
Full Time - Johor Bahru

COURSE CODE

MBEG1014

COURSE

CONSTRUCTION PROJECT MANAGEMfaiT

PROGRAM

MBEG

TIME

9 .00 - 12.00 am (3 HOURS)

DATE

13 JANUARY 2016 (WEl>NESDAY)

LECTURER

AP ABDUL WABll> KAMAROl,ZAMAN

AP WAN YUSOFF WAN MAHMOOD

DR MUZANI MUSTAFA

PERCENTAGE

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40%

INSTRUCTION:

Answer four (4J questions only.

All questions carry equal marks.

THIS QUESTION PAPER CONSIST OF 8 PAGES I.. CLUDING THE FRO rT PAGE.

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QUESTION 1

a)

"The changing and ,,olatile nature of the contemporfir)' project

environment make construction project management more difficult bttt

more necessary" - Discuss this statement.
(13 marks)

b)

The process of construction project management can be sho\\n b)

Figure 1 belo\\'. It includes the initiation processes \\'hich is then

followed by the planning processes, executing, con trolling proces ... es
and finally by the closing processes. EA-plain \\'hat things are needed
to be done during the irutiating (definition) stage of project
management.
(12 marks)

Initiating

Planning

Processes

Processes

Controlling

R\.-ecu ting
Processes

Processes

Closing

Processes

Figure 1 - The Process of Project f..lanagement

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QUESTION 2

a)

What is meant by an organization and explain the ch arateristics of an

organization.
(10 marks)

b)

Some project managers are so caught up with the management of the

project that they forget to assume the role of a leader or about
leadership in the management of his project. Sometimes they failed to
delegate the work that needs to be delegated and micro managing the
project i.e. managing the work of the team members. Discuss the

above issues in context of a construction project manager and their

implication on the project.
(15 marks)

QUESTION 3
A construction company has won a contract to construct a bridge. The

activities and durations are as listed in Table 1. The estimated overhead cost

for the project is RM6,000/week. By using the Precedence Diagram method:

a)

Dete1 mjne the total duration and the critical activities of the work.
Please use template in Appendix 1.
(20 marks)

b)

If activity D and activity J are shortened by 3 weeks and 2 weeks

respectively, determine the reduction of the overhead costs due to this
acceleration.
(5 marks)

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Table 1 - Activities for bridge construction proj ct

Activity

A
B

Duration (week)

Preceeding activity

13

11

D,E

A,G

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17

J,K

F,L

B,M

1,M

N,P

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QUESTION 4

PetroGas Transmi .
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ssion Company mtend to build a pump sta tion on one of its
ma.ior pipelines Th
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e actiVlties mvolved in completing this project are given m

Table 2 .
You are req,,~ .. d t d
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o etermme the followings:
a)

The expected project duration and its standard deviation.

(15 marks}

b)

Probability of completing the work in 70 weeks, 75 weeks and 80

weeks. (No11nal Curve Table in Appendix 2}

(5 marks)

c)

Completion tjme duration for which the company could expect to

provide 95o/o probability of completing the project in time

te= ta+4tm+tp
6
S.D=

(5 marks}

Table 2 - List of activities of gas pump project

2
2
[2](b-m) -(a-m)

Activity Description
A

c
D
E
F
G

H
I

Carry out project

administration
Hire pipeline construction
personnel
Purchase pump station
equipment
Transport pump station
equipment to pipeline location
Run simulation of pump
station operation
Inspect equipment
Construct pump station
Perforrn production tests of
completed pump station
Start up pump station

Carry out performance

evaluation
K Complete accounting data
J

Preceding
activi.ties
none

ta

tm

tb

10

16

12

10

24

12

30

10

C,B

B,D

2
20

24

10
36

20

F, G

12

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