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Subject: Construction Engineering and Management (2+0) Total Marks: 65
ATTEMPT ALL QUESTIONS.

QNO1: A contractor wants to accelerate the project due to certain reasons. Apply the technique of
schedule compression to calculate the normal cost, least cost and crash durations for the following
project. Calculate the cost associated with each duration. Indirect costs are $150 per day.
(CLO-2) (10)
Duration (days) Cost ($)
Activity IPA Normal Crash Normal Crash
A - 5 4 500 650
B A 7 5 350 500
C A 8 5 800 920
D A 11 7 1200 1400
E B,C 6 4 600 700
F C 4 4 500 500
G D,F 7 5 700 1000
H E,F 6 5 300 420

QNO2: Draw activity on arrow network for the following data (CLO-3) (5+5)
(A) (B)
ACTIVITY IPA ACTIVITY IPA
A - A -
B A B A
C A C A
D B D B
E B,C E C,D

QNO3: (A) Being a construction manager what would you suggest to minimize the construction
project conflicts? (CLO-1) (5)
(B) why 3D concept is associated to construction industry. (CLO-1) (5)
QNO4: Keeping in mind the concept of sustainability, briefly explain that in what areas we are
compromising sustainability approach for construction projects in AJK.
(CLO-1) (5)
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QNO5: (CLO-2) (10)
Duration
Khan & Brothers, the main contractor for the Activity IPA
construction of Kashmir Highway, has hired a Optimistic Realistic Pessimistic
subcontractor, JKL Pavers, to pave concrete A - 2 8 19
pavers. Main contractor needs to know the
duration of this event so it can plan other B A 5 6 12
activities accordingly. To estimate the
C A 10 12 19
duration, the corporation has asked an
experienced executive to estimate an D B 8 18 23
optimistic, most likely and pessimistic
duration of various activities. The responses E C 7 16 19
are shown IN TABLE
F B,D 5 12 29
Analyze the completion date with maximum
confidence. G C,D 10 15 23

H E 10 14 29

I E,F 5 18 29

J G,H 8 12 20

K I 7 9 19

L J,K 8 28 37

QNO6: Convert the following node network into arrow network. (CLO-3) (10)
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QNO7: Draw activity on node network and perform CPM calculations (ES, EF, LS, LF, TF, FF).
Also show the critical path. (CLO-3) (10)
ACTIVITY IPA DURATION ACTIVITY IPA DURATION

A - 2 H D 9

B A 7 I F,G 12

C A 10 J F 5

D A 4 K E,J 5

E B 6 L G,H 6

F B,C 5 M F,H 4

G C,D 8 N I,K,L,M 3
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