Construction Planning and Scheduling (CON0005) Assignment 3

1. Solve the following by the parallel method of resource allocation. The resource limits are
as follows 5M and 2H.
.

D J
1 1

1M 2M, 1H

B E K
4 2 1
2M, 1H 3M 2M, 1H

A C F M

1 1 2 1

2M, 1H 2M, 1H 3M 2M, 1H

G L

3 2

1M,2H 3M, 1H

H
2

1M, 1H

Solution
Construction Planning and Scheduling (CON0005) Assignment 3

Step 1 : Schedule the critical activity first and allocate resource to them.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M

M 2 2 2 2 2 4 5 2 2
H 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1
Step 2: Now put the remaining activities with total float to get the idea about their reach in the
schedule and by using float schedule the activities.
Note: activity G and M are shifted to accommodate the resource, as a result duration of the
project gets increases. While shifting the activities be careful with the preceding activities
because they also need to be shifted to maintain the chronological order.
Construction Planning and Scheduling (CON0005) Assignment 3

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
A
B
C
D
E
F
G activity shifted "==>"
H
I
J
K
L activity shifted "==>"
M activity shifted "==>"

M 2 4 5 5 3 5 5 2 1 1 1 3 3 2
H 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
Construction Planning and Scheduling (CON0005) Assignment 3

2. Solve the resource scheduling problem with the series method. The resource limits are as
follows 4C and 3L.

I
6

1L

D J
3 1

A B C F G K M
1 2 4 3 2 6 1

3C,2L 1C,3L 2L 2C, 3L 1C, 2L 1C

E H L
2 3 2

2C 1C, 1L 2C,1L

Solution

Step 1 : Schedule the critical activity first and allocate resource to them.
Construction Planning and Scheduling (CON0005) Assignment 3

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M

C 0 3 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
L 0 2 2 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 0

Step 2 : Consider other activities with float to have a look into the timeframe of the project.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M

C 0 3 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
L 0 2 2 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 0

Step 3: allot the resources, shift the activities to accommodate resources, and keeping in mind
their chronological order.
Note : activity I and M are shifted to accommodate resources.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I 1 1 1 1 1 1
J
K
L
M Shifted ""==>

C 0 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 1
L 0 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 1 1 0
Construction Planning and Scheduling (CON0005) Assignment 3
Construction Planning and Scheduling (CON0005) Assignment 3

3. Level the resources (R) for the following network:

B D G K
4 4 2 3

3R 4R 2R 2R

A C E H M
1 6 6 6 1

3R 5R 3R 4R 2R

F J L
2 4 3

3R 2R 4R

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
B B B B D D D D G G K K K
3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2
A C C C C C C E E E E E E H H H H H H M
3 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 1
F F J J J J L L L
3 3 2 2 2 2 4 4 4

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Cycle 0 3 8 8 8 8 5 5 10 10 9 9 7 7 10 10 10 4 4 4 1

Cycle 1

Cycle 2

Cycle 3

Cycle 4

Cycle 5

Cycle 6

Cycle 7
Construction Planning and Scheduling (CON0005) Assignment 3

Cycle 8

Solution

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
A 3
B 3 3 3 3
C 5 5 5 5 5 5
D 4 4 4 4
E 3 3 3 3 3 3
F 3 3
G 2 2
H 4 4 4 4 4 4
J 4 4 4 4 4 4
K 2 2 2
L 3 3 3
M 2

R 3 5 5 5 8 8 8 10 10 10 11 9 9 8 8 8 9 9 9 2