PROJECT

PLANNING
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PLANNING & TYPES
 What is Planning?
- Process of formulating time based action for coordinating various
activities and resources to achieve specific objectives
- Process of developing Project Plan
 Types of Construction Project Plan
1. Design & Drawings Plan PLANNING IS
2. Time Plan  Decision making
3. Manpower Plan  Information gathering
4. Material Plan  Identifying/defining activities
5. Construction Equipment Plan  Creativity
6. Finance Plan  Flexibility
7. Quality Assurance Plan  Inter relationships
8. Safety Plan
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DESIGN & DRAWINGS PLAN
 Conceptual design – Conceptual sketches, Proposal analysis
 Schematic design – Approval of schematic drawings, cost projections
 Detailed design & drawings, BOQ, specifications, revised cost projections, mile stone completion
schedule
 Drawing schedules, Shop drawings and specifications
 Organising the drawings

* SPECIFICATIONS
 Qualitative requirements for the products, materials and workmanship upon which the design is
based
 Description in words about the work to be done, the quality of materials and workmanship, the
method of construction, the method of testing, etc.
 Client’s developed Standards

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TIME PLAN – SHEDULING – the process of putting the Project
plan on a Calender time scale.
 Drawings Schedule
 Material schedule
 Staff Schedule
 Labour Schedule
 Special Sub contractors schedule
 Plant & equipment schedule
 Invoice schedule
 Financial schedules
Working Capital
Cash inflow and Outflow
Direct and Indirect Costs
Scheduling Benefits
Schedule simplifies Plan with Barchart, useful in
Planning, coordination, Execution and control.
Schedule Validates time objectives and verifies the
accomplishment of tasks on dates imposed for
completion of project.
Schedule aids in the optimization of resources employed
and economical use of resources of men, materials and
machinery
Schedule enables forecasting of input resources and
earned value in terms of investment, expenditure, output
and income
Scheduling brings out implications of time and resources
constraints.
Monitoring of Projects against the scheduled baseline
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PROJECT PLANNING STEPS
 Define Scope of work, method statement and  FIVE LEVELS OF WBS
sequence of work
1. The entire Project
 Generate the Work Breakdown Structure
2. Independent areas
(WBS) to produce a complete list of activities
3.Physically identifiable section fully contained in a
 Develop Organisational Breakdown Structure
level 2 are, reflect construction strategy
(OBS) and link it with WBS to identify
responsibilities 4. Desciplines set up schedule
 Determine relationship between activities 5. Master schedule activities, quantity, duration.
 Estimate activities time duration, cost  ACTIVITY
expenditure and resource requirement -Function in the project that consumes time, resources and
 Develop the project network cost
- 3 types of activities
Production activity, procurement activity and
management activity

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A GOOD PROJECT PLAN
 Involves advance thinking as to what is to be done, what are the activities, how it is to be
done, when it is to be done, where it is to be done, what is needed to do it and how to ensure
that it is done.
 Provides the yardstick for measuring progress and evaluating resources performance
 Provide the basis for coordinating the efforts of clients, consultants, architects, designers,
quantity surveyors, specialists, suppliers, contractors and the project staff
 Has build in flexibility in the form of floats, to navigate changes in the planned path for
meeting fast changing environments
 Creates healthy environment and make people time, cost and quality conscious
Well conceived Project Plan, developed before the commencement of Project execution stage -
can go a long way to prevent project collapse due to various aspects – making project
successful in scope and profit!

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THANK YOU

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