Study Guide

Objective

On completion of the course the student can prepare construction schedules and task plans and apply them in site supervision.

Content

Phases of construction scheduling
Planning, supervising and managing scheduling tasks
Master schedule, construction phase schedules, task schedules and weekly schedules
Task planning
Production control
Prerequisites

Evaluation scale

0-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

The student can explain:
- phases of construction scheduling
- principles of scheduling and control techniques
- different presentation formats for schedules
- principles of task planning
- the role of task planning in production control.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

The student can
- prepare schedules for different stages of a project based on amount calculation using a Gantt chart as well as a line of balance
- describe the connections between different schedules
- prepare schedules based on building components, work phases and man-hour use
- create a task plan and use it to supervise production.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

the student can
- prepare schedules for different stages of a project based on amount calculation using a Gantt chart as well as a line of balance
- describe the connections between different schedules and use them in supervising the construction
- prepare schedules based on building components, work phases and man-hour use
- create a task plan and use it to supervise production
- describe how task planning is connected to other areas of project management
- use different measures to control the schedule
- produce different types of schedules and use them in different situations on the construction site.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

The student can explain:
- phases of construction scheduling
- principles of scheduling and control techniques
- different presentation formats for schedules
- principles of task planning
- the role of task planning in production control.

Prerequisites

TM00BS35 Basics of Construction