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Department : Structural Engineering Course : Construction Project Management Course Code : 8414 Class Exercise 9 1. The following table gives the activities involved in a pipeline contract. The duration and cost data are also given. The indirect cost for the contract is LE120/day. Calculate the minimum cost of the work corresponding to contract duration of 102 days. Normal Act. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Description Preparation Move on to site Obtain pipes Obtain valves Locate pipeline Cut specials Excavate trench Prepare valve chambers Layout joint pipes Fit valves Concrete anchors Backfill Finish valve chambers Test pipeline Clean up site Leave site Predes. --A A A B C E C, G C, G D, F, H I J, K J, K J, K L, N M, O Time 10 20 40 28 8 10 30 20 24 10 8 6 6 6 4 2 Cost 200 200 1800 500 150 100 3000 2800 1000 200 520 420 200 150 300 180 (days) 8 4 20 12 10 4 1 1 3 2 Crashability Cost Slope (LE) 10 40 180 50 65 80 80 60 40 70 : 4th Civil

2. Cost and schedule data for a small project are given below. Assume an indirect cost of LE 200/day. Develop the time-cost curve for the project and determine the minimum contract duration

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Activity A B C D E F G H I

Preceded by A B B B C F E D, G, H

Cost (LE) Crash 3900 6500 7200 4900 2200 1700 7200 10000 4700 Normal 3600 5500 6350 4700 2050 1200 7200 9450 4500

Duration (days) Crash 6 3 7 18 9 6 5 10 6 Normal 7 5 9 19 10 8 5 11 7

3. Draw the precedence diagram for the following data.

Duration (days) Normal 7 9 8 11 9 8 7 6 12 10 14 18 9 12 Minimum 5 5 7 4 6 7 5 2 9 8 10 16 8 9

Activity A B C D E F G H I J K L M N

Followed by B, E, F K H, D I, N G, M L C I, N E, F G M C -

Cost slope LE / day

200 450 400 100 400 500 200 200 200 600 350 700 550 200

It is required to compress the schedule to a 65-day. How much more would the project cost?

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