Day One

Session 1

Introduction.

Construction Planning – How do you do it?

Minimum economic time / Programme risk.

Session 2

The Linked Bar Chart (Building Project Case Study)

The difference between critical items and the critical path.

Good practice in construction planning.

Coding a programme for information.

Family of programmes / buffer time.

Session 3

Theory of Critical Path.

Revision of theory and discuss implications of “Slack” time.

Critical chain.

Session 4

Precedence network (Civils Project Case Study)

Practical exercise to prepare network.

Day Two

Session 1

Resource Exercise.

Levelled/ Limited resources.

Session 2

Video on Planning.

Part of BBC Video on critical path planning.

Session 3

Controlling Design.

Information schedules as a design programme.

Interference space (packages) / Last Planner.

Session 4

Computer Planning Systems.

The development of computer planning systems.

The systems available and what they offer.

Session 5

Progress reporting.

Effective reporting/ Trend analysis.

Earned Value Analysis.

Session 6

Weekly Planning.

Preparation of the weekly programme.

Session 7

Planning Objectives.

Group exercise to identify key objectives.

Session 8

Preliminaries Exercise.

Preparation of preliminaries as a group exercise.

Session 9

Conclusion.

Final discussion and questions.

This Course Costs £545 plus VAT per person.