Name : _______________________________________ Section : ________

Assignment

A list of activities to complete a construction of steel column is listed in Table 1.

(a) Draw an arrow diagram (ADM) and calculate the duration require to complete the project.
(9 marks)
(b) Show a critical path for the project.
(2 marks)
(c) Develop a bar chart based on Q1(a).
(9 marks)
(d) Compare the physical and financial s-curve based on percentage value.
(10 marks)

Table 1
Activity Duration Cost
Num. Activity Name Predecessor
Code (days) (RM)
1 A Initial Excavation 2 - 500
2 B Continue excavation 2 A 900
3 C Final excavation 2 B 1,600
4 D Begin forms and rebar 4 A 500
5 E Continue forms and 4 B,D 1,400
rebar
6 F Final forms and rebar 4 C,E 1,500
7 G Initial concrete 2 D 2,400
8 H Continue concrete 2 E,G 800
9 I Final concrete 2 F,H 3,600
10 J Erect steel column 9 I 6,800
Total 20,000
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B 2 C 6 F
2 2 4
4 6 10 10

A 1 8 I 9 J 10
4 E 5
0 2 2 2 14 14 2 16 16 9 25 25
6 6 4 10 10

7 H
G
D 3 10 12 2
2
4 6 6
a) Node : 20 x 0.25 = 5
Arrow: 10 x 0.3 = 3
Dummy: 4 x 0.25 = 1
Total: 9 marks
b) Critical path : 2 marks
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Activity Duration Cost 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

100%
1 1
A 2 500

250
250
90% 1 1
B 2 900

450
450
80% 1 1
C 2 1,600

800
800
70% 1 1 1 1
D 4 500

125
125
125
125
60% 1 1 1 1
E 4 1,400

350
350
350
350
50% 1 1 1 1
F 4 1,500

375
375
375
375
40% 1 1
1200
1200
G 2 2,400

30% 1 1
H 2 800

400
400
20% 1 1

1800
1800
I 2 3,600

10% 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
J 9 6,800

756
756
756
756
756
756
756
756
756
0%

work/day 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
1550
1550

1800
1800
250
250
575
575
925
925

350
350
775
775
375
375

756
756
756
756
756
756
756
756
756
cost/day
cum.work/ day 1 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 15 16 18 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33
11400
13200
13956
14711
15467
16222
16978
17733
18489
19244
100% 100% 20000
1075
1650
2575
3500
5050
6600
6950
7300
8075
8850
9225
9600
250
500

cum.cost/day
12%
18%
13% 24%
18% 30%
25% 36%
33% 42%
35% 45%
37% 48%
40% 55%
44% 61%
46% 64%
48% 67%
57% 70%
66% 73%
70% 76%
74% 79%
77% 82%
81% 85%
85% 88%
89% 91%
92% 94%
96% 97%
3%
6%

% cum.work/day
1%
3%
5%
8%

% cum.cost/day

c) Bar chart
10 activity x 0.8 = 8 marks
Format = 1 mark

d) physical and financial s-curve

graph: 1.5 mark each x 2 = 3 marks
% cum. Work/day = 2.5 marks
% cum. Cost/day = 2.5 marks
Cum. Work/day = 1 mark
Cum. Cost/day = 1 mark