Practical Construction Planning and Control Using Microsoft Project fills a clear gap in the teaching literature by specifically demonstrating the Critical Path Method (CPM) using Microsoft Project (MSP).
Practical Construction Planning and Control Using Microsoft Project fills a clear gap in the teaching literature by specifically demonstrating the Critical Path Method (CPM) using Microsoft Project (MSP).
This new textbook provides a brief description of CPM phases and explains and illustrates the particular MSP commands and functionalities that implement them using an example construction project which is consistent throughout every chapter of the book. Each CPM phase is explained along with the relevant MSP commands coupled with explanations and illustrations that describe the implementation. The chapters provide detailed descriptions and steps for the generation of common construction scheduling deliverables, such as Gantt chart schedules and cash flow reports.
Following an Introduction that lays out the essential concepts, the thirteen chapters cover planning, scheduling, resources and costs, project updating for time and cost, project progress measurement using earned value analysis and project reports.
By successfully combining the details of CPM as a management technique with illustrated guidance on the software, the book presents a hands-on self-study guide for learning CPM and MSP and is an ideal teaching tool for use on Construction Management, Construction Engineering and Project Management degree programs and for Professionals who are looking to learn construction project scheduling using widely available Microsoft Project software.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Project Planning
3. Project Scheduling
4. Planning and Scheduling Deliverables
5. Resources and Costs
6. Resources and Costs Deliverables
7. Resource Levelling and Allocation
8. Project Updating
9. Time Updating the Example Project
10. Auto Cost Updating the Example Project
11. Manual Cost Updating the Example Project
12. Earned Value Analysis
13. Working with Reports
Ahmed M. Abdel Aziz is Construction Management Associate Professor at the University of Washington (UW). For the last 20 years at UW, he offered teaching and training on several topics, including project planning and control, cost estimating for commercial and heavy civil projects, computer applications in construction, project economics, modeling the life-cycle cost of capital projects, quantitative risk analysis, and construction project management. Aziz holds the UW award and the honor of being a P. D. Koon Endowed Professor of Construction Management. Aziz worked as Project Analyst and Project Controls Engineer for a heavy civil company in Canada. Through consulting, he provides training for companies and national professional associations on construction project management, project planning and control, cost estimating, and Primavera and Microsoft Project for construction scheduling. Aziz is also known for his research on using the alternative project delivery system public-private partnerships (P3) for the development of public infrastructure. He published in leading academic journals in the USA, Canada, and the UK on performance measurement, time and cost prediction using statistical analysis, liquidated damages in heavy civil projects, successful delivery of P3, P3 force-majeure and change-in-law risks, payment mechanisms, and unsolicited proposals. Aziz holds a doctoral degree in civil engineering in the area of construction engineering and management. He is also Associate Editor for the Canadian Journal of Civil Engineers.
