Construction Management
Columbia University
IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK
Course Details
This course focuses on learning how to develop and manage a schedule. The first module provides an overview of the Construction Scheduling course. The second module introduces bar or Gantt charts and how they are used as scheduling tools. During the third module, learners will create activity precedence diagrams, also referred to as activity on node diagrams, which graphically represent the construction activities in a project and their relationships. The fourth module provides an overview of the types of construction activity relationships encountered in a construction project and how to represent them in an activity precedence diagram. Forward and backward pass calculations are covered in the fifth module, and during the sixth module, Professor Odeh discusses the importance of critical paths, including what it is and why it is important.
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
Discover key project scheduling techniques and procedures
Learn how to develop and manage a schedule, and understand scheduling tools such as bar charts, activity on arrow, and activity on nodes
Explore the multiple relationships that connect all the construction activities in our project from start to finish
Learn about creating a network diagram, defining the importance of the critical path in a project network, and defining project activities float
Understand the fundamentals of bar charts, precedence diagrams, activity on arrow, Program
Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT), range estimating, linear project operations, and the line of balance (LOB)
Learning Objectives
The key project scheduling techniques and procedures
How to develop and manage a schedule and understand scheduling tools such as bar charts, activity on arrow, and activity on nodes
The multiple relationships that connect all the construction activities from start to finish
The importance of the critical path in a project network and project activities float
Schedule
Linear Scheduling Method
Program Evaluation And Review Technique (PERT)
Critical Path Method