Ain Shams-mid Term Fall 2017 Pmc.pdf

CHEP Credit Hours Engineering Programs

Mid-Term: Examination - Fall 2017 Course Code

Course

Duration :

60 min

CES463/BLDG 591

Project Management for Construction

Date:

08/11/2017

Instructor/s

Dr. Emad Bakhoum

Total Marks:

25 Marks

Question: 1 (12 Marks) A. Determine the suitable project phase for the following items: 1) Define the project nature and objectives 2) The owner decides to proceed or not proceed with the project 3) Test the electro-mechanical systems of the project 4) Value engineering process 5) Perform feasibility study 6) Contractor Mobilization

(3 Marks)

B. Write the scientific term: (4 Marks) 1) Measuring performance against established objectives 2) A process through which a project is implemented from beginning to end 3) Process of planning, organizing, leading, & controlling a project from inception to completion 4) A description of procedures/ways by which a project or work is to be carried out C. For the following small project, both planned and actual progress are presented Duration (month) Planned (% of completion) Actual (% of completion)

1 10% 5%

2 10% 5%

3 5% 10%

4 10% 15%

5 15% 20%

6 15% 20%

(5 Marks) 7 20% 20%

8 15% 5%

1) Draw the S-curve for both planned and actual the percentage of completion 2) Determine the planned and actual percentage of completion (from the curve) at month “3”, and Determine the delay (or saving) period at actual percentage of completion “75%” 3) Estimate the required duration (in days) to execute an activity in the project knowing that: It requires 600 man-hours to be executed, the available number of labors is only four, and working hours per day = 10 hours.

Question: 2 (13 Marks) A. Put (√) or (X), and correct the wrong statements:

(3 Marks)

1) Plan purchase acquisitions and contracting are works of procurement management 2) Scheduling establishes what, where, how and in what order work will be performed 3) Bridges and tunnels are examples of industrial construction projects B. Give Reasons:

(2 Marks)

1) The general contractor assigns sub-contractors? 2) Performing project WBS? C. For the following project: Activity Successor

L M,P

M N,S

(8 Marks) N Y

K R,T

P Q

Q T

R Q

S T

T Y

Y -

1) Draw Activity on Arrow (AOA) diagram to represent the project situation. (Use dummy arrows only where needed) 2) Draw a Bar Chart of the project, where the durations of activities are: (L= 4, M= 4, N= 3, K= 3, P= 2, Q= 2, R=1, S=3, T= 2, Y=1 days) 3) Determine the total project duration and critical activities 4) Draw the histogram of resources and comment, where the resources needed per day are: (L= 2, M= 1, N= 3, K= 4, P= 3, Q= 2, R=6, S=5, T= 6, Y=4 days)

Best wishes