PROJECT USING SOFTWARE PRIMAVERA P6 AND ON SCREEN TAKE OFF (OST)

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Fall Semester 2020

TERM PROJECT INSTRUCTIONS

(Tentative -Subject to Changes)

Your company has been awarded a contract to construct the Parkland Fire Station Project. The Notice- to-Proceed (NTP) is scheduled on November 2, 2020. The project plans have been posted at the Canvas Learning System. You are required to propose the project duration and the Substantial Completion (T.C.O.) and the Final Completion (C.O.) dates based on your proposed schedule.

PART 1 Work-Break-Down Structure: (Due Date: 07-Oct-20) – Online Submittal

Given the posted “Term Project Drawings” create a Work-Breakdown-Structure (WBS) based on Systems and locations (not CSI Breakdown). Your WBS should be broken down into multiple levels (at least 4 Levels, excluding the top project WBS element). In preparing and submitting your WBS, comply with the following guidelines:

 Provide ID’s for the WBS Elements. Assign numbers (1, 2, 3, 4, etc.) for the WBS ID’s at each level. Also, provide meaningful names for each WBS Element.

 You need to develop your WBS Structure using Primavera. The printouts of the WBS should be done from Primavera. WBS submittal using Excel or any other software will not be graded.

 Provide a cover page listing the course number and title, your name and ID, Term Project – Part I, and submittal date.

 Present your WBS in various formats (hierarchal, graphical, etc.).  All reports to be assembled in one PDF File.  The due date and time for the TP 1st submittal is 07-Oct-20 03:30 PM via the link posted on

Canvas under the Term Project Progress Assessment Group.

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PART 2 Cost Bid Estimate: (Due Date: 21-Oct-20) – Online Submittal

Your Term Project Schedule should be partially resource and cost loaded. Use RS Means Online to estimate the crews, production rates, quantities, and cost estimate for the following CSI Divisions:

 Division 03: Concrete  Division 04: Masonry  Division 08: Openings  Division 09: Wall Framing & Drywall (Insulation, hanging, tape & finish, Painting)  Division 09: Flooring (All types)

You need to structure the estimate based on your developed WBS referred to in Part I of these instructions. The cost should be broken down into Labor, Material, Equipment, Overhead, and Profit. Use 10% as the rate for Overhead and 5% as the rate for Profit. Use Excel to present your cost estimate.

 Provide a cover page listing the course number and title, your name and ID, Term Project – Part II,

and submittal date.  All reports to be assembled in one PDF File.  The due date and time for the TP 2nd submittal is 22-Oct-20 03:30 PM via the link posted on Canvas

under the Term Project Progress Assessment Group.

PART 3

Activity List and Durations (Due Date: 28-Oct-20) – Online Submittal Use Primavera Enterprise (P6) to schedule the Project. Assign the following Project ID for the Baseline Schedule: S2-xx-BL (where S2-xx is your assigned P6 ID). Your schedule should contain between 300 to 325 activities, including: milestones, summary activities, submittals, approvals, procurement of long-lead items, construction, and final inspections and project closing. Use the global calendar “Standard 5 Day Workweek” to schedule all your activities.  You need to submit a draft of your Activity List and durations printed from P6. Lists prepared in Excel

or other software will not be graded.  Provide a cover page listing the course number and title, your name and ID, Term Project – Part III,

and submittal date.  All reports to be assembled in one PDF File.  The due date and time for the TP 3rd submittal is 28-Oct-20 03:30 PM via the link posted on Canvas

under the Term Project Progress Assessment Group.

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PART 4 Activity Classification & Logic (Due Date: 04-Nov-20) – Online Submittal

Use Primavera Enterprise (P6) to assign logical relationships among activities. Also, classify the activities using Project specific Activity Codes (do not use global activity codes). Your codes should include at LEAST the following classifications: (S2-xx is your P6 ID)

 S2-xx-CSI: CSI Divisions. Use the latest CSI Divisions breakdown  S2-xx-RSP: Subcontractor Responsibility (assign fictitious names)  S2-xx-TYP: General scope (General, Submittal, Approvals, Procurement, Construction, etc.)  S2-xx-LOC: Location of work (Building Zone, Parking, Site, etc.)

 You need to submit a draft of your assigned activity relationships and activity codes with the following

columns: Activity ID, Activity Name, Original Duration, the various activity codes, predecessors, and successors. In the Bar Area, show the relationships between the bars. Preferably printed on 11x17 sheet size.

 Provide a cover page listing the course number and title, your name and ID, Term Project – Part IV, and submittal date.

 All reports to be assembled in one PDF File.  The due date and time for the TP 4th submittal is 04-Nov-20 03:30 PM via the link posted on Canvas

under the Term Project Progress Assessment Group.

PART 5 Resource and Cost Loading. No Interim Submittal is Required

Using your cost data estimate, load resources (manpower and cost) data to all activities that are:

 Division 03: Concrete  Division 04: Masonry  Division 08: Openings  Division 09: Wall Framing & Drywall  Division 09: Flooring  Division 09: Painting

The activity costs should be broken down into Labor, Material, Equipment, Overhead, and Profit. Use 10% as the rate for Overhead and 5% as the rate for Profit. (Do not use rates for overhead and profit from RS Means)

Each of the resource/cost loaded activities should be assigned the following combination of Resource ID & Cost Account. The following Resources have been created in the FIU Enterprise for you to assign to activities:

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 TP-MAT: Material (Material Type)  TP-LAB: Labor (Labor Type)  TP-EQP: Equipment (Nonlabor Type)  TP-OH: Overhead/General Requirements (Nonlabor Type)  TP-PRF: Profit/Premium (Nonlabor Type)

The following Cost Accounts have been created in the FIU Enterprise for you to assign to activities:  TP.03.100: Forming C.I.P Concrete  TP.03.200: Rebar C.I.P Concrete  TP.03.300: Pouring C.I.P Concrete  TP.03.400: Precast Structural Concrete  TP.03.500: Other Concrete Work  TP.04.100: Masonry  TP.08.100: Doors  TP.08.500: Windows  TP.09.200: Drywall & Wall Framing  TP.09.600: Flooring  TP.09.900: Painting

Your task is to assign the manpower requirements and material, labor, non-labor cost accounts and their associated resource and Budgeted Costs to each activity that are related to the divisions listed above.

PARTS 1 to 5 above complete the data needed to finalize your Baseline Schedule. You can start preparing the different reports that you will include in your Final Project Submittal. You need to prepare several useful reports to be presented to your managers, project owner, subcontractors and the project's A/E. Use the following guidelines in generating your reports (Further instructions will be addressed in class):

1. Present the project in two forms: graphically (logic diagram, time-scaled networks, bar-charts, resource and cost curves and profiles, etc...) and tabular (schedule report, cost/budget reports, resource reports, etc...)

2. For the different reports, use meaningful order and selection criteria. For each report, you need to

state the purpose of the report, and state clearly the reason behind the criteria you have chosen for the specific report.

3. If a graphical report fits on more than one page wide, you need to tape the pages together. Don't submit loose sheets.

4. All Baseline reports should be assembled in one BOOKMARKED PDF File, with each report have a bookmark link in the file. Name the PDF file S2-xx-BL, where S2-xx is your P6 Login ID.

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PART 6 Progress Updating as-of 05-Apr-21 and 07-Sep-21

 Prepare two schedule Updates. Assign Project ID’s according to the instructions below:

Update #01:

S2-XX-UP01 (where S2-XX is your P6 ID) Data Date: 05-Apr-21

Update #02: S2-XX-UP02 (where S2-XX is your P6 ID) Data Date: 07-Sep-21

In updating the activities, assume some delays for some activities and some acceleration of some other activities.

 Update the resources and costs of the activities based on the assigned schedule progress.

 Present the progress of project in two forms: graphically (logic diagram, time-scaled networks, bar-charts, resource and cost profiles, etc...) and tabular (schedule report, cost/budget reports, resource reports, etc...). I expect comparison of Baseline and the schedule updates in the generated reports.

 For the different reports, use meaningful order and selection criteria. For each report, you need to state clearly the purpose and reason behind the criteria you have chosen.

5. All Schedule Update #01 reports should be assembled in one BOOKMARKED PDF File, with each report have a bookmark link in the file. Name the PDF file S2-xx-UP01, where S2-xx is your P6 Login ID.

6. All Schedule Update #02 reports should be assembled in one BOOKMARKED PDF File, with each report have a bookmark link in the file. Name the PDF file S2-xx-UP02, where S2-xx is your P6 Login ID.

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FINAL REPORT SUBMITTAL GUIDELINES Comply with the following guidelines in submitting your Final Project Report

 Your final report for the term project should be in an electronic format (BOOKMARKED PDFs). You

need to submit three separate PDF files (Baseline, Update #01, and Update #02)

 The name of the pdf files should be:  S2-xx-BL  S2-xx-UP01  S2-xx-UP02

Where, S2-xx is your Primavera Login ID

 Save the reports you generate under different layouts (reference the reports in the layout titles)

 Include a cover sheet and a table of contents in each pdf file. The Table of Contents should reference each single report you have for the specific schedule. Each report should be bookmarked in the file. If you are not familiar with how to bookmark pdf files, learn now and make sure you have software that will allow you to implement the bookmarks. Do not wait to the last minute to learn how to use create bookmarks.

 Include an introduction section in your Baseline pdf file describing your company (assuming you are submitting the project report to the Project Owner as part of your proposal)

 Include major sections in the pdf files that group the reports for a specific schedule based on a meaningful criterion that you choose.

 Export your schedules (save the .xer files) and include in your final submittal.

 The due date and time for the Final Term Project Submittal is 28-Jul-20 06:45 PM via the link posted on Canvas under the Term Project Final Report Group.

Your schedule(s) should be always hosted on the FIU Primavera Server under your EPS Element for the instructor to review at any time. Failure to do so will result in you not getting partial progress grades.

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List of Interim and Final Submittals: Throughout the semester the Instructor will be checking your progress on developing the term-project. A certain percentage of your project grade will be given during this review process. Another percentage of the grade will be given for the presentation quality of your reports. The Term Project will be graded partially based on your progress throughout the semester based on the following schedule (due times: 03:30 PM):

 07-Oct-20: Submit WBS reports (list and chart views). (Canvas Submittal)  21-Oct-20: Submit Quantity Take-Off and Cost Calculation Sheets. (Canvas Submittal)  28-Oct-20: Submit Preliminary List of Activities and Durations. (Canvas Submittal)  04-Nov-20: Submit List of assigned Activity Codes and Logic. The report should show list of

predecessors, successors, and activity code values per activity. (Canvas Submittal)

The following are additional key dates that the instructor advises you to target in order not to fall behind:  11-Nov-20: Complete the Resource/Cost Loading - (Instructor will review online)  18-Nov-20: Complete Updating the Schedule - (Instructor will review online)  25-Nov-20: Complete designing and printing Baseline Schedule Reports  30-Nov-20: Complete designing and printing Schedule Updates #01 & #02 Reports  02-Dec-20: Term Project Due Date by 03:30 PM (Canvas Submittal)

Submittal of pdf files with no proper and inclusive BOOKMARKS will result in 20% REDUCTION of your Term Project grade