Updated Case 6.2: Montview Stadium Case
The G&E Company is preparing a bid to build the new 47,000-seat Montview baseball
stadium. The construction must start on July 1, 2020, and be completed in time for the
start of the 2024 season. A penalty clause of $100,000 per day of delay beyond April 3 is
written into the contract.
Percival Young, the president of the company, expressed optimism at obtaining the
contract and revealed that the company could net as much as $3 million on the project.
He also said if they were successful, the prospects of future projects are bright since
there is a projected renaissance in building classic ball parks with modern luxury boxes.
Assignment
Given the information provided in Table 1, construct a network schedule for the stadium
project and answer the following questions:
1. Will the project be able to be completed by the April 3rd deadline? How long will it
take? How many working days are projected?
2. What is the critical path for the project? List the activities on the critical path.
3. Based on the schedule would you recommend that G&E pursue this contract? Why or
why not?
Technical Details for the Montview Baseball Stadium
For the purposes of this case assume the following:
1. The following holidays are observed: January 1, Martin Luther King Day (third Monday
in January), Memorial Day (last Monday in May), July 4th, Labor Day (first Monday in
September), Thanksgiving Day (4th Thursday in November), December 25 and 26.
2. If a holiday falls on a Saturday then Friday will be given as an extra day off, and if it
falls on a Sunday then Monday will be given as a day off.
3. The crews work standard days, Monday through Friday.
Table 1: Montview Baseball Stadium Case
ID Activity Duration (days) Predecessor(s)
1 Clear stadium site 75 -
2 Demolish present stadium 40 1
3 Establish construction site 70 2
4 Drive support piling 110 3
5 Install lower bowl 125 4
6 Install main concourse 110 5
7 Install playing field 95 5
8 Construct upper steel bowl 110 5
9 Install seats 160 8
10 Build luxury boxes 90 8
11 Install Jumbotron 25 8
12 Install infrastructure 110 8
13 Build steel canopy 80 9
14 Install lighting 25 9
15 Construct roof supports 90 3
16 Build roof 150 15
17 Construct roof racks 90 13
18 Install roof supports 90 16,17
19 Final inspection 25 7,10,12,14,18
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Institution
Instructor’s Name
Course Number
Date
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Montview Gant Chart
If the project is started on 1st July 2020, it’s finish date will be 6th May 2024. It will take
975 working days to complete the project and as a result it will not meet its 3rd April deadline.
Network Diagram
The critical path as highlighted in Red in the above picture include the following
activities:
I. Clear stadium site
II. Demolish present stadium
III. Establish construction site
IV. Drive support piling
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V. Install lower bowl
VI. Construct upper steel bowl
VII. Install seats
VIII. Build steel canopy
IX. Construct roof rack
X. Install roof supports
XI. Final inspection
The project’s expected deadline is 3rd April 2024. However, it is scheduled to end
on 6th May 2024. Notably, the project will be completed 31 days after the date planned.
Given that there exists a penalty of $100,000 per day incase the project is completed after
3rd April, the following penalty will be accrued:
Total penalty = 31days x $100,000
Total penalty - $3,100,000
The president of the company Percival Young that the company could have
estimated gains of $3,00,000. As a result, G&E should not pursue the project as it would
result to a loss of $100,000.
Project gains = $3,000,000 - $3,100,000
= -$100,000
Task Name
Duration
Start
Finish
Montview Baseball Stadium
975 days
Wed 7/1/20
Mon 5/6/24
Clear stadium site
75
1-Jul
Thur 10/15/20
Demolish present stadium
40
16-Oct
Fri 12/11/20
Establish construction site
70
14-Oct-20
Wed 3/24/21
Drive support piling
110
25-Mar-21
Fri 8/27/21
Install lower ball
125
30-Aug-21
Mon 2/28/22
Install main concourse
110
1-Mar-22
Wed 8/3/22
Install playing field
95
1-Mar-22
Wed 7/13/22
Construct upper steel bowl
110
1-Mar-22
Wed 8/3/22
Install seats
160
4-Aug-22
Wed 3/22/23
Build luxury boxes
90
4-Aug-22
Fri 12/9/22
Install Jumbotron
25
4-Aug-22
Thur 9/8/22
Install infrastructure
110
4-Aug-22
Tue 1/10/23
Build steel canopy
80
23-Mar-23
Fri 7/14/23
Install lighting
25
23-Mar-23
Wed 4/26/23
Construct roof supports
90
25-Mar-21
Fri 7/30/21
Build roof
150
2-Aug-21
Mon 3/7/22
Construct roof racks
90
17-Jul-23
Mon 11/19/23
Install roof supports
90
21-Nov-23
Mon 4/1/24
Final inspection
25
2-Apr-24
Mon 5/6/24
1-Jul 17-Jan 5-Aug
Clear stadium site
Establish construction site
Install lower ball
Install playing field
Install seats
Install Jumbotron
Build steel canopy
Construct roof supports
Construct roof racks
Final inspection
Install
Jumbotron
Install
infrastruct
ure
Build steel
canopy
Install
lighting
Construct
roof
supports
Build roof
Construct
roof racks
Install roof
supports
Final
inspection
Start
4-Aug-22
4-Aug-2223-Mar-2323-Mar-2325-Mar-212-Aug-2117-Jul-2321-Nov-232-Apr-24
Duration
25
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Montview Grant Chart
Predecessors
1
2
3
4
5
5
5
8
8
8
8
9
9
3
15
13
16,17
7,10,12,14,18
21-Feb 9-Sep 28-Mar 14-Oct 1-May
Clear
stadium
site
Demolish
present
stadium
Establish
constructio
n site
Drive
support
piling
Install
lower ball
Install main
concourse
Install
playing
field
Construct
upper steel
bowl
Install seats
Build
luxury
boxes
Install
Jumbotron
1-Jul16-Oct14-Oct-2025-Mar-2130-Aug-211-Mar-221-Mar-221-Mar-224-Aug-224-Aug-22
4-Aug-22
7540701101251109511016090
25
Montview Grant Chart
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Kalish Nelson
Liberty University
Professor John Johnson
Busi 680
02/21/22
Author Note
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I have no known conflict of interest to disclose.
Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to
Kalish Nelson
Email: <Insert Your LU Email>
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Montview Gant Chart
Table A1 Figure A1
If the project is started on 1st July 2020, its finish date will be 6th May 2024. It will take
975 working days to complete the project and as a result, it will not meet its 3rd April deadline.
Network Diagram
Figure A2
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The critical path involves the longest sequence of tasks that G&E Company must
undertake to complete the project. They are termed critical because if one is delayed it results in
the whole project being delayed. The critical path as highlighted in Red in figure A2 above
includes the following activities:
I. Clear stadium site
II. Demolish present stadium
III. Establish construction site
IV. Drive support piling
V. Install lower bowl
VI. Construct upper steel bowl
VII. Install seats
VIII. Build steel canopy
IX. Construct roof rack
X. Install roof supports
XI. Final inspection
The project’s expected deadline is 3rd April 2024. However, it is scheduled to end
on 6th May 2024. Notably, the project will be completed 31 days after the date planned.
Given that there exists a penalty of $100,000 per day in case the project is completed
after 3rd April, the following penalty will be accrued:
Total penalty = 31days x $100,000
Total penalty = - $3,100,000
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The president of the company Percival Young estimated that the company could
have gains of approximately $3,00,000. As a result, G&E should not pursue the project as
it would result in a loss of $100,000.
Project gains = $3,000,000 - $3,100,000
= -$100,000
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References
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Kehe, W., Tingting, W., Yanwen, A., & Wenjing, Z. (2015, August). Study on the
Drawing Method of Project Network Diagram. In 2015 7th International
Conference on Intelligent Human-Machine Systems and Cybernetics (Vol. 2, pp.
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Atin, S., & Lubis, R. (2019, November). Implementation of Critical Path Method in
Project Planning and Scheduling. In IOP Conference Series: Materials Science
and Engineering (Vol. 662, No. 2, p. 022031). IOP Publishing.
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Appendix
Table A1 represents all the activities arranged chronologically from clearing the
stadium site to final inspection. It also contains columns for the duration each activity
will take as well the start and the finish dates. There is also a column for predecessors.
Figure A1 represents Gantt Chart for Montview Stadium Project where the red
color represents the critical activities and the blue color represents non-critical activities.
Figure A2 shows the Network Diagram where the red color represents the critical
activities and the grey color represents non-critical activities.
