assignment for construction management

Dept. of Building, Civil, and Environmental Engineering Course: BLDG478/VV – F16: Project Mgmt. for Construction

Assignment 2

1 S.Karimidorabati BCEE UConcordia (Use Only with Permission & Acknowledgement)

ASSIGNMENT DUE: 17:00 FRIDAY Dec 2nd2016

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1. Consider the following information about a project with ten activities:

a. Draw the network precedence diagram and highlight the critical path(s): Note: Draw a

Legend to show activities notation

b. Calculate the total float and free float for each activity

Activity Duration Predecessor & Lag

A 2 None

B 3 A

C 4 A, B DD + 2

D 5 A SS

E 3 B FS + 2

F 1 C

G 2 C, D FS + 1

H 4 F, E FF + 3

J 2 G, H SS + 1, H FF

K 2 J

2. Montreal council has decided to build a multipurpose cultural centre. $25M is estimated as the

cost of this project. It is authorized to issue $26M in bonds to fund the construction and other

relevant costs. The bonds are redeemable at the end of 30 years and with annual interest paid

at 9% of the bond principal. Neither the term nor its rate is representative of the current market

conditions. Three banks bid has been received as follows:

a. RBC: $25.5M

b. CIBC: $25.2M

c. TD: $25M

Select the proper bid and determine the effective interest rate.

3. RIBNA Co. wants to bid for a project with 12% profit markup. $2M is estimated for the direct

and indirect costs of this project. The historical data indicates that the fixed overhead for the

last year was $450K with 5% and 15% inflation and firm growth factors respectively. RIBNA’s

total volume is $6M that includes $1M as the G&A. what is RIBNA’s bid price?

Dept. of Building, Civil, and Environmental Engineering Course: BLDG478/VV – F16: Project Mgmt. for Construction

Assignment 2

2 S.Karimidorabati BCEE UConcordia (Use Only with Permission & Acknowledgement)

4. Consider a Road Project with 14 road sections to be completed (you may refer to slide 3 of Line

of Balance or figure 9.5 in the book). Assume that each month consists of 20 working days on

the average. The program chart for this process is shown below. Calculate the line of balance for

the study representing the beginning of month 9 (i.e., day to right of number 8)