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Schedule

The tentative schedule for the course is as follows: (See Table 1)

Table 1: Tentative Plan
Week Topic Related Textbook Lab./Comments
Starting   Chapters  
08/29 Introduction
Bid Documents, Bid Analysis, Cost Control
1,2 Notes*
       
09/05 Estimating Process, Conceptual Estimates 3,4 No class on Monday
Classwork 09/08
  Homework 1: Due 09/14    
       
09/12 Estimating Material
Divisions 2,3: Excavation, Concrete, Formwork
Division 4: Masonry
Divisions 5,9: Structural Steel, Division 9
7,10,11,15,19 Tables
Introduction to RS Means
  Homework 2: Due 09/21    
       
09/19 Estimating Labor
Equipment Estimation (Handouts in class)
Concrete Pumps and Cranes
5 Reed Concrete Boom Pump:
Specifications
Morrow Equipment:
Liebherr 100LC Tower Crane
Reading Drawings
Archive: Van Nuys Drawings
  Homework 3: Due 09/28    
       
09/26 Equipment Estimation:
Guest Lecture: Sung lee, Kiewit, Excavation Equipment.
(Pick up notes from my office)
Equipment Ownership and Operating Costs
5 Contract Documents for Medical Clinic (Caliente, NE) Project Distributed
Bids for work in Divisions 3,4 and 5 as described in Specs. due on 10/20
  Homework 4: Due 10/07, 5pm    
       
10/03 Highways and Pavements
Introduction to MERL, Tim Colling, PE
(Assistant Director, LTAP)
Development of an estimate for the Paradise Road Project using MERL
Assemble at 213 Dillman
8 MERL Estimate and Report due 10/20
MERL Resource File
(Historical Cost Data)
  Lab/Homework 5: Due 10/20
   
       
10/11 Deciding Excavation Equipment: Dr. Stan Vitton
Revision Class
25 Notes
       
10/17 Scheduling
10/20: Midterm (Open Book/Open Notes)
1:05pm - 2:55pm
25 Notes
       
10/24 Scheduling: Network Diagrams
Lecture by Bill Leder: Work Breakdown Structures
25 Notes
       
10/31 Scheduling: Time in Contracts, Cash Flow, Time Cost Trade-Offs
Integrating Costs and Schedule: Earned Value
- Notes
  Homework 6: Due 11/17    
       
11/07 Statistical Methods   Notes
       
11/14 Value and Construction Project Management   Notes
       
11/21 Project    
       
11/28 Project    
       
12/05 Finals    
       


* Construction Cost Estimating for Decision Makers, Eddy M. Rojas, University of Washington, Copyright 2001.
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Amlan Mukherjee 2005-08-17