7. Sample of Resource Allocation & Cost Estimation Resource requirement of the activities of a project is summarized below Activity Predecessor(s) Duration (week) 4 A B 5 B 6 D A 4 E 2 Planned Resources 3 W, 2 ME, 1 Archit., 1 OP & 1 COMP 10 W, 1 ME, 1 Excavator, 10 truck Earth 4 W, 3 ME, 2 COMP, 2 OP 5 W, 1 ME, 100 m CIS, 500 m iron wire 4 W, 1 ME, 50 pole, 200 m Bar, 50 m CIS 4 W, 2 ME, 2000 Br, 50 bags Cem., 50 cft Sand 2 W, 1 ME, 180 cft Aggregate, 5 ton Rod, 30 bags Cem 6 W, 2 ME, 5000 Br, 250 bags Cem., 150 cft Sand 3 W, 2 ME, 8000 Br, 400 bags Cem., 250 cft Sand, 50 ton Rod, 150 cft Aggregate 4 W, 1 ME, 2 Elc., 2 PF, 500 m wire, 400 m pipe 8 W, 50 bags Cem F 4 D 5 UI D 3 1 F G 8 J E 4 H 2 Price, Rent, and Salaries & Wages: Note: 6 working days in a week, 4 weeks in a month, and 8 hours working time in a day W = Worker ME = Management Employee OP = Operator Archit = Architect Cem = Cement COMP = Computer m = meter Elc. = Electrician Br = Brick CIS = Corrugated Iron Sheet PF = Pipe Fitter W = $1.5/hr ME = $1100/Month Archit = $2000 OP = $2/hr COMP = $3/hr Excavator = $10/hr Elc. = $3/hr PF = $3/hr Earth = $125/truck CIS = $1.5/m Iron Wire = $.3/m Pole = $75/ piece Bar = $3/m Br = $0.1/piece Cem. = $5/bag Sand = $0.2/cft Aggregate = $2/cft Rod = $800/ton Wire = $0.4/m Pipe = $0.5/m 1. (a) Calculate the cost of the activities, and that of the project. (b) Draw the Gantt chart of the project (C) Calculate the amount required for the first 10 weeks, mid 10 weeks and the last 10 weeks