Assignment 1: This assignment has two parts. This is part 1. This is a take-home part where you practice and submit your completed practice assignment.

Please refer to the Instructional Plan for the evaluation dates.

A) MS Project and Cost Planning Open the MS Project app on your laptop. Open the attached file MS Project Assignment

1) Use the following information and enter them into the application:

(Leave other fields that are not mentioned as is) STD Rates:

G.C. General Management ($40 / hour) G.C. Project Management crew (Procurement, scheduler, accounting, superintendent, survey crew) ($30 / hour) G.C. Rough Carpenter and Finish Crews ($25/ hour) G.C. labor Crew ($18/ hour) G.C. Concrete Crew ($22 / hour) Site Grading Contractor ($500 / hour) Plumbing Contractor and plumbing contractor management ($100 / hour) Electric Contractor and electric contractor management ($110 / hour) All HVAC Crew ($26 / hour) All steel erection crew ($23 / hour) All other contractors ($90 / hour) Add the following resources to the file: Building permits $1000 Steel $50,000 Roofing material $20,000 Elevator material $70,000 Plumbing material $23,000 Electric material $30,000 HVAC material $40,000

2) Assign the resources to the relevant tasks in MS Project

3) Summarize project cost, including the total cost of the project, the cost for each trade

(HVAC, Plumbing, etc.), and explain how the cost of the project is distributed throughout the project. You can use Excel or MS Project to present the cost schedule for this part. For the explanation part, submit an MS Word file. 4) Upload your files in the assignment folder. During the in-class part of the assignment, you will be given a project schedule with tasks, resources required, and cost of resources, and you are asked to create a scheduled budget for it and explain how the project cost is distributed throughout the project.