Case $9-2($Static$)$ Ventura Baseball Stadium$$Part B

This case is based on a project introduced in Chapter $6($p$.209).$ You will need to use the project plan created in the Ventura Baseball Stadium case to complete this assignment.

Ventura Baseball Stadium is a $47,000-$seat professional baseball stadium. G&E Company began construction on June $10,2019,$ and will complete it on February $21,2022.$ The stadium must be ready for the opening of the $2022$ regular season. G&E would accrue a $$500,000-$per$-$day penalty for not meeting the April $3,2022,$ deadline.

The project started on time and was progressing well until an accident occurred during the pouring of the lower bowl. Two workers were seriously injured, and the activity was delayed four weeks while the cause of the accident was investigated and the site cleared to proceed.

The president of G&E Company, Percival Young, is concerned about the delay of the project. The project began with roughly six weeks of cushion between expected completion deadline and imposed deadline of April $3($opening day$).$ Now there is only a two$-$week cushion with over a year$$s worth of work still to be completed. He has asked you to consider the following options to reduce the duration of the project and restore some of the time buffer that has been lost.

A$.$ Assign overtime to complete the installation of seats in $120$ days, not $140$ days.

B$.$ Assign overtime to complete the infrastructure in $100$ days, not $120$ days.

C$.$ Introduce a start$-$to$-$start lag whereby construction of the roof begins $70$ days after the start of building roof supports.

D$.$ Introduce a start$-$to$-$start lag whereby installing the scoreboard can start $100$ days after the start of construction of the upper steel bowl.

E$.$ Introduce a start$-$to$-$start lag whereby installing seats can start $100$ days after the start of both pouring the main concourse and constructing the upper steel bowl.

Write a memo to Young, detailing your recommendation and rationale.