Given the information provided in Table 1, construct a network schedule for the stadium project and answer the following questions:

 

1.  Will the project be able to be completed by the April 3^rd deadline? How long will it take? How many working days are projected?

 

2.  What is the critical path for the project? List the activities on the critical path.

 

3.  Based on the schedule would you recommend that G&E pursue this contract? Why or why not?

 

 

Technical Details for the Shoreline Baseball Stadium

 

For the purposes of this case assume the following:

1.     The following holidays are observed: January 1, Martin Luther King Day (third Monday in January), Memorial Day (last Monday in May), July 4^th, Labor Day (first Monday in September), Thanksgiving Day (4^th Thursday in November), December 25 and 26.

2.     If a holiday falls on a Saturday then Friday will be given as an extra day off, and if it falls on a Sunday then Monday will be given as a day off.

3.     The crews work standard days, Monday through Friday. 

 

Table 1: Montview Baseball Stadium Case

 

ID Activity Duration(days) Predecessor(s)

1 Clear stadium site 75 -

2 Demolish present stadium 40 1

3 Establish construction site 70 2

4 Drive support piling 110 3

5 Install lower bowl 125 4

6 Install main concourse 110 5

7 Install playing field 95 5

8 Construct upper steel bowl 110 5

9 Install seats 160 8

10 Build luxury boxes 90 8

11 Install Jumbotron 25 8

12 Install infrastructure 110 8

13 Build steel canopy 80 9

14 Install lighting 25 9

15 Construct roof supports 90 3

16 Build roof 150 15

17 Construct roof racks 90 13

18 Install roof supports 90 16,17

19 Final inspection 25 7,10,12,14,18