Question: Kaguta, an experienced project manager for a construction project was struggling to bring back to life a building that had stalled for some years due

Kaguta, an experienced project manager for a construction project was struggling to bring back to life a building that had stalled for some years due to scarcity of funds. He provided the following information regarding the said project.

Activity

Normal time

(weeks)

Crash time

(weeks)

Normal cost

(Kshs)

Crash cost

(Kshs)

1-2

10

7

1000

1600

1-3

15

11

2000

2800

2-4

8

6

1800

2600

2-5

-

-

-

-

3-5

20

16

4500

5700

3-6

28

23

7200

9700

4-5

14

12

5000

6000

5-6

12

9

3300

4500

Required;

(i) Draw the network diagram for the project, identify the critical path and completion time based on the normal times. (6 marks)

(ii) Identify all the paths for the project. (2 marks)

(iii) Determine the minimum project completion time with the least cost increase over normal costs and draw the new network diagram. (6 marks)

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