PART C $-$ Project Management $(35$ pts$)$

Answer all questions in Part C based on the following case.

About Coffee, a corner store chain catering to consumers that are interested in a variety of coffee brands, household coffee equipment and foods accompanying coffee $($such as sandwiches or cookies$),$ has just purchased retail land in SE Calgary with plans to open their new store.

You are Director of Projects for About Coffee, and you will be presenting your project plan for construction of this store to the company President and the project team. Assume that today's date is March $4^{th},2024.$

With the land already purchased and detailed drawings complete, the first step of the project would be obtaining local building permits. Once the building permits were received, recruitment for the store's management team could begin, and temporary fencing could be setup along with clearing the site. With the site cleared, the store foundation could then be completed, which would then be followed by erecting the building exterior. Once the exterior is completed, parking lot construction could commence at the same time as the interior of the store is being completed. Once the management team is finalized, they can begin recruiting their employees for the eventual store opening. The installation of shelving, signage, and checkouts could not commence until a building safety inspection is completed to ensure exterior and interior construction has met provincial regulations. Once the parking lot is complete, the shopping cart corrals could be constructed and the shopping carts manufactured and shipped to the store. Employee training could occur once employees are fully recruited and the shelving, signage, and checkouts are installed. With the parking lot complete, landscaping and removal of the temporary feneing could occur, About Coffec wants to ensure things go smoothly with their opening so after employees are trained and the shopping carts arrive, they will stock all the shelves and conduet finat testing via a simulated opening. The grand opening can only occur after the shelves are stocked and the simulated opening has taken place, as well as the landscaping completed and the temporary fencing removed.

Based on your experiences managing the construction of other About Coffee stores and information provided by potential subcontractors, you have developed the following chart with estimates for normal durations and normal costs, in addition to crash costs and crash times, in the event it would he necessary to accelerate a specific activity.

$\backslash$table$[[,$Activity Description,$\backslash$table$[[$Normal$],[$Time$],[($weeks$)]],\backslash$table$[[$Normal$],[$Costs$]],\backslash$table$[[$Crashed$],[$Time$],[($weeks$)]],\backslash$table$[[$Crashed:$],[$Costs$.]]],[A,$Building permits,$3,$$$5,000,3,$$$5,000$