Construction Planning: Construction of Boarding Houses in NSW

Running Head: CONSTRUCTION PLANNING
Construction Planning: Construction of Boarding Houses in NSW
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Table of Contents
Task 1...............................................................................................................................................2
Introduction..................................................................................................................................2
Project Scope and Objectives......................................................................................................2
Work Breakdown Structure.........................................................................................................3
Conclusion.................................................................................................................................14
Bibliography..................................................................................................................................15

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Task 1
Introduction
This project is based on the development of rental residential buildings (including several
housing / boarding units) in Newcastle, NSW. The proposed project is proposed to be completed
in a period of the next two years within a feasible budget investment. In addition to the proposed
plan of the boarding units, there are several other specifications that are required to be met in the
project. These specifications include the placement of the rooms inside the building units,
number of floors, facilities and services, parking areas and others. For executing the project, all
these requirements are to be met and based on the requirements, a suitable budget and schedule
plan is to be developed.
In this report, with the help of the analysis of the project requirements, a suitable work
breakdown structure has been developed that includes the work specifications in each phase of
the project along with the proposed durations and related costs in each of the work packages.
Project Scope and Objectives
The main scope of the project is to clear a certain piece of property and build 27 boarding
units that will be provided as rentals. The scope statement of the project is defined by the
following points.
Clearing of the entire land property for constructing the housing units is within
the scope of the project.
Constructing the foundations of the buildings is within the scope of the project.
Building of the framework of the buildings is within the scope of the project.

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Development of the buildings as well as their utilities and services is within the
scope of the project.
Development of external utilities and perimeter walls is within the scope of the
project.
From the scope statement, the project objectives are determined as follows.
 To survey the entire land and take measurements
 To clear the land and prepare it for the construction
 To build foundations of the buildings
 To build 27 housing units including all the design specifications as provided
earlier
 To install utilities like electrical and drainage systems in each of the units
 To hand over the finished project to the authority
Work Breakdown Structure
The work breakdown structure of the project is shown in the following table.
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Task Name
Duratio
n
Start Finish
Predecessor
s
Resource Names Cost
1
Site
Preparation
80 days
Mon
5/28/18
Fri
9/14/18
$888,000.00
1.1 Survey of
the Entire Site
10 days Mon
5/28/18
Fri
6/8/18
Construction
Manager, Project
$44,000.00