International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET)
e-ISSN: 2395-0056
Volume: 04 Issue: 07 | July -2017
p-ISSN: 2395-0072
www.irjet.net
Construction Project Scheduling of MK Apartment Using MS Project 2013 Monish Kumar K1, Maheshwar S Maregoudru2, Sparsha B.P3 1,2 PG
Student, Dept. of Civil Engineering, KVGCE, Sullia, Karnataka, India Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, KVGCE, Sullia, Karnataka, India ---------------------------------------------------------------------***--------------------------------------------------------------------3 Asst
Abstract - Countries around the world provide major
preference to the construction industry, as it contribute vastly to the growth of a nation, but use of traditional practices and improper planning reduces the efficiency of the construction industry which affects the project in the form of increased duration of the project, this leads to the increased overhead cost of the project and poor quality of work. In order to eliminate these flaws in construction project, an effective project management tool is introduced in the form of Microsoft Project 2013 software. In this study project scheduling, estimation and resource allocation are adapted in MK apartment residential construction project using MSP 2013 software. Various work involved in the construction of MK apartment project are estimated and the activities are scheduled, as project starting form 1st Aug 2016 and finishing on 29th July 2017. Budgeted cost, time, and materials of the project are obtained by resource allocation. Key Words: Project, Construction, Time, Cost, Scheduling, Estimation, Resource Allocation
1.INTRODUCTION Countries around the world provide major preference to the construction industry, as shelter and transportation facilities are the basic needs of a society and also construction industries contribute vastly to the growth of a country. The major construction activities of a country involves, Building constructions which includes residential and commercial buildings, Heavy infrastructure projects such as roads, bridges, dams and industrial constructions etc, these construction activities are carried out using old and traditional construction practices which causes several problems in the construction such as increased cost of construction, delay in delivery of project poor quality in construction, increased risk of crises, all these flaws in construction practices calls for an effective project management and quality control system. Construction activities are not limited only to the physical activity of allocating men, materials and machines, it involves more than this, such as effective management of man power, machinery as well as materials by proper planning using project management tools such as Microsoft Project, Primavera, Microsoft Excel and techniques such as CPM, PERT which can reduce the efforts and also helps to Š 2017, IRJET
|
Impact Factor value: 5.181
|
maintain the accuracy and quality of the project. The effective management of a construction project can be achieved by controlling the cost of construction, scheduling, managing resources, and maintaining the quality in construction as these constituents contribute significantly to the efficiency of the project these can be effectively managed using Microsoft project 2013 software. In the present study effective construction project management techniques are adapted for the purpose of scheduling the MK residential apartments, some of the areas under the scanner are schedule development, resource planning and budget cost of the project using Microsoft project 2013 as the project management tool.
1.1 Project and Project Management A project is an individual or collaborative enterprise, involving research, design that is carefully planned by the project assigned team to achieve a particular aim. Construction projects have many constraints such as time, cost, resources and many more. The Project management is the effective management of all the resources involved in a project such as skills, knowledge, tools and techniques, cost, people, time, money and many more in order to meet the needs and expectations of the stake holders.
1.2 Project Planning A construction project planning is the process of scheduling all the activities of the project, and managing various resources involved in the project which may be men, material, machinery, skill, knowledge, money etc, in order to complete the project within the stipulated time period with the specified quality. There are several steps involved in the construction project planning; some of the important stages are as follows Step 1: Defining the scope of the project Scoping stage of the project planning, is where client expresses his views and thoughts of a project and the budget cost of the project to engineers and architects. Engineers and architects further carry out a market survey to know the suitability of the
ISO 9001:2008 Certified Journal
|
Page 2275