Case study: Case 6.2

Ventura Baseball StadiumPart A

The G&E Company is preparing a bid to build the new 47,000-seat

Shoreline baseball stadium. The construction must start on June 10, 2019,

and be completed in time for the start of the 2022 season. A penalty clause

of $500,000 per day of delay beyond April 3rd is written into the contract.

Percival Young, the president of the company, expressed optimism at

obtaining the contract and revealed that the company could net as much as

$5 million on the project. He also said that if they were successful, the

prospects of future projects would be bright, since there is a projected

renaissance in building classic ball parks with modern luxury boxes.

ASSIGNMENT

Given the information provided in Table 6.3, construct a network schedule

for the stadium project and answer the following questions:

1. Can the project be completed by the April 3rd deadline? How long will

it take?

2. What is the critical path for the project?

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3. Based on the schedule, would you recommend that G&E pursue this

contact? Why? Include a one-page Gantt chart for the stadium schedule.

TABLE 6.3 Ventura Baseball Stadium Case

ID Activity Duration Predecessor(s)

1 Baseball Stadium

2 Clear stadium site 60 days

3 Demolish building 30 days 2

4 Set up construction site 30 days 2

5 Drive support piling 120 days 2

6 Pour lower concrete bowl 120 days 5

7 Pour main concourse 120 days 4, 6

8 Install playing field 90 days 4, 6

9 Construct upper steel bowl 120 days 4, 6

10 Install seats 140 days 7, 9

11 Build luxury boxes 90 days 7, 9

12 Install jumbotron 30 days 7, 9

13 Stadium infrastructure 120 days 7, 9

14 Construct steel canopy 75 days 10

15 Light installation 30 days 14

16 Build roof supports 90 days 6

17 Construct roof 180 days 16

18 Install roof tracks 90 days 16

19 Install roof 90 days 17, 18

20 Inspection 20 days 8, 11, 13, 15, 19

Case Appendix

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Technical Details for the Ventura Baseball

Stadium

The baseball stadium is an outdoor structure with a retractable roof. The

project begins with clearing the site, an activity that lasts 60 days. Once the

site is clear, work can start simultaneously on the structure itself and

demolition of an adjacent building site. This demolition is necessary to

create a construction stage for storing materials and equipment. It will take

30 days to demolish the buildings and another 30 days to set up the

construction site.

The work on the stadium begins by driving 160 support pilings, which

will take 120 days. Next comes the pouring of the lower concrete bowl (120

days). Once this is done and the construction site has been set up, then the

pouring of the main concourse (120 days), installation of the playing field

(90 days), and construction of the upper steel bowl can occur (120 days).

Once the concourse and upper bowl are completed, work can start

simultaneously on building the luxury boxes (90 days), installing the seats

(140 days), installing the Jumbotron (30 days), and installing the stadium

infrastructure (120 days), which includes bathrooms, lockers, restaurants,

etc. Once the seats are installed, then the steel canopy can be constructed

(75 days), followed by installation of the lights (30 days). The retractable

roof represents the most significant technical challenge to the project.

Building the roof track supports (90 days) can begin after the

lower concrete bowl is constructed. At this time the

dimensions of the roof can be finalized and the construction of the roof at a

separate site can begin (180 days). After the roof supports are completed,

then the roof tracks can be installed (90 days). Once the tracks and roof are

completed, then the roof can be installed and made operational (90 days).

Once all activities are completed, it will take 20 days to inspect the stadium.

For 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

4th, Labor Day (first Monday in September), Thanksgiving Day (fourth

Thursday in November), December 25 and 26.

2. If a holiday falls on a Saturday, Friday will be given as an extra day off,

and if it falls on a Sunday, Monday will be given as a day off.

3. The construction crew works Monday through Friday.

Instructions:

The goal of this assignment is to enable students to practically apply the concepts of Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) development, sequence planning, and critical path calculation to a simulated real-world scenario.

Students are required to analyze the provided case study and respond to the instructor's questions. This exercise is designed to assess their grasp of scheduling principles and their ability to offer insightful recommendations to the organization in question, leveraging their expertise.

Submission: Give case Study Analysis and recommendations,The Gantt chart is detailed and accurate, reflecting thorough planning and sequencing.

• Comprehensive answers to all posed questions.
• A Gantt chart tailored to the scenario, generated using Smartsheet.
• Case

Larson, E. W., & Gray, C. F. (2021). Project management: The managerial process (Eighth edition). McGraw Hill.

• Case 6.2: Ventura Baseball Stadium - Part A