Commonwealth Stadium Group Project F15

The Bolton Construction Company is preparing a bid to build the new 56,000 seat Commonwealth

Stadium in Toronto. The construction must start September 4, 2014 and be completed in time for the

2017 Commonwealth Games. The contract contains a penalty clause of $100,000.00 per day of delay

beyond June 1st, 2017.

At a recent management meeting Charlie Musselman, the president of the company, expressed

optimism at winning the contract and revealed that the company could net as much as $2 million on the

project. He also said that if they are successful, the prospects for future projects are quite good since

there are quite a few major stadiums in Canada that will need replacing in the next 25 years. Part One

Given the information provided in the Technical Detail Description of the project, construct a network

information chart and an AON network diagram and then answer the following questions:

1.

2.

3.

4. Will the project be completed by the June 1st project deadline?

How long will the project take?

What is (are) the critical path(s) of the project.

Should the company accept the contract if they win the bid? Part Two

Bolton Construction wins the bid for the stadium and two months after the beginning of construction,

the City of Toronto is awarded a major FIFA World Cup qualifying tournament which begins on May 1st,

2017. The city has 2 other stadiums that will be used, but they will also need the new Commonwealth

Stadium in order to host all of the required games in the tournament. The award of the tournament is

contingent on the availability of the Commonwealth Stadium. The city must give FIFA an answer in 5

days.

Charlie Musselman is called to City Hall on the Wednesday morning of the World Cup announcement

and offered a bonus payment of $20,000 per day if he can finish the stadium in time for the World Cup

qualifying Tournament on May 1st. Charlie goes back to his management team that afternoon and tells

them to work out the numbers by Thursday night so he can give the Mayor an answer on Friday.

Given that Bolton Construction may net $2Million on the original project you must now crash the project

using the Crash Costs and Crash Times given to you below, and develop a new AON network(s) and

answer the following questions:

1.

2.

3.

4. Should they accept the challenge of trying to finish the stadium by May 1 st?

Will they make or lose money?

What is the least cost solution to get the stadium completed by May 1 st, 2017.

What is (are) the new critical path(s)? CRASH COST and CRASH TIME DESCRIPTION Normal Time Crash Time Crash cost Drive support piling

Prepare construction storage

Pour main concourse

Construct upper steel bowl

Install seats

Install Jumbo Scoreboard

Stadium infrastructure

Construct steel canopy

Build roof supports

Confirm roof dimensions

Construct Roof

Install Roof 120 days

50 days

120 days

120 days

140 days

30 days

120 days

75 days

80 days

10 days

180 days

90 days 115 days

30 days

110 days

100 days

135 days

21 days

90 days

60 days

65 days

5 days

160 days

80 days $5000/day

$500/day

$3000/day

$3000/day

$1500/day

$7500/day

$2000/day

$2500/day

$3000/day

$4000/day

$2000/day

$5000/day Commonwealth Stadium Group Project - Technical Detail Description

The Stadium is an outdoor structure with a retractable roof. The project begins with clearing

the site, an activity of 70 days. Once the site is clear, work can start simultaneously on the

structure itself and demolishing an adjacent building. This demolition is necessary to create a

temporary construction storage area and warehouse for seating, lighting and infrastructure

materials. It will take 20 days to demolish the buildings and another 50 days to prepare the

temporary construction storage area. After the storage area is prepared, a temporary

warehouse will be erected (30 days), to store construction materials and stadium components.

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 temporary

construction storage area has been set up, then the pouring of the main concourse (120 days),

the installation of the playing field (90 days), and the construction of the upper steel bowl (120

days) can occur.

After the concourse, upper bowl and temporary warehouse are completed, work can start

simultaneously on building the luxury boxes (90 days), installing the seats (140 days), installing

the Jumbo Scoreboard (30 days), and installing the stadium infrastructure (120 days) which

includes: bathrooms, lockers, restaurants, dressing rooms, media rooms, etc. Once the seats

are installed then the steel canopy can be constructed (75 days) followed by the installation of

the lighting and sound systems (30 days).

The retractable roof represents the most significant technical challenge to the project. Building

the roof track supports (80 days) can begin after the lower concrete bowl is constructed. After

this, the dimensions of the roof can be finalized (10 days) 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 roof tracks are installed and the roof is completed and

trucked in (5 days), installed and made operational (90 days). After all the construction

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

For purposes of this assignment you can assume the following:

1. The following holidays are observed: January 1st, Good Friday, Victoria Day, Canada Day

July 1st, Labour Day the first Monday in September, Thanksgiving Day the second

Monday in October, and December 25th and 26th.

2. The construction crew work Monday through Friday from 7 am until 5pm. Due Date December 6, 2015

To be submitted in printed format in the wooden drop box outside of B2025

Please have a cover page with my name on it!!!! NOTE: Attention to detail is CRITICAL.

FIRST: Read the above information very carefully and create a Network

Information Chart. Use the information from your Network Information Chart to

create an AON network diagram complete with Forward Pass, Backward Pass and

Critical Path to complete Part One.

SECOND: Use the crash time and cost information to construct a second (or third

if you need it) AON network diagram to calculate the LEAST COST of finishing the

project by May 1st. Answer all of the questions on Parts One and Two.

This assignment is adapted from Project Management: The Managerial Process, 6 th Edition, Larson, Erik W. and

Gray, Clifford F., McGraw-Hill Education, New York, 2014