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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
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
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