Kaplin Lee, president and CEO of Gromet Limited was preparing for a project meeting that would being later that afternoon. It was Friday and he had just finalized the architectural design and layout for the companys new plant. The lease for the current plant would expire at the end of that year, and he was reviewing the activities required to complete the facility relation project. The plant relocation was named Project Traffic. Lee recognized that extending the completion beyond the end of the lease was impossible and he was concerned about being able to complete the project on schedule without increasing costs. Lee has identified 14 activities required to complete the project. They are listed below. Answer the following:

Draw and submit the network diagram chart for the project. Identify the critical path. Be sure to include the early/late start/finish for each and the amount of free and total slack.

Assume the project was scheduled to begin on Monday, April 30, 2018 with a required end date of Monday, December 31, 2018 in accordance with their lease agreement. How many weeks will be required to complete the move? What, then, is the estimated date of completion? Will the project be completed on time?

Lee is considering a number of alternatives to reduce the overall length of the project should it go longer than expected. Will any of these alternatives help him?

Ask the contractor to provide additional technicians to reduce the time required to complete electrical and pneumatic construction by two weeks, at a premium of $20,000.

Use two contractors for office construction instead of just one. Once contractor would be responsible for the office structure; the other would be responsible for installation of fire alarm and safety systems, such as fire alarm, emergency lighting, and sprinklers. This approach would reduce the expected completion time for the office by three weeks but increase the cost by $30,000.

Ask the contractor to work overtime on Saturdays to reduce the time to complete the quality/supervisor pod construction by two weeks, at a cost premium of $35,000.

Use a different contractor to install the anodizing line in 10 weeks, at a cost premium of $50,000.

Use chart below....

\begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|c|} \hline Activity & Description & ImmediatePredecessor(s) & EstimatedTime(Weeks) \\ \hline A & Finalize lease & -- & 4 \\ \hline B & Obtain permits & A & 10 \\ \hline C & Zoning approval & A & 8 \\ \hline D & Electrical and pneumatic construction & B, C & 16 \\ \hline E & Quality/supervisor pod construction & B, C & 16 \\ \hline F & Anodizing line installation & B, C & 14 \\ \hline G & Machine shop equipment removal and & D,F & 2 \\ \hline r & reinstallation & E & 4 \\ \hline I & Assembly relocation & G & 1 \\ \hline J & Paint line relocation & I & 6 \\ \hline K & Auxiliary equipment & J & 1 \\ \hline L & Office construction & E & 12 \\ \hline M & Information technology services & E & 12 \\ \hline N & Office move & L,M & 1 \\ \hline O & Project end & H,K,N & 0 \\ \hline \end{tabular}