Read the following information about the Ventura Baseball Stadium project retrieved from Larson and Gray (2018).

The G&E Company is preparing a bid to build the new 47,000-seat baseball stadium. The construction must start on June 10^th of this year and be completed in time for the start of the 20XX season (this must be two years out from the current year). A penalty clause of $500,000 per day of delay beyond April 3^rd 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 mush 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.

Use the information provided in table 1 on the next page to construct a network schedule for the stadium project.

In an essay setup please address the following bullet prompts:

• Determine if the project can be completed by the April 3^rd deadline.
• If you believe it cannot, state the date you believe the project will be completed by.
• Describe the critical path for the project.
• Based on the schedule provided, do you recommend G&E pursue this contract? Explain your answer.
• Include a Gantt chart for the stadium schedule.

Table 1 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