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 18 Install roof tracks 90 days 16 19 Install roof 90 days 16 20 Inspection 20 days 17, 18 ~ 5,19

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 3 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 if they were successful, the prospects of future projects are bright since there is a projected renaissance in building classic ball parks with modern luxury boxes.

1. Will the project be able to be completed by the April 3rd deadline? How long will it take?

2. What is the critical path for the project?

3. Based on the schedule would you recommend that G&E pursue this contract? Why? Include a one-page Gantt chart for the stadium schedule.

CASE APPENDIX

Technical details for the shoreline baseball stadium

The following holidays are observed: January 1, Martin Luther King Day (third Monday in January), memorial Day (last Monday in May), July 4^th, Labor Day (first Monday in September), Thansgiving Day (4^th Thursday in November), December 25 and 26.

If a holiday falls on a Saturday then Friday will be given as an extra day off, and if it falls on a Sunday then Monday will be given as a day off.

The construction crew work Monday through Friday.