Ventura Baseball Stadium$-$Part A

The G&E Company is preparing a bid to build the new $47,000-$seat Shoreline baseball stadium. The construction must start on line $10.2019,$ and be completed in time for the start of the $2022$ season. A penalty clause of $$500,000$ per day of delay beyond April $3$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 much 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

ASSIGNMENT

Given the information provided in Table $6\mathrm{.}3.$ construct a network schedule for the stadium project and answer the following

questions

$1.$ Can the project be completed by the April $3$rd 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 contact? Why? Include a one$-$page Gantt chart for the stadium schedule.

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 $8,11,13,15,19$