This document discusses various aspects of project management and control tools. It covers topics like project organization, the human aspect of project management, planning and control. Specific tools discussed include Gantt charts and Line of Balance (LOB) charts. Gantt charts illustrate a project schedule visually using bars to represent tasks and their duration. LOB charts are an extension of Gantt charts used for scheduling repetitive projects through a series of inclined lines showing the rate of work. The document provides details on how to construct, analyze, and use these charts to manage projects.
Lecture slides5; LINE OF BALANCE PROGRAMMINGJB Nartey
This document describes a line of balance (LOB) planning example for constructing 40 similar houses. It provides the man-hours and crew sizes needed for each activity of foundations, brickwork/plastering, and roofing. Using this information, the document generates a LOB chart showing the start and finish dates for each activity on each unit over time. Based on the LOB chart, it determines that after 50 days of construction, foundations would be complete on 33 units, brickwork on 25 units, and roofing on 18 units. The total planned completion time of 71.93 days is less than the required 15 weeks, showing the project will meet its deadline.
Now-a-days whole world facing competition in every fields, including construction industry. Large construction companies carry out big projects, according to the need of that project, they uses different methods of construction and management. Critical Path Method (CPM), Linear Scheduling Method (LSM), and Line Of Balance (LOB) are the different methods of construction project management. All the construction companies utilize these methods according their utilities and requirement of project. In this report, Line of balance method is explained with its different component on the basis of some related works discussed different alternatives and strategies to sequence activities in the long run. This report contains a study carried out in a construction company in which LOB concept is used in the initial planning phase of a high-rise residential project. Based on the information provided by different LOBs, representing different scenarios, It is further discussed with projects managers, superintendents, and crews the advantages and disadvantages of each scenario regarding the project’s lead time, activities cycle time, gang sizes, batch sizes, buffers, sequencing and interferences between activities .
This document discusses various aspects of project management and control tools. It covers topics like project organization, the human aspect of project management, planning and control. Specific tools discussed include Gantt charts and Line of Balance (LOB) charts. Gantt charts illustrate a project schedule visually using bars to represent tasks and their duration. LOB charts are an extension of Gantt charts used for scheduling repetitive projects through a series of inclined lines showing the rate of work. The document provides details on how to construct, analyze, and use these charts to manage projects.
Lecture slides5; LINE OF BALANCE PROGRAMMINGJB Nartey
This document describes a line of balance (LOB) planning example for constructing 40 similar houses. It provides the man-hours and crew sizes needed for each activity of foundations, brickwork/plastering, and roofing. Using this information, the document generates a LOB chart showing the start and finish dates for each activity on each unit over time. Based on the LOB chart, it determines that after 50 days of construction, foundations would be complete on 33 units, brickwork on 25 units, and roofing on 18 units. The total planned completion time of 71.93 days is less than the required 15 weeks, showing the project will meet its deadline.
Now-a-days whole world facing competition in every fields, including construction industry. Large construction companies carry out big projects, according to the need of that project, they uses different methods of construction and management. Critical Path Method (CPM), Linear Scheduling Method (LSM), and Line Of Balance (LOB) are the different methods of construction project management. All the construction companies utilize these methods according their utilities and requirement of project. In this report, Line of balance method is explained with its different component on the basis of some related works discussed different alternatives and strategies to sequence activities in the long run. This report contains a study carried out in a construction company in which LOB concept is used in the initial planning phase of a high-rise residential project. Based on the information provided by different LOBs, representing different scenarios, It is further discussed with projects managers, superintendents, and crews the advantages and disadvantages of each scenario regarding the project’s lead time, activities cycle time, gang sizes, batch sizes, buffers, sequencing and interferences between activities .