Faculty of Engineering and Technology

Civil Engineering Department

Construction Management 1
ENCE4331

Term project

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Done by

Mohammad saleh 1162234

Ahmad azar 1162436
Rami aljunde 1160802
Mamuon abd rabou 1172697

Instructor Eng. Abdulhamid Mimi

Submission Date: 19/5/2021

Table of Contents

Project planning definition....................................................................1

Software Used in the Project..................................................................2

Assumptions............................................................................................3

Project stages...........................................................................................6

Quantities.................................................................................................8

Primavera software.................................................................................9

price estimation....................................................................................12

Conclusion.............................................................................................16

References..............................................................................................17
Background

Project planning definition

Project planning is a discipline for stating how to complete a project within a certain timeframe,

usually with defined stages, and with designated resources. Planning is needed to identify desired

goals, reduce risks, avoid missed deadlines, and ultimately deliver the agreed product, service or

result.

Great project management means much more than keeping project management’s iron triangle in

check, delivering on time, maintaining a budget, and quality; it plays an essential role in helping

guide stakeholders, sponsors, teams, and the project manager through other project phases.

No doubt good project management can be expensive – as much as 20% of the overall project

budget, the truth is, running projects without good project management is a false economy.

Without it, what holds the team and client together? And without it, who is left to navigate

through the ups and downs, clashes and catastrophes of projects?

Without careful planning, project performance is almost certainly guaranteed to suffer.

The end goal we strive to achieve is to execute the project’s activities within the required time,

and at a cost which depends on the projects location, country status, labor and expertise of the

given location or country, and without conflict between activities

Software Used in the Project

As technology evolved with time, many planning or Project management software (PMS) was

created, these software programs has the capacity to help plan, organize, and manage resource

tools and develop resource estimates. More sophisticated (PMS) can manage estimation and

planning, scheduling, cost control and budget management, resource allocation, collaboration

software, communication, decision-making, quality management, time

management and documentation or administration systems, which make the process of planning

much faster and efficient.

In our project, Primavera software was used to prepare a detailed schedule of the project

activities, resource allocation, and control problems if any delay happens.

Primavera is an enterprise project portfolio management software. It includes project

management, scheduling, risk analysis, opportunity management, resource

management, collaboration and control capabilities, and integrates with other enterprise software

such as Oracle and SAP’s ERP systems. Primavera was launched in 1983 by Primavera

Systems Inc., which was acquired by Oracle Corporation in 2008.

We also used some other programs such as

Autodesk AutoCad 2020: The projects structural and architectural were handed to us using this

software. The main use of AutoCad was to calculate the quantities required for each of the

elements making up the project, such as concrete and steel works, etc.…

Microsoft excel sheets: a powerful data visualization and analysis tool. This program helped us

to do most of quantities and calculations, in addition to organizing our data and information.
Assumptions
 Excavation cost or backfilling = 1000 shekel/day
 Exaction duration =15 day
 Backfilling =10 day
 Increase the crew of plaster to (2general +2 skilled).
 Filler productivity =55 m2/day, crew=2 general.
 Proofing productivity =40 m2/day, crew= 1general.
 Carpentry productivity =6 doors/day
 Steel and aluminum productivity= 7 window/day.
 Assume day = 8 hours working.
 Lag for de-shuttering for columns, walls, slab on grad, and footing=1day.
 Lage for de-shuttering of U-boot slab, slab stair, and stair stage =14day.
 Price of gate = 150 shekel/m2
 Column neck =0.7m
 Length of overlap steel for footings= 30*Ø bar.
 Stirrups space for column neck =1Ø10 @10cm.
 Site preparation duration = 2days
 Site preparation need one general labor and take 200 shekel/day.
 Gate crew= 1general.
 Carpentry crew = 1general + 1skilled
Skilled ( Shekles / General Material (
Unit Unit ) (Shekels / Unit ) Shekles / unit )

Shuttering m² 20 10 N/A
Steel fixing (Structural elements ) ton 200 130 4000
Steel fixing (Slabs ONLY) ton 200 100 4000
Concrete pouring (B350) m³ N/A 1 350
Concrete pouring (B300) m³ no 1 325
Concrete pouring (B200) m³ no 1 250
De-shuttering m² no 1 N/A
Blocks building 10 m² no 15 25
Scaffolding installation No N/A 1 N/A
Stone building m² 15 5 100
Blocks behind stone m² N/A 10 25
Plastering m² 10 5 8
Painting m² 3 1 3
Tiling m² 23 5 55
filler m2 no 4 22
proofing m2 0 3 4
carpintary m2 50 10 500
steel and AL m2 40 10 400
 u boot m3 1.48 0.77 30
WPS

Figure 1: WBS
Project stages
As it is shown in our WBS in figure 1, we decided it is more suitable to divide our project into

three main stages, which are mobilization, construction works, and handing over which we

did not go into its tiny details as it is basically means handing over the project to the owner fully

completed, achieving the required specifications, and of course all of this need to be done in the

time frame which was agreed on by all parties of the project in the contract.

Mobilization
This term refers to the activities that are needed to be done by the contractor before the

construction stage has begun.

 Mobilization refers to the effort it takes to get a job off the ground. A lot of different

activities might be considered mobilization. Sometimes mobilization might be purely

administrative, other times they might relate to transportation, or they could refer to

actual costs of job site preparation. Which in our project include cleaning the site from

any obstacles such as trees, stumps, etc.

 Some earth work can be classified as a part of mobilization stage, which includes:

surveying, excavation for the whole site to the level of the bottom of foundation plus an

additional 1 meter of depth, and backfilling and compaction.

In most construction projects, after doing surveying work, soil tests, and drawings, the initial

stage of the project is usually excavation and backfilling. Therefore, it is necessary to estimate

the approximate time needed for this activity (which was given by the instructor in our project)

in order to determine the overall time of the project.

Construction works

In this project, we tried to make the WBS as simple and as efficient as possible. In order to make

sure that happens we divided the construction works into three major categories, sub-structure

works, super-structure works, and finishing works.

Sub-structure: This term includes concrete works (reinforcement steel, shuttering and pouring

concrete) for isolated footings for columns, tie beams between footings, blinding, strip footings

for shear walls and retaining walls.

Summary of Sub-Structure items can be seen in the attached excel sheets that contain concrete

quantities and reinforcement steel.

Super-Structure: This term includes concrete works (reinforcement steel, shuttering and

pouring concrete) for columns, beams, walls, slabs and stairs.

Summary of Super-Structure items can be seen in the attached excel sheets that contain

concrete quantities and reinforcement steel.

Finishing works: This term includes exterior and interior works such as stone, blocks, tiles,

plastering, painting, doors, and windows installation.

Quantities

In this project, our first step was to calculate the quantities of the main works which were
required for the course instruction, which are:

1. Concrete works

2. Steel works

3. Stone works

4. Block works

5. Plastering works

6. Tiles works

7. Carpentry works

8. Steel and aluminum works

9. Painting works

Sample calculations:

Concrete
1- columns and wall foundation
Blinding(B200): F1 = width+20 * length+20 * depth of
blinding (10cm)
= 280*280*10= 784000 cm^3 = 0.784 m^3
RC concrete (B350): F1 = width * length * depth
= 260*260*60=4.056 m^3
Same in external wall with B300 and septic tank .
2- Ground beam
Blinding (B200) = width +20 * length * 10cm
= 50*610*10 = 0.305 M^3
RC concrete (B350) = width * length * depth
30*610*40 =0.723 M^3

3- Columns and walls necks

RC concrete (B350) : C1 = width * length * height
(70cm assumed)
= 27*102*70= 0.193 M^3

4- Slab on grade
RC concrete (B350) = Area * thickness (10cm)
= (319.69-27.69) *10 = 29.2 M^3

5- Columns and walls

RC concrete (B350) = width * length * height
25*100*376= 0.94 M^3
Height = 416-thickness of slab 40cm = 376 cm
Same of external walls and septic tank wall.
But external wall concrete is B300.

6- U-boot slab
RC (B350) = ((Area – opening) * thickness)- volume of U-boot + Cap volume
= 91.696 M^3
7- Stair and septic tank slabs
Concrete B300
-septic tank = 400*500*25 = 5 m^3
-stair slab = 27.69*20=5.538 M^3

8- Stair
RC (B300) : total =(for stand for 1m^2 concrete * area of stands )+(for stages in one stage
concrete * number of stages)
= 10.19*0.2+0.093*1.4*22=5 M^3

Steel
1- Foundation of wall and columns
There's top and bottom steel in long and short
directions
F1 : length: top steel = 260-15 + (60-15)*2= 335
Bottom steel = 260-15 + 20*2 = 285
Weight for diameter of bar
Total steel = number of bars * length * number of
foundations * weight
= 246.66 Kg = 0.24666 ton
Same way in external wall and septic tank.
2- Ground beam
Top steel = length * number * weight = 9*3*0.88=
23.76kg
Bottom steel = 9*3*1.208= 32.6kg
Tie steel = 1.2*(890/20)*0.617=33.318kg

3- Columns and walls necks

Example C1 :
Vertical bars = length * number of bars * weight*number of columns
=(0.7+0.06*14)*18*1.208*3 = 100.63kg
Stirrups = 3.86 *(0.7/0.1)*0.617*3=50kg
Total steel = 100.63+50= 150.63kg = 0.15 ton

4- Slab on grade
Long direction = length * number * weight =
15*(1700/20)*0.395=503.625kg
Short direction = 17*75*0.395=503.625kg
Total steel = 1.06 ton

5- Columns and walls

Example: W1
Vertical bars = length * #bars * weight * #walls = 5.16
*2*(150*15)*0.888*5 = 458.208 kg
Horizontal bars = 2.84*35*0.617*5=306.6 kg
Links = 24.5kg
Total steel = 24.5+306.6+458.208 = 789.3 kg = 0.789 ton
Same way in external wall and septic tank.
6- U boot slab
Top steel + bottom steel + additional steel + cap + extra
for opening
Ex bottom steel
B steel = length * #bars * weight = 10*13*0.88= 114.4kg
Same for top and additional steel .
Same for stair slab and septic tank in bottom and top steel .

7- Stair stages
To calculate steel required
For stages calculate weight of steel for 1 stages *
number of stages= 13.46*22 = 296.12kg
For stand calculate weight for 1m^2 * total area for
stands = 24.71*10.19 = 251.7949kg
Total steel = 547.88kg = 0.548ton.

Stone:
Area of stone = area of wall – area of openings
= (width*high) -(#of opens*(width*depth))
= (8.8*5.34) - (4*(1*1.56))
= 40.752 (m2)
Building Block:
Area of block = (width * hight)
 = 4 * 3.61
= 14.44 (m2)

Plastering:
Area of plaster =2* (width * hight)
= 2*(4*3.61)
= 28.88 (m2)
Painting:
Area of paint= 2*(4*3.61)
= 28.88(m2)

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Primavera software

 The following figures (1&2) show the activities which were entered to the Primavera
program.

Figure 1
Figure 2
 Sample of the bar chart diagram based on primavera P6 program shown in the following

figure,

Figure 3
Figure 4
Price estimation:
Sample calculations total price:
total project unit
direct cost 570793 shekel
indirect cost(Direct over head) 57079.3 shekel
Total cost 627872.3 shekel
general over head 34247.58 shekel
Profit 99317.982 shekel
Total Price 761437.862 shekel
Table (1): Total price for all project.
Indirect cost= direct over head =10% * direct cost
= 0.10 * (570793)
= 57079.3 (shekel)
Total cost = direct cost + indirect cost
= 570793 + 57079.3
= 627872.3 (shekel)
General overhead = 6% * (direct cost)
= 0.06 (570739)
= 34247.58 (shekel)
Profit = 15% *( direct cost +indirect cost + general overhead)
= 0.15*(570793 + 57079.3 + 34247.58)
= 99317.982 (sh)
Total price = (total cost)+(general overhead) +(profit)
= 761437.862 (sh)
Block works(block
Concrete works Stone works building +block behined Tiles work Plastering works unit
stone)
direct cost 138734 46377 16450 50539 34100 shekel
indirect cost(Direct over head) 13873.4 4637.7 1645 5053.9 3410 shekel
Total cost 152607.4 51014.7 18095 55592.9 37510 shekel
general over head 8324.04 2782.62 987 3032.34 2046 shekel
Profit 24139.716 8069.598 2862.3 8793.786 5933.4 shekel
Total Price 185071.156 61866.918 21944.3 67419.026 45489.4 shekel
Table 2: total price for above activities.
S-curve for all items.

Figure 5
Conclusion

The planning of project is very important in projects. In order to avoid any unexpected
problems or risks during an implementation of project, to give a good prediction of time and
cost for the project, and to know the required resources for each activity in the project.
In this project we use the work break down structure (WBS) method to know the sequence of
activities and the relationships between them. We use the primavera software to do this job.
The prediction (assumed) time required to complete this project is about 250 day. But
according to crew and productivities which given from the available date from doctor and our
assumptions of some data the required time which produced is equal to 274 day. So, we
increase the number of workers for plastering (because it has the longest time which equals to
59 day) to decrease the required time which become equal to 245 day, in order to avoid any
delay in handing over of the project.
From primavera the direct cost for all activities that will be used in this project equals to 570793
(shekel), and this value is acceptable, because the project including a lot of works like stone,
concrete pouring, excavation, plastering and so on. total price is calculated as shown in above
sample calculation.
In conclusion, we advise to use the primavera software to manage the project time, cost, and
relationships. As it nearly simple to use especially in large complex project.
References

 Abdulhamid Mimi Lectures, Birzeit University.

 Civil Engineering Project Management, Fourth Edition.

 Hegazy T. (2002). Computer-Based Construction Project Management. New

Jersey,Prentice Hall.

 http://www.palcg.ps/clients/building-materials

 https://m.facebook.com/ASBAB-TRADE-INVESTMENT-180202475522330/?_rdr

 https://www.techrepublic.com/article/why-planning-is-the-most-critical-step-

inprojectmanagement

 Land Office for Engineering and Reconstruction: )0599259799)

 Lecture Notes

 Ammar Shrouf(Plastering) : 0592206451

 Khattab al-zawawi(Steel+Concrete) : 0599367888

 Material cost references:

 Salamah Sharayaa(Stone works) : 0599871103

 Yasser Jazzar(Block works) : 0597868164.