Question

Microsoft Project Case:

Shoreline Stadium Case

The G&E Company is preparing a bid to build the new 47,000-seat Shoreline baseball stadium. The construction must start on July 1, 2020, and be completed in time for the start of the 2023 season in April. A penalty clause of $250,000 per day of delay beyond April 1st 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 $3 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.

Questions:

Given the information provided in Table 6.3, using any project network computer program available to you to construct a network schedule for the stadium project and answer the following questions:

1. Will the project be able to be completed by the April 3 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.

TABLE 6.3 Shoreline Stadium Case

ID	Activity	Duration	Predecessor(s)
1	Baseball Stadium
2	Clear stadium site	70 days	—
3	Demolish building	30 days	2
4	Set up construction site	70 days	3
5	Drive support piling	120 days	4
6	Pour lower concrete bowl	120 days	5
7	Pour main concourse	120 days	6
8	Install playing field	90 days	6
9	Construct upper steel bowl	120 days	6
10	Install seats	140 days	9
11	Build luxury boxes	90 days	9
12	Install jumbotron	30 days	9
13	Stadium infrastructure	120 days	9
14	Construct steel canopy	75 days	10
15	Light installation	30 days	10
16	Build roof supports	90 days	4
17	Construct roof	180 days	16
18	Install roof tracks	90 days	14
19	Install roof	90 days	17, 18
20	Inspection	20 days	8, 11, 13, 15, 19

Attach the Microsoft Project file or a screenshot of the Gantt chart.

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Answer 1

Before entering anything, make the following two changes:

Go to Project --> Projet Information and change the start date and current date:

Make all tasks auto-scheduled by default by clicking in the left bottom corner:

After this make the entries as follows:

Go to Go to Project --> Projet Information --> Statistics to note the completion date:

Go to the 'Detailed Gantt' view to develop the Gatt chart. The critical path will be in 'red' color.

So,

the critical path is 2-3-4-5-6-9-10-14-18-19-20

Case-1: The working time is standard S-Su off i.e. 5 days a week

The completion date is 13-02-24 and the target date was 01-04-23. So, there is a delay of 318 days.

Total penalty will be 318 * $250,000 = $79,500,000

The return from the project is only $3,000,000. So, the project is not worthy if the standard calendar of S-Su off is followed throughout.

Case-2: The working is 24 x 7. So, the 945 days competition time will lead to competition date = 01-Feb-2023

In this case, there will be no penalty and hence the project will be viable.