Construction Management: Planning and Scheduling

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Free Online Course: Construction Management: Planning and Scheduling provided by LinkedIn Learning is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 1-2 hours worth of material. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from LinkedIn Learning. Construction Management: Planning and Scheduling is taught by Jim Rogers.

Overview
  • Discover the steps needed to develop a proper construction plan, and learn how to transform that plan into a schedule.

Syllabus
  • Introduction

    • Welcome and introduction
    • What you need to know
    • Exercise files
    1. Planning and Scheduling Fundamentals
    • History and impact
    • Types of schedules
    • Planning versus scheduling
    2. Proper Planning
    • How is the work done?
    • Who does the work?
    • Work breakdown structure
    • Work breakdown structure illustrated
    3. Use the Plan to Develop a Schedule
    • Creating a network model
    • Order activities from the WBS
    • Establish activity relationships
    • Assign durations, costs, and resources
    • Calculate early, late start, and finish times
    • Identify the critical path
    • Schedule activity start and finish dates
    • Letting the software do the calculations
    4. Maintaining the Schedule
    • Check and update the schedule
    • Time in contract provisions
    • Scheduling's impact on productivity
    Conclusion
    • The future of planning and scheduling
    • Next steps