1. Missouri S&T Engineering Education Center CE 342: Construction Planning and Scheduling Strategies Course Introduction Dr. Bodapati bodapati@mst.edu Tel: 314-835-9820

2. Narayan Bodapati MST Engineering Education Center Tel. (314) 835-9820 One University Blvd. (UMSL Campus) Fax (314) 835-9815 St. Louis, MO 63121 bodapati@mst.edu Experience 2006 -Adjunct Professor, Civil Engineering Department Missouri Science and Tech 2005 -Emeritus Professor, School of Engineering, SIU Edwardsville, Illinois 2000-2005Professor and Chair, Department of Construction, School of Engineering, SIU Edwardsville, Illinois 1995-2000Associate Professor, Department of Construction, School of Engineering SIU Edwardsville, Illinois 1973 – 1995Project Control Engineer/Project Manager, Sverdrup Facilities, St. Louis, Missouri 1963 – 1964Engineer, Engineer Section, U.S. Army Sp. Troops, USAREUR, Heidelberg Germany 1962 -Structural Designer, Firma Dr. Ing. H. Beck, Frankfurt/Main, Germany

3. Academic Qualifications B.E., Civil Engineering – University of Mysore, India, 1956 M.Sc., Design Technology – University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, Manchester, U.K., 1966 Ph.D., Building Technology – University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, Manchester U.K., 1969 Affiliate Professor, Washington University in St. Louis, MO. Taught Graduate and Undergraduate courses in Construction Management Registration Registered Professional Engineer in the state of Missouri Memberships Certified Professional Constructor, American Institute of Constructors Fellow American Society of Civil Engineers

4. Missouri S&T Engineering Education Center CE 342: Construction Planning and Scheduling Strategies Dr. Narayan Bodapati, P.E.Office Tel: 314-835-9820 Email: bodapati@mst.edubodapati@mst.edu 1. Course Outline Comprehensive survey of Critical Path Method (CPM) scheduling techniques including Arrow Diagram Method (ADM), Precedence Diagram Method (PDM), PERT and GANTT Charts. Project progress measurement and variance analysis, recovery schedules, resource application and leveling. Approximately 40% of the course work involves application of Primavera Contractor scheduling software.

5. 2. Reference Text (not mandatory) Construction Planning & Scheduling, Thomas E. Glavinich, Associated General Contractors of America, 2 nd edition 2004, Item # 3502. 3. Grading Class Assignments/Project :15% 1 st Test 20% Midterm Test:30% Final Test (comprehensive):35%

6. Syllabus Week 1 Introduction: Course overview, project delivery methods, project participants, scheduling basics and terminology (Chapters 1 and 2). Week 2 CPM Schedules: Determining work activities, durations and logic; critical path calculations; critical activities, barchart graphics (Chapters 4, 5 and 6). Week 3 Arrow Diagram Method (ADM): Logic conventions and calculations (Chapter 7). Week 4 ADM Graphics and Examples Week 5 1 st Test

7. Week 6 Precedence Diagram Method (PDM): Logic conventions and calculations (Chapter 17) Estimating activity durations; schedule compression ( Chapters 3 and 23). Week 7 Calendars: Days/dates conversion (Chapter 6) Scheduling considerations (Chapter 9) Week 8 Progress measurement and updating (Chapters 14 and 19). Resource leveling. Week 9 Midterm Test Week 10 Project Assignment Introduction to Primavera Contractor Week 11 Spring Break

8. Week 12 Software Application: Baseline Schedule Week 13 Software Application: WBS, filters and cost-loaded schedules Week 14 Software Application:. Progress data input and updating Week 15 Software Application: Resource loading and leveling. Recovery schedules and comparison schedules Week 16 Final Test Week 17 Project Submittal