SCHEDULING TEMPLATES FOR SCDOT PRECONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES
The objective of the research described herein was to develop a comprehensive and versatile computer-based system for scheduling preconstruction activities. The system developed by the Clemson University Research Team utilizes four category specific templates: Urban Widening, Rural Widening and Interchange Improvement, Bridge Replacement, and New Location projects. Logic diagrams were developed through a series of extensive meetings with South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) personnel and loaded into the commercially available software package Primavera Project Planner. A companion spreadsheet software package was developed to provide activity durations and activity manpower resource requirements (Primavera input data) as a function of project length and other factors. Typical reports that are generated by the system of interest to SCDOT include resource summaries, schedule reports with resource usage, earned value analysis, turnaround reports, and resource profiles. The system has greatly facilitated manpower resource allocation for preconstruction project management within SCDOT.
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Corporate Authors:
Clemson University
Department of Civil Engineering
Clemson, SC United States 29634South Carolina Department of Transportation
Silas N. Pearman Building, 955 Park Street
Columbia, SC United States 29202Federal Highway Administration
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC United States 20590 -
Authors:
- Piper, C
- Bell, L C
- Publication Date: 2002-12
Language
- English
Media Info
- Features: Appendices; Figures;
- Pagination: 61 p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Labor market; Project management; Resource allocation; Scheduling; Software packages; Spreadsheets
- Identifier Terms: South Carolina Department of Transportation
- Uncontrolled Terms: Preconstruction activities
- Geographic Terms: South Carolina
- Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; I10: Economics and Administration;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00962901
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-SC-02-10
- Contract Numbers: 628
- Files: TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
- Created Date: Sep 24 2003 12:00AM