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The document discusses the various planning stages in construction project administration including their purposes, objectives, scopes, and reasons. It covers pre-tender planning, pre-contract planning, and contract planning. Pre-tender planning is done during the tender period and is linked to estimating. Pre-contract planning is done after contract award and focuses on information collection and compliance. Contract planning is for monitoring project progress and controlling the work.

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Purpose: Objective

The document discusses the various planning stages in construction project administration including their purposes, objectives, scopes, and reasons. It covers pre-tender planning, pre-contract planning, and contract planning. Pre-tender planning is done during the tender period and is linked to estimating. Pre-contract planning is done after contract award and focuses on information collection and compliance. Contract planning is for monitoring project progress and controlling the work.

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a) Discuss the purpose, objectives, scope, and reasons of various planning

stages in the administration of a construction project.

Purpose
-A project involve a single, definable purpose and welldefined end-items, deliverable,
or results, usually specified in terms of cost, schedule, and performance requirements.

Objective
-To finish the work within time and cost at the desired performance while utilizing the
assigned resources effectively and efficiently and accepted by the customer/ client.

Scope of Planning
Objective- A goal, target, or quota to be achieved by a certain time
Program- The strategy to be followed and major actions to be taken in order to
achieve or exceed objectives.
Schedule- A plan showing when individual or group activities or accomplishments
will be started and/or completed.
Budget- Planned expenditures required to achieve or exceed objectives.
Forecast- A projection of what will happen by a certain time.
Organization- Design for the number and kinds of positions, along with
corresponding duties and responsibilities, required to achieve or exceed objectives.
Policy- A general guide for decision-making and individual actions
Procedure- A detailed method for carrying out a policy
Standard- A level of individual or group performance defined as adequate or
acceptable.

Reasons for Pre-tender Planning


To establish a realistic contract period on which the tender may be used
To identify construction methods
To assess method-related items which affect the bid price
To aid the build-up of contract preliminaries and plant expenditure
To aid the tender process
Reasons for Pre-contract Planning
To provide a broad outline plan or strategy for the project
To comply with contract conditions
To establish a construction sequence on which the master program may be used
To identify key project dates
To highlight key information requirements

Reasons for Contract Planning


To monitor the master program – monthly, weekly and daily
To plan site operations in detail in the short term
To optimize and review resources
To keep the project under review and report on variances

B) “Planning is the basis of control, action its essence, delegation its key
and information is the guide”. Discuss the above statement

-control is always based on planning, planning is an empty exercise


without controlling. After a plan becomes operational, control is
necessary to measure progress, to uncover deviations from the targets
and to take corrective steps. Its is aso not possible to think of an
effective system of control without the existence of good plans.

-Project Monitoring is tracking progress and comparing actual outcome


to predicted outcome and analyzing impact making adjustments.

C) Define a successful project execution and project control.

Time - must be on schedules


Cost - within budget
Quality -within the client want

D) What are the different types of programming methods used in the


construction industry to plan and control the execution of a project?

statement of work
The SOW is description of the project, including its objectives, scope, impact,
justification, and management.

Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)


- A procedure of subdividing the overall project into smaller elements /divide the
total project into major categories.
Define and differentiate Pre-tender(most general) , Pre-contract(more
detail and clear) and Contract Planning(very clear due to have job and
know what to do).

-Pre-tender planning during the tender period is closely linked to the estimating
process and tender adjudication prior to submission of the bid.
-On award of the contract, further work can be done with greater emphasis on
information collection, the organization of resources, and compliance with contract
conditions and regulations
-It is concerned more about monitoring and controlling progress of the works

Pretender and pre contract is held during the pre construction stage and the
contract planning is used in closed construction stage

What are the roles and responsibilities of Planning Personnel in


a Construction company.
Project manager defines
Goals and objectives
o Major milestones
o Requirements
o Ground rules and assumptions
o Time, cost and performance
constraints
o Operating procedures

Project planners define


- Detailed task descriptions to implement objectives,requirements and milestones
o Detailed schedules andmanpower allocations to support budget and schedule
o Identification of area of risk, uncertainty and conflict

Senior management
- Act as the negotiator for disagreements between project and line management
o Provide clarification of critical issues
o Provide communication link with customer’s senior management

Name and briefly explain the seven characteristics of a project


Purpose
A project involve a single, definable purpose and welldefined end-items, deliverable,
or results, usually specified in terms of cost, schedule, and performance
requirements.
Unique
Every project is unique that it requires doing something different than was done
previously.
Temporary
Each project is an ad hoc temporary organization to accomplish a goal; once the goal
is achieved, the ad hoc Multiple organization is disbanded. Multiple Disciplines
A project cuts across organizational and functional lines because it needs skills and
talents from multiple functions and professions.
Risk
It involves unfamiliarity and risk. It may encompass new technology or processes
which trigger uncertainty and risk.
Effect on Organization
The organization usually has something at stake when doing a project, because
failure of a project would jeopardize the organization or its goals.
Process
A project is the process of working to achieve a goal through several distinct phases
(project life cycle)

Name the three project constraints and explain the relationship.


Cost
All projects have a finite budget, the customer is willing to spend a certain amount of
money for delivery of a new product or service. If you reduce the project’s cost, you
will either have to reduce its performance/quality or it increase its time.
Time
As the saying goes, ‘time is money’, a commodity that slip away too easily. Projects
have a deadline date for delivery. When you reduced the project’s time, you will
either have to increase its costs or reduce its performance/quality
performance/quality
Many projects fail on this constraint because the performance/quality of the project
is either not fully defined or understood from the start. When you increase a
project’s performance/quality, you will either have to increase its cost or time

How is the construction industry in Malaysia changing its business nature in recent
years?

Ibs

Is construction a commodity?
Constructing a Building or a Road is not the Same as Producing a
Commercial Commodity(rubber/oil?). The regulation of construction does not fit well
into an environment designed to regulate the purchase of goods manufactured on
an assembly line.

Is construction industry a service based industry or a manufacturing based industry?


construction industry is a service based industry because it produces
intangible goods more precisely services instead of goods

What are the challenges facing the Malaysian construction industry?And


how do we overcome them as an industry practitioner?

-labour intensive
-do a lot of in situ
-less uses of ibs

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