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    1) A Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) is an organizational tool used to plan construction projects by breaking down work into smaller components. 2) A WBS breaks the overall project into individual work packages, with each package containing a main activity and related sub-activities. 3) Developing a complete WBS ensures all necessary steps are identified and arranged in proper sequence, allowing for accurate cost estimating and scheduling.

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    1) A Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) is an organizational tool used to plan construction projects by breaking down work into smaller components. 2) A WBS breaks the overall project into individual work packages, with each package containing a main activity and related sub-activities. 3) Developing a complete WBS ensures all necessary steps are identified and arranged in proper sequence, allowing for accurate cost estimating and scheduling.

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    1) A Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) is an organizational tool used to plan construction projects by breaking down work into smaller components. 2) A WBS breaks the overall project into individual work packages, with each package containing a main activity and related sub-activities. 3) Developing a complete WBS ensures all necessary steps are identified and arranged in proper sequence, allowing for accurate cost estimating and scheduling.

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    1) A Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) is an organizational tool used to plan construction projects by breaking down work into smaller components. 2) A WBS breaks the overall project into individual work packages, with each package containing a main activity and related sub-activities. 3) Developing a complete WBS ensures all necessary steps are identified and arranged in proper sequence, allowing for accurate cost estimating and scheduling.

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    The key takeaways are that a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) is an organizational tool used to establish the basic building blocks of cost estimation and scheduling for a project by breaking down the work into separate work packages.

    A Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) is a primary organizational tool that is used to organize and identify the work of a project. Its main purposes are to organize and identify all the work of the project and avoid overlooking any steps needed to complete the work.

    A WBS helps organize a construction project by breaking down each division of work into separate work packages that identify the main activities and sub-activities of that work item. When all the work packages are identified and arranged in sequence, it forms a complete WBS for the project.

    Work Breakdown Structures

    (WBS)
    By: AMRIL HADRI BIN JAMALUDIN
    Faculty of Civil Engineering
    UiTM Arau, Perlis
    In the end of the lesson, students
    should be able to:

    Understands more on the concept of WBS


    Realize the importance of WBS in the
    project
    Identify the WBS and the activities
    involved in the project
    Introduction
    Scenario:
    Imagine you have to construct a
    multistory office building or a high-tech
    manufacturing facility.
    You are going to start by estimating the
    cost of overall construction project.
    How?
    Introduction (cont)
    Solution:

    Its the same way you eat an elephant


    ONE BITE AT A TIME!
    Introduction (cont)
    As large as the task may seem, there
    actually is a logical method for organizing
    all of the work activities, materials, and
    labor associated with a project.

    This is where we use an organizational tool


    called as Work Breakdown Structure
    (WBS)
    Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

    Is a primary organizational tool

    Establish the basic building blocks of both:


    Estimation (Quantity, Cost, etc)
    Schedule (for planning)
    WBS (cont)
    Primary purposes:
    To organize & identify the work of the project
    To not overlook any of the steps needed to
    complete the work
    How?
    By breaking each division of work into a separate
    work package.
    The work package identifies each step in the
    process of that work item.
    WBS (cont)
    A sample work package looks something like this:

    Work Package 1
    Concrete Ground Floor Slab
    Excavate the footings
    Install the edge forms
    Install under slab fill
    Install vapor barrier
    Install the reinforcing
    Place the concrete
    Finish the concrete
    Strip the form work
    WBS (cont)
    In other word, work package consists of the Main
    activity & its Sub-activities

    Work Package 1
    Main activity
    Concrete Ground Floor Slab
    Excavate the footings
    Install the edge forms
    Install under slab fill Sub-activities
    Install vapor barrier
    Install the reinforcing
    Place the concrete
    Finish the concrete
    Strip the form work
    WBS (cont)

    When all the work packages have been


    identified and arranged according to their
    sequences, that is when we have a
    complete WBS
    Work Package
    - Main activity 1
    Sub-activity 1.1
    Sub-activity 1.2
    Sub-activity 1.n

    Work Package 2
    This is what we called
    - Main activity 2
    Work Breakdown
    Sub-activity 2.1 Structure (WBS)
    Sub-activity 2.2
    Sub-activity 2.n

    Work Package 3
    - Main activity 3
    Sub-activity 3.1
    Sub-activity 3.2
    Sub-activity 3.n
    Example of various usage of
    WBS in construction projects
    Summary
    WBS is an organizational tool which can
    be used to establishes the basic building
    blocks of estimate & schedule.
    Main purposes is to organize & identify the
    work of the project by breaking each
    division of work into a separate work
    package.
    It also avoids us from overlook any of the
    steps needed to complete the work.
    Conclusion

    Remember:

    ONE BITE AT A TIME!

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