2. What type of information would you get from the construction agreement which includes the general, supplemental, and special conditions that should be included in the construction schedule?
3. Why is it so important that the activity scope be well-defined and accurately depicted in the activity description?
4. When identifying activities for planning and scheduling a construction process, why is it important to consider the purpose of the schedule that is being developed?
5. Why should weather be incorporated into a construction schedule?
Give an example of an activity that is impacted by weather and how you would incorporate weather into that activity’s estimated duration.
6. What is meant by production rate and what factors can affect it on a construction project?
7. What is the difference between workdays and calendar days?
8. Why is this difference important when you are scheduling a construction project?
9. Name the four types of activity relationships (ties) and in give examples of each. Provide an example different from what was offered in the class lectures.
10. Why is activity coding so important to understanding and using a network schedule?
11. Why does the forward pass establish the minimum time that a construction project can be completed?
12. Explain why total float is the property of an activity path and not any one individual activity in that path.
13. How would you use total float to help you manage a project?
14. How does the schedule information needed by the project owner and the project superintendent differ?
15. What is the difference between a pure logic and a time-scaled logic diagram?
16. Why should activity sequences and/or durations be modified by changing planned construction means and methods or resource allocation in order to eliminate multiple critical paths in a construction schedule?
17. Explain what short-interval scheduling is and why it is important for managing a construction project.
18. Why should procurement activities be included in the project schedule?
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