On Time with your construction project: Mastering Your Schedule with the Critical Path Method
A detailed and accurate schedule should be developed for your projects by using the CPM method. The Critical Path Method (CPM) scheduling is a process for building a Construction project schedule and analyzing it to determine the most critical tasks affecting the scheduled completion date. Let’s look at this example of a custom house that I completed. As you see from the drawing and 3D rendering, the house is 1,800 Square feet, one story, and a three-car garage. I start to develop a rough draft of the Schedule. I obtain the activities for the schedule from my construction takeoff and estimate. (Figure 3) The Takeoff is a list of activities that are necessary to complete the project. I feel that it is important that the Project Manager/Estimator of the project be involved in constructing the Schedule. If that is not the case with your company, work closely with the estimator in developing your Schedule. He or she understands the project in a very detailed w...