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Session # 1421

A Project Delivery Technique for Historic Structures: A Case Study

Sonya L. Cooper New Mexico State University

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As managers and superintendents utilize improved delivery systems, successful construction projects are increasingly delivered ahead of schedule and under budget. Historic preservation differs from new construction in that it utilizes several prescriptions for arresting deterioration while retaining original materials and workmanship. Preservation techniques used in tandem within a single project may include protection, stabilization, rehabilitation, restoration, and reconstruction. Primavera Project PlannerÒ is used to plan and manage the adobe Socorro Mission Preservation Project currently underway in Socorro, Texas. Constructed in 1843, this remarkable National Register of Historic Places site exhibits Native American, Spanish Colonial, and European influences. The introduction of cement-based products in the mid 1920s hastened structural deterioration through moisture entrapment. The return to traditional materials and techniques, including on-site brick making, and the application of lime plastering, presents unique scheduling and training challenges. This paper details the benefits of using Primavera Project PlannerÒ as a powerful project delivery tool for this historic structure, including the additional advantages it serves in the arenas of public education and grant solicitation.

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Project delivery systems in the form of software have become necessary tools in the construction industry. These tools vary in ability and complexity, and their use varies widely with companies and managerial methods. In general, without a project delivery tool, the project coordinator manages in a reactive mode verses a proactive mode. There is simply no time to forecast the future. Some projects still succeed today based on this method; however, it can be strongly argued that project delivery tools have succeeded in bringing projects to completion under budget, and within the preliminary schedule, well ahead of margins allowed by traditional methods of managing.

General Contractors and their project managers have become very knowledgeable about materials and methods used in their construction specialties. The exercise of loading information into a software program becomes just that, an exercise. The task is not that simple for preservation projects. In the area of historic preservation, typical ‘for profit’ general contractors Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual conference & Exposition Copyright ã 2002, American Society for Engineering Education

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Cooper, S. (2002, June), Project Delivery Techniques For Historic Structures: A Case Study Paper presented at 2002 Annual Conference, Montreal, Canada. 10.18260/1-2--10769