Teaching Project Planning and 4D Scheduling in a Project Planning and Scheduling Course

George Okere

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Conference: 2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Location: Portland, Oregon
Publication Date: June 23, 2024
Start Date: June 23, 2024
End Date: July 12, 2024
Conference Session: Virtual Design and Construction (VDC) in Construction Education
Tagged Division: Construction Engineering Division (CONST)
Permanent URL: https://peer.asee.org/48066

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George Okere University of Cincinnati orcid.org/0000-0002-0727-9038

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George is an associate professor educator, and heavy highway chair (endowed position) in the Civil and Architectural Engineering and Construction Management Department in the College of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Cincinnati (UC). George has over 23 years of construction industry work experience, and 11.5 years of which was with Kiewit, where he worked on various heavy civil projects. He received his PhD in Technology Management from Indiana State University with specialization in Construction Management. His research focus is in the area of contract administration on heavy civil projects. His teaching areas include 1. introduction to the built environment and construction management, 2. construction materials and methods, 3. construction equipment, 4. building construction cost estimating, 5. heavy civil construction cost estimating, 6. project planning, scheduling, and control, 7. temporary structures, and 8. contract changes and claims management.

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Planning is the first part of project planning and scheduling and yet not much is found in most textbooks and research papers on the aspects of project planning. This paper explores the end result of project planning and the aspects of project planning that are key to effective project scheduling and control. Today’s methods of planning and coordinating projects have benefited from virtual design and construction (VDC). Incorporating VDC in project planning and coordination helps in identifying potential site logistics and sequencing issues that might affect construction, and it does help in optimizing construction methods and resources. To that end, this paper explored the implementation of 4D scheduling in today’s project planning and scheduling course. The research sought to improve construction planning and scheduling course with focus on how to implement project planning and 4D scheduling. The research collected and evaluated the course content covered in typical project planning and scheduling courses to better understand the state of practice. This evaluation showed that project planning and scheduling as taught by most programs do not properly cover the topic of project planning, and most of the programs do not cover the topic on 4D scheduling. This paper is written with those gaps in mind and includes what could be covered in both areas to fill the gaps. This paper presents a description and discussion of the approach in teaching project planning and 4D scheduling within the context of project planning and scheduling course. It is hoped that such improvement will help to better prepare the students for today’s complex projects. It is hoped that other faculty members in the construction-related programs could benefit from the description and discussion presented in this paper and aid them in implementing hands-on and real-life project planning and scheduling courses that covers the areas of project planning and 4D scheduling.

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Okere, G. (2024, June), Teaching Project Planning and 4D Scheduling in a Project Planning and Scheduling Course Paper presented at 2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Portland, Oregon. https://peer.asee.org/48066