Advice on a University MSC Topic

Clive

Thanks for the reply, however What I am looking for specifically is the kind of activities that would make up the WBS as opposed to how to build one.

Cheers

Neil

you are establishing WBS to make things identifiable, measurable and can be organized accordingly.

there are no specific WBS, that will depend on what exactly you’re doing

if you’re making coffee, then coffee is your finished product! but you have to specify if it is black, with sugar or with cream, with water or without!

Guys, your advice as ever is valuable, but I think I am not making myself clear.

I understand WBS, I understand coding, what I am asking is how would I go about building a primary school.

I.e what types of activities are needed, such as lay foundations, build walls etc

The challenge I have is that I am not a builder so I have no idea of where to even start.

I am sure for a primary school there are all manner of activities that should be taken into consideration, however if I don’t know what they are I am lost.

Hope this makes it more clear

Cheers

Neil

check your drawings and specifications, and consult your engineer (builder, designer) for the methodologies...

"check your drawings and specifications, and consult your engineer (builder, designer) for the methodologies... "

Anoon, this is my biggest challenge, because I am doing it for my university course, the whole thing is hypothetical, I have no drawings, specifications or Engineers to consult !

CLove

This is exactly what I am meaning. I need to prepare the WBS / Schedule and a Project Execution plan. This will help

Cheers

Neil

Neil,

to be honest, I want to do it for you for free, but i’m afraid you might fail!

i’m wondering why you have to go on something you don’t know anything about? Make a project that you know inside-out.

anyway, you can start from scratch, fabricate your drawings and specifications and start from there. i’m a laborer before i become a civil engineer so i know how to build.

regards

"I want to do it for you for free" Go for it I say !!

We have been asked to do this to not only test our abilities from the Project Management side of things but also to test how we can achieve our goal by investigation and finding the appropriate information.

Cheers
Neil

it will be a long story! you can start from the site survey / investigation (i believe you have an initial study beforehand, like space planning, environmental planning etc.)

1. land acquisition report (make sure it’s legal)

2. site / survey investigation report

3. environmental (noise, pollution, waste management etc.)

...

for continuation you have to pay me! (remember building is my forte!)

Hi Neil,

I understand where you’re coming from. I have been on that situation when I take my project management course. My advised is to refer to your scope statement and design brief. That should gave you an idea of what are the inputs for your WBS. As you said, your project is for primary school building. The primary requirements for your project are to answer these questions.

a)     Where is the location (rural, urban, city or jungle)?
b)     What size or for how many students it requires?
c)     What type of building required? (Single storey, Pre-Fab, multi-storey, split level, etc…)
d)     What are the facilities required?
1.     Class rooms? How many?
2.     Auditorium?
3.     Play ground?
4.     Open stage?
5.     Is their a need for chapel?
6.     Offices? Ex: faculty room, teacher’s room, etc...
7.     Toilets and bath? What size?
8.     Canteen?
9.     Library?
10.     Sports facilities? (soccer field, foot ball field, basket ball court, etc...)
11.     etc…
e)     Structure? (Concrete, Structural Steel, Concrete Blocks, wood or timber, required piles or mass foundation, etc..)
f)     Finishes?
g)     Paving and landscape?
h) Budget and time frame?

I believed if manage to answer this questions you can create a good template of WBS. As long as you defined the main objective and project deliverables when creating WBS then that should be a good result.

Regards,
Rodel