APPLICATION OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES IN A CONSTRUCTION FIRM

A. O. Odior

Department of Production Engineering

University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria

E-mail: waddnis@yahoo.com

ABSTRACT

An important aspect of life cycle management in construction project development is project planning and control. There are five elements in project planning techniques: project planning, monitoring, reporting, collection of statistics and re-planning. The study presents the techniques and strategy for planning and controlling project activities, development of the network diagram and determination of critical path using the critical path method. The probability of meeting up the stipulated time was 65 percent along the critical path and the sub-critical paths while the minimum project duration was 98 weeks.

Keywords: Life Cycle Management, Project Planning, Project Monitoring, Critical Path Method, Project Duration.