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Final Part - Construction Planning Simplified

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This is the 4 th and final chapter in this series of simplifying construction planning process for the Construction Team Members. The sole purpose of this entire series was to create awareness in Construction Engineers about how vital their contribution is in the planning process. It was essential for them to know the meaning and use of various terms used in planning; various steps of planning & scheduling right from planning to make a plan, Logistics, Methodology, Decomposition of the whole project, Phasing and Zoning etc. and then Sequencing of works. Naturally in all of these steps the experts in construction need to give valuable inputs and contribute. Further for determining the resources and duration for any activity, their data on productivity based on past experience and the difficulty level of works to modify the productivity is indispensable as planner would have much lower exposure as compared to Construction Managers. Overall, any planning is useless if it does not tak