Project Management: The Managerial Process (Mcgraw-hill Series Operations and Decision Sciences)
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ISBN: 9781259666094
Author: Erik W. Larson, Clifford F. Gray
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 6, Problem 6.2.2C
The G&E Company is preparing a bid to build the new 47,000-seat Shoreline baseball stadium. The construction must start on July 3, 2017, and be completed in time for the start of the 2020 season. A penalty clause of $250,000 per day of delay beyond April 3 is written into the contract.
Percival Young, the president of the company, expressed optimism at obtaining the contract and revealed that the company could net as much as $3 million on the project. He also said if they were successful, the prospects of future projects are bright since there is a projected renaissance in building classic ball parks with modem luxury boxes.
Given the information provided in Table 63, construct a network schedule for the stadium project and answer the following questions:
What is the critical path for the project?
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Project Management: The Managerial Process (Mcgraw-hill Series Operations and Decision Sciences)
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