Abstract: Various linear scheduling techniques have been proposed over the years. The limitations on these techniques have been the inability to determine critical activities. Contractors and departments of transportation have ...

Abstract: The resource leveling problem is common and has been studied numerous times. In these studies and the resulting solutions, there exists a common element, which is once an activity is started, it cannot be stopped and ...

Abstract: Contractors are required by the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) to submit a progress schedule identifying the controlling path of activities for a construction project. During the 2000 construction season, ...

Abstract: Since the early 1960s many techniques have been developed to plan and schedule linear construction projects. However, one, the critical path method (CPM), overshadowed the others. As a result, CPM developed into the powerful ...

Abstract: Currently, construction professionals can easily determine the amount of cut and fill on a mass excavation project, but can only make an educated and intuitive guess as to the required minimum haul distances and the ...

Abstract: A project-based student Enterprise program was established at Michigan Technological University as part of an effort, funded by the National Science Foundation, related to reform of engineering education. The Enterprise ...