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CPM Bar Chart Technique for Construction Scheduling  

Kim Kyung-Hwan (한양대학교 건설연구소 연구원)
Kim Soo-Yoo (한양대학교 대학원 건축공학과)
Kim Jae-Jun (한양대 건축공학부)
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Korean Journal of Construction Engineering and Management / v.5, no.5, 2004 , pp. 135-142 More about this Journal
Abstract
This paper proposes the CPM bar chart (CBC), a hybrid of the bar chart and the critical pad method (CPM). The CBC overcomes shortages of the fenced bar chart, while still keeping advantages. The fence with direction is applied instead of the broken fence, which triggers considerable problems to identify and apply in the fenced bar chart. In addition, the notorious task to find dummy activities is no longer required. Upon the benefits of simplicity in the bar chart and logical work sequence in the CPM network. the CBC provides a relatively easy way to create and understand a schedule, thus improving communication quality between project participants. With the advantages, the CBC can also be effectively applied to various scheduling techniques such as resource constrained scheduling, resource leveling, scheduling with activity split, delay impact analysis, etc.
Keywords
CPM; bar chart; scheduling; resource leveling;
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