Weeks 9 - Model Optimization and Report Preparation/Planning
Using the 4D model and other preliminary models developed in Weeks 3-7, work together with your teammates to optimize the cost estimate and project schedule to alleviate schedule, quality and safety risks, spatial conflicts, resource shortages, and minimize labor cost. The optimization strategies should be actual strategies the project manager might employ to solve the identified problems. Please note that the interventions will be mutually interdependent between the models – for instance, changing the schedule to resolve a conflict in the 4D CAD model will lead to a change in the project duration. Try to achieve an optimal final solution where the project will complete on schedule, with minimal quality/safety risk, with issues identified in the 4D CAD model resolved. All members of the team should agree to this solution.
Deliverables: At the end of week 9, you will submit the following:
In Week 9 you should also plan out your report writing to occur between Week 9 and Week 10. The presentation should contain the following:
Using the 4D model and other preliminary models developed in Weeks 3-7, work together with your teammates to optimize the cost estimate and project schedule to alleviate schedule, quality and safety risks, spatial conflicts, resource shortages, and minimize labor cost. The optimization strategies should be actual strategies the project manager might employ to solve the identified problems. Please note that the interventions will be mutually interdependent between the models – for instance, changing the schedule to resolve a conflict in the 4D CAD model will lead to a change in the project duration. Try to achieve an optimal final solution where the project will complete on schedule, with minimal quality/safety risk, with issues identified in the 4D CAD model resolved. All members of the team should agree to this solution.
Deliverables: At the end of week 9, you will submit the following:
- UW will submit the finalized Navisworks model to Professor Dossick.
- YU will submit the finalized cost estimate and flood design to Professor Lee.
- IIT-Madras will submit the finalized 3D model to Professor Mahalingam.
- NTU will submit the finalized safety analysis to Professor Kang.
In Week 9 you should also plan out your report writing to occur between Week 9 and Week 10. The presentation should contain the following:
- A description of the 3D modeling of the addition in Revit with annotated screenshots.
- A description of the quantity takeoff and cost estimate procedure with annotated screenshots.
- The schedule for the project and a description of the input factors you used to develop the model.
- The 4D CAD model with annotated screenshots of the project and a description of the input factors you used to develop the model.
- A description of the project hazards and the methods of control that may be used.
- A detailed description of how each issue identified during the optimization phase impacted the 3D model, cost, project schedule, position backlog, quality, safety and 4D model. Describe the changes you made to each of the models as a result.
- A summary of your team process. This summary should address how you collaborated over the duration of the project; the tools (inside or outside the virtual world) you used to collaborate; the tool limitations and how those tools could be improved to enhance collaboration; what issues arose during the global team project collaboration; how you dealt with conflicts; what role linguistic, technical savvy or other differences played in your team project execution; lessons learned , etc. Please devote at least 10% of your overall report to this section.