Pageof 4ZOOMCON 4000 Term ProjectSummer 2019Project due July 1st.Page 1 of 41) Background: You have just started working for XYZ General Contractors. XYZ has recently beenawarded the Lake Washington Surface Water Treatment Plant Office Staff/Shop Building project bythe City of Melbourne, FL. As the project manager you have three major tasks. Each task is explainedin detail in paragraphs 2 through 5.a) Task I – develop your schedule to deliver the term project (submit as HW 8).b) Task II – develop the term project deliverables.c)Task III – prepare a 5 minute briefing for the XYZ owners and/or building owner (City ofMelbourne). You will have different briefing topics. Make sure that you use the correct topic(Paragraph 4.e. below).2) Task I – develop your schedule to deliver the Term Project (HW 8)a) Check out for special topics assigned to you (Paragraph 4.e below).b) Develop a schedule for delivering the term project including:i)CPM Network showing activities and logicii) Resource assignments (you)iii) Milestonesc)See HW 08 for details.3) Task II – develop your schedule for the Lake Washington Projecta) Contract award date: September 2, 2019, total contract amount $479,000.b) NTP date: September 30, 2019c)Contract completion date: April 7, 2020d) Create activity listi)During the time between the contract award date and the Notice to Proceed date you haveprovided bonding, financial data, safety plans, etc. to the City for approval. You also startedthe permitting process. You do not have to include time for permitting etc. in your schedule.Your schedule start date is the NTP date. The explanations here are given to you just to giveyou an idea what must be done between contract award and actual start date.ii) Inspections must be included in your schedule(1) Fire sprinkler system(2) Electrical and plumbing before drywall(3) Electrical, plumbing, mechanical above ceiling before installing ceiling tilese) Estimate durationsi)Submit an estimating sheet showing duration calculations for tasks designated on the drafttask list as “estimate required.”ii) You have the total cost of the contract based on your winning bid. You must distribute thetotal cost among activities in a reasonable way but you do not have to do any detailed costestimates.f)Create an MS Project schedulei)Project start date: NTP dateii) Construction start date: NTP dateiii) Include milestones for:CON 4000 Term ProjectSummer 2019Project due July 1st.Page 2 of 4(1) Contract award(2) NTP(3) Demolition complete(4) Foundation and underground utilities complete(5) Building closed in (exterior complete)(6) Building interior completeiv) Include summary tasks for:(1) Entire project(2) Site work(3) Demolition(4) Shop(5) Maintenance Officev) Create an early start cost S-curve for the project similar to Fig 15.7. Label the x-axis of the S-Curve in months (not quarters or weeks) so that it will match monthly pay requests.g) Prepare selected reports before any work is done that you will use to manage the project.i)Network Diagram(1) Format nodes like this:(2) Make the network legibleii) Bar Charts(1) PM’s Bar Chart(2) Owner’s bar chart(3) Subcontractor bar charts (Demolition and Plumbing)(4) Superintendent’s 3 week look-ahead for the start of week 2.4) Task III –Presentation: Prepare a 5-minute PowerPoint presentation that included items a through dbelow, and your assigned topics in item 4e below.a) Introductionb) Explanation of the purpose of the presentationc)A project schedule in bar chart formatd) An S Curve for project cost vs. timee) Information required by the special topic below:i)Topic 1: Initial schedule submission meeting. You are meeting with the Owner’sRepresentative from the City Engineer’s Office to go over your project schedule. Yourproject progress payments will be made based on the approved schedule. Your objective isto show a well thought-out schedule in both bar chart and tabular format. Since theaudience for this presentation is the building owners, use LS/LF dates. Also show thepayment S Curve for the project.ii) Topic 2: Your schedule was approved. The contract allows you to receive monthly progresspayments by calendar month. It is the end of the first month of the project. Prepare the firstpayment request. All project activities are on schedule (ES/EF). The contract specifies thatESLSDurFloatNameEFLFCON 4000 Term ProjectSummer 2019Project due July 1st.Page 3 of 4payment requests include a bar chart schedule showing progress updates and a tabularsection with the following information for all schedule activities:Activity#NameActivityValue $PlanStartPlanFinishActualStartActualFinish%ComplPrevPayPayReqiii) Topic 3: Progress presentation week 8 (Nov 26th). You were on schedule through the end ofweek 7, however a storm stalled over Melbourne for the past 7 days stopping all exteriorwork. Explain the impacts to the owner. The contract allows for weather delay extensions tothe contract completion date but does not allow for additional payment for weather delays.In your presentation show a bar chart schedule with the original baseline schedule andrevised schedule with weather delay. Show a new S Curve for the project.iv) Topic 4: You are preparing an XYZ Construction internal progress presentation at the end ofweek 3. You encountered an unknown underground concrete foundation underneath of theconcrete towers that you demolished as part of the contract. The unknown foundationconsisted of a 30 foot diameter concrete ring wall 18 inches thick by 5 feet deep. The ringwall will have to be removed and the area inside the ring wall will have to be backfilled. Youestimate that bringing in and placing compacted fill will be a direct cost of $13,000. Estimatehow long it will take to remove the concrete and place the fill. In your presentation to theXYZ management explain the impacts of this unknown site condition on your schedule andwhat you believe should be done about it.v) Topic 5: Prepare a progress presentation through week 8 to the City of Melbourne. You areon schedule but the City has just notified you that they want to change to a different type ofroll-up door. The original door has already been shipped. You can return it for $500shipping plus a $1,000 restocking fee. The new door costs $4,000 more than the doororiginally in the specifications. It will take 18 days to receive the new door from the datethat you order it. In your presentation explain the effects of this change request on theproject schedule and present alternatives including additional cost to stay on the originalschedule or additional time and cost if the project delivery date is delayed.vi) Topic 6: Your schedule was approved. It is the end of the second month of the project. Thecontract allows you to receive monthly progress payments. Prepare the second paymentrequest. All project activities are on schedule (ES/EF). Assume that you were on schedule atthe end of the first month and that you were paid the “Previous Pay” amount at the end ofthe first month. The contract specifies that payment requests include a bar chart scheduleshowing progress updates and a tabular section with the following information for allschedule activities:Activity#NameActivityValue $PlanStartPlanFinishActualStartActualFinish%ComplPrevPayPayReqCON 4000 Term ProjectSummer 2019Project due July 1st.Page 4 of 4vii) Topic 7: You are preparing an XYZ Construction internal progress presentation. The projectwas on schedule until you started excavation of the new Maintenance Office footers. Onthe first day of excavating for the footers you encountered an unknown underground 6 inchcast iron water line. After consulting with the City of Melbourne engineer, you have beendirected to relocate the line so that it does not go under the new building. Your estimatingstaff provided a cost of $4,500 based on previous subcontracts for this kind of work.Complete a detailed estimate sheet showing the duration required to cut the existing line,pump grout into the abandoned pipe under the new building, excavate, install, and backfillapproximately 110 feet of new 6 inch cast iron line around the new building footprint. Inyour presentation to the XYZ management explain the impacts of this unknown sitecondition on your schedule and what you believe should be done about it.viii) Topic 8: Your schedule was approved. It is the end of the fourth month of the project. Thecontract allows you to receive monthly progress payments. Prepare the fourth paymentrequest. All project activities are on schedule (ES/EF). Assume that you were on schedule atthe end of the first, second and third month and that you were paid the “Previous Pay”amount at the end of the third month. The contract specifies that payment requests includea bar chart schedule showing progress updates and a tabular section with the followinginformation for all schedule activities:Activity#NameActivityValue $PlanStartPlanFinishActualStartActualFinish%ComplPrevPayPayReq5) Include a cover sheet and contents page for your written submission. Submit your MS Projectschedule and PowerPoint presentations on Canvas by the due date with your written submissiondescribed under 3). Additional specific guidance will be provided during class and computer labperiods.

Please answer 3 of 5 questions in essay format. Each question should be submitted in a typed, double-spaced format, preferably in a MS Word document. Each answer is 250 to 500 words in length (1 to 2 pages). You may use any source available to you. I will provide the textbook. 1. Outline the basic concepts in family sociology. Please include marriage partnerships as well as the patterns of residence. 2. Please discuss the major sociological theories on education according to your textbook. Can these be connected to the paradigms in sociology? 3. Please outline the different kinds of organized religion. What are the characteristics of these groups? Please discuss New Religious Movements. 4. How does your textbook conceptualize globalization? Please discuss the three tendencies. 5. Please explain the social patterning of health and illness in the United States.

All evaluations are conducted, and ultimately exist, in a social environment and have the potential to be affected by a variety of social, cultural, political, and economic forces. Based upon what you have learned through working on your Final Paper, put your selected topic in its appropriate social context, and identify important ethical considerations inherent in the evaluation. Identify and explain the impact of political issues associated with the proposed evaluation. The discussion should focus both on political factors such as socio-economics, race, or gender, as well as political nuances that might include issues pertaining to city or state government. In addition, identify and discuss the most surprising thing you found in your research that caused you to reevaluate a previously held opinion. my research is on forensic science in