Scheduling and Monitoring of Ongoing Bypass Construction Connecting NH 218 & NH 63 Using Primavera P6

ABSTRACT Infrastructure development plays a significant role in development of country. Road transport brings about a variety of benefits via all sectors of economy. Highway construction are benchmark to measure development of country. At present in India, there is a huge increase in demand for road construction projects. Project management plays a vital role in construction industry. Any construction projects require proper planning, scheduling and monitoring for good performance. We have observed many road construction projects running out of planned time and cost. The work performed deals with scheduling and monitoring ongoing bypass construction connecting NH 218 and NH 63 using project management software Primavera P6. The length of this project bypass is 11.5 Kms, out of which, 3.80 Kms is being constructed by NH (PWD) Division, Hubli and balance stretch of 7.7 Kms is under construction by NHAI. Total width of land acquired for bypass construction is 60 mts in general and varies at junctions & interchanges. 4-Lane configuration of flexible pavement with median, lighting, construction of RE wall, ROB, minor bridges, culverts and VUPs etc., This project is having most of the variety of civil engineering structures. Using primavera software, all the activities with practical durations to complete are created, ideal schedule is created, baselines are set for planned schedule, schedule is updated to a particular date, monitoring is done by using Earned Value Analysis (EVA) technique. During the study reasons for cost variation and delays in construction of current project are identified. Importance of scheduling and monitoring of construction work to complete the project within time and cost are discussed. Keywords: Scheduling, Monitoring, Road Construction, Using Primavera P6.