Construction Project Scheduling: Tools, Tactics, and Timeframes
Offered by
Benaadir Research, Consultancy & Evaluation Center (BRCE)

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LevelAll Levels
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Duration4 hours 30 minutes
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Last Updated27/08/2025
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CertificateCertificate of completion
📘 Course Description
Construction Project Scheduling: Tools, Tactics, and Timeframes is designed to equip learners with the essential knowledge and practical skills needed to plan, manage, and control project schedules in the construction industry. The course provides a clear understanding of scheduling methods, tools, and strategies that ensure projects are completed on time, within budget, and to the required quality standards.
🎯 Why This Course?
Effective scheduling is the backbone of construction project success. Poor scheduling often leads to delays, cost overruns, and disputes. By learning modern scheduling techniques and software tools, learners will gain the ability to:
- Optimize resource allocation.
- Identify potential risks and delays early.
- Improve project monitoring and reporting.
- Enhance decision-making for better project performance.
📚 What You Will Learn
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
- Understand the fundamentals of construction project scheduling.
- Apply key scheduling techniques such as Critical Path Method (CPM), Gantt Charts, and PERT.
- Use software tools (e.g., MS Project, Primavera) for effective schedule planning.
- Develop and update baseline schedules.
- Monitor project progress and handle schedule delays.
- Implement scheduling best practices to achieve timely project delivery.
👥 Who Can Learn This Course?
This course is suitable for:
- Construction project managers and engineers seeking to improve project planning efficiency.
- Students and graduates of civil engineering, construction management, or project management.
- Site supervisors and contractors looking to gain scheduling knowledge to better manage time and resources.
- Consultants and planners who want to strengthen their project scheduling expertise.
- Anyone interested in pursuing a career in construction project management.
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Course Curriculum
Section [0] Course Overview
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Pre-lesson
01:50 -
Resource
Section [1] – Introduction to Scheduling
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Lesson [1] what is Construction Scheduling?
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Lesson [2] – What are the Types of Schedules?
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Lesson [3] – Activity Timing & Duration
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Lesson [4] – Rules of Estimating for Activity duration
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Lesson [5] – Estimating Activity Durations
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Lesson [6] – Time Contingency
03:39
Section [2] – Construction Works
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Lesson [7] – Early Activity Times
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Lesson [8] – Late Activity Times.
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Lesson [9] – Critical Path
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Lesson [10] – Project Delays – Causes.
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Lesson [11] – Weather Condition Problems
04:33
Section [3] – Activity Precedence Diagram (APD).
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Lesson [12] – Introduction to Activity Precedence Diagrams.
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Lesson [13] – Recommendations for Building AON Diagrams
08:32 -
Lesson [14] – Examples of Activity Precedence (AON) Diagrams
14:18
Section [4] – Activities Relationship
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Lesson [15] – Activities in a Construction Project
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Lesson [16] – Types of Relationships between Construction Activities.
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Lesson [17] – Start to Start Relationships
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Lesson [18] – Start to Finish Relationship
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Lesson [19] – Finish to Finish Relationships
01:54 -
Lesson [20] – Multiple Relationships
01:48
Section [5] – Activity Floats
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Lesson [21] – Types of Floats in a Construction Project.
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Lesson [22] – Activity Floats
02:11 -
Lesson [23] – Determining Total Float and Free Float
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Lesson [24] – Introduction to the Interfering Float
01:30 -
Lesson [25] – Independent Float
01:46
Section [6]- Project Capstone
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Capstone Project Scenario-based
33:37
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