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- Automated Successive Baseline Schedule Model
- Creator
- Patel, Mihir Prakashbhai
- Date
- 2021
- Description
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The construction project involves many stakeholders and diverse phases. Usually, a construction schedule is initially set up as a simple ideal...
Show moreThe construction project involves many stakeholders and diverse phases. Usually, a construction schedule is initially set up as a simple ideal case scenario, but then, during construction, the project faces modifications such as delay, acceleration, and change in logic caused by the project’s complexity and inherent risk. To recover the damage(s) caused by these modifications, the parties responsible for them should be identified accurately. Researchers and practitioners developed and used various delay analysis models to quantify delays, but the selection of the model depends on the time of analysis, available information, and expertise of the analyst. So, the results can be biased. The general problem is that most delay analysis models consider only delays in quantifying impacts rather than every type of modification that impacted the project, including CPM logic changes and adding/removing activities during construction. This study proposes a new successive baseline model to enable the precise analysis of the impacts of all sorts of modifications that occur during construction. This model can achieve unbiased and accurate results. The analysis process can also be computerized into a web application to improve efficiency and productivity. The fundamental concepts of the various modifications that can occur in the work schedule during construction and the analysis of the modifications’ impacts are presented in this study. Issues related to concurrency, float ownership, type of modification, selection of delay analysis model, and challenges with automation are also highlighted to broaden the understanding disagreements of the parties to a construction contract. A case example is presented to prove the accuracy and usefulness of the proposed model and web application.
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- Content Provision for Wireless Devices (Spring 2001) IPRO 356: Content Provision for Wireless Devices IPRO356 Spring2001 Final Presentation
- Creator
- Bremer, Jonathan, Maluki, Defina, Pandya, Katin, Patel, Mihir, Rwakatare, Tibe, Sankaran, Rohit, Zeng, Zhizong
- Date
- 2001, 2001-05
- Description
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Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs), cellular phones, and other wireless devices represent the new paradigm for personal communication and...
Show morePersonal Digital Assistants (PDAs), cellular phones, and other wireless devices represent the new paradigm for personal communication and interactivity. This project would involve the creation of an application (or series of applications) that would enable secure access to corporate databases via these devices. Hence, individuals such as consultants working in remote locations can submit timesheets, access corporate knowledge centers etc. While salespeople or contractors can access inventory nformation, request inventory or service conveniently, without the hustle involved in, for example, booting up a laptop, dialing into the corporate network and then performing these tasks. The end result may be a lightweight corporate portal that can be accessed using these wireless devices. This project will give students an opportunity to explore new media devices other than those already being studied in the curriculum (i.e., PCs, and application development for PCs). This will also provide students, specifically within engineering, with insight into the new wireless standards currently being tested, e.g. GSM vs. CDMA vs. TDMA vs. 3G technology, for content provision on cellular phones.
Sponsorship: IIT Internal R&D in conjunction with the Ed Kaplan Entrepreneurial Studies Program
Project Plan for IPRO 356: Content Provision for Wireless Devices for the Spring 2001 semester
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- Web Portal For High School Students And Counselors (Fall 2001) IPRO 309: Web_Portal_for_High_School_Students_and_Counselors_IPRO309_Fall2001_Final_Presentation
- Creator
- Chadha, Mayank, Jain, Umang, Khan, Samad, Kling, Nikolaus, Patel, Mihir, Ahsan, Sameer, Gupta, Anshul, Kumar, Anjali, Nirwal, Preeti
- Date
- 2001, 2001-12
- Description
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here is a continuing need to provide information and motivational materials to high school students to interest them in engineering. These...
Show morehere is a continuing need to provide information and motivational materials to high school students to interest them in engineering. These students would also benefit by learning about the various educational programs offered to help them meet their goals. Finally, information on the application process, especially the varying student aid packages from universities, government and industry would benefit high school students. There may be other services that would interest and benefit high school students that this project team could identify. There is also a wide variety of information already available to high school students and guidance counselors from individual universities as well as commercial and government organizations, associations and various publications that rank institutions. The sheer number of sources and volume of information about colleges and careers can be quite daunting to navigate. Everyone who has been through this process knows how frustrating and stressful it can be for students, parents and counselors in not having confidence that the best information was identified in a timely way to consider alternatives and make intelligent decisions. It is envisioned that this project would seek information from IIT engineering freshmen as well as high school students and counselors about current practices and trends in how the web and other resources are used in this process. Based on survey data, the project team will develop a web site or portal that can organize and provide information and services regarded as most valuable to high school students and counselors in their decision making process -- and do so in an integrated way, with appropriate planning and selection tools to support the process. It is envisioned that this could ultimately become part of a seamless service from the earliest consideration of career direction and college selection by high school students, through to specific career and employer selection by college students, and finally extending to support for alumni as they maintain their competitive edge in their professional practice. This project is a continuation of an IPRO project from the Spring 2001 semester.
Sponsorship: NA
Project Plan for IPRO 309: Web Portal for High School Students and Counselors for the Fall 2001 semester
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