Aplicacion De Wbs En Proyectos

DEVELOPMENT OF COMMON WORK BREAKDOWN STRUCTURE
(WBS) FOR SCHOOL PROJECT

AZHAR BIN ABDULLAH

University of Technology Malaysia

DEVELOPMENT OF WORK BREAKDOWN STRUCTURE
(WBS) FOR SCHOOL PROJECT

2006/2007
AZHAR BIN ABDULLAH

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No.28 JALAN AU 1B/ 2C
TAMAN KERAMAT PERMAI
54200 KUALA LUMPUR

PM DR MOHAMAD IBRAHIM MOHAMAD

DEVELOPMENT OF COMMON WORK BREAKDOWN STRUCTURE
(WBS)FOR SCHOOL PROJECT

AZHAR BIN ABDULLAH

A Project Report submitted as a Partial Fulfillment of
The Requirement for The Award of
The Degree of Master of Science (Construction Management)

Faculty of Civil Engineering
University of Technology Malaysia

November 2006

“I hereby declare that I have read this thesis and in my opinion this
thesis is sufficient in terms of scope and qualityfor the award of the
degree of Master of Science (Construction Management)”

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Name of Supervisor I :

PM Dr. Mohamad Ibrahim Mohamad

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DECLARATION

“I declare that this master’s report entitle “Development of Work Breakdown
Structure (WBS) for School Projects” is the result of my own effort and researchexcept as cited in references. This report has not been accepted for any degree and
is not concurrently submitted in candidature of any other degree.

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Name of writer

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AZHAR BIN ABDULLAH

Date

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8 Disember 2006

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To my wife
Naziah bt. Yusoff
Thank you for your everlasting trust
To my sons and daughter
Ahmad Wildan, Ahmad Addeen,Ahmad Khaldun, Ahmad Uwais, Ainna Falihin
Abah will keep on trying to be the best father in the world.
To my self
Syukur Alham dulillah

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

This project was never an individual effort, because in completing it, the author
was assist with many good and supportive people. The author was in contact with many
academicians from the University of Technology Malaysia and MaraUniversity of
Technology , practitioners, consultants and people who are involve directly or indirectly
in the construction industry.

First and foremost, the author would like to extend his greatest thank you to the
project supervisor, Associate Professor Dr Mohamad Ibrahim Mohammad for his
enthusiastic effort and concern in guiding the author through this project. Without his
continuousadvise and support, this thesis would never been the same as presented here.

The author would also like to extend his deepest gratitude to his family especially
his wife and children for their continuous understanding, patient, encouragement and
supports to the author through out the completion of this thesis.

May Allah blessed you all.

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ABSTRACT

A lot have been said about delayedschool projects. Among the main factors that
contribute to the problem are lacking of experience among the contractor, adopting non
suitable and non detailed scheduling method for project monitoring. Ministry of Works
and The Ministry of Education are two main bodies that offer school tender. They used
two different methods of tendering procedure which come out with two different methods
ofproject scheduling and monitoring.

Bear in mind that every scheduling technique has its own limitation. Proper
preparation of scheduling however will help in avoiding delay of completion. This
project explore the potential of Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) as a tool to enhance
the current scheduling method. Focus is given only on school projects. Among the
objectives of this project are toidentified the normal steps in preparing WBS in the
project scheduling and to develop a common Work Breakdown Structure specifically for
school projects.

The methodology adopted involving literature search, interview with authorities,
consultants and contractors who have experienced in school projects. Analysis based on
the structured interview was used to identify the main reason for...