linking MEP works with Interior Finishes

Dear Mike,



I kept laughing for few minutes.



It can be printed on an A0 roll as well if it is a very detailed Schedule.



With kind regards,



Samer

Hi Vishnu



If he wants it all on only one sheet of paper you can print it A0 size.



Best regards



Mike Testro

Dear Vishnu,



You have a smart manager. I think that he has a lot of work as well.



I assume that you have a different program of works for each project. Each project will have a Condition of Contract which specifies the cost, duration and deliverables.



Start out with a one page excel sheet, and make a table showing the title of the project, its cost, and duration, and at the end of the table you will have the totals.



Now you need to monitor the The Major Area for each Project:



Time: Start date, current date, duration, % elapsed, % remaining



Cost: Contract amount, Invoiced completed works, Retention Amount, Recovery of Down Payment amount, Invoice Amount, % invoiced,



Scope: Variation Orders submitted, Variation Orders Pending approval, Variation Order approved, Variation orders rejected, Revised Contract Amount



You can have a few pie charts for the money, and a few bar charts of the variation orders.



It depends on how simple or sophisticated you want it to be. The important thing is that it must be clear and readable to the intended party.



Let me know if this is what you want, or you need something else.



With kind regards,



Samer

Dear Vishnu,



Usually we have 17 different systems for Buildings. In the case of hospitals, you have more.



Take a look at the different systems from the drawings and the BOQ and list them.



In general, you have 1st, 2nd and 3rd fix for Electrical and 1st and 3rd for mechanical fixes. I trust that you can concentrate on the major systems first, then move on to the more simpler systems.



I would recommend that you divide each floor into the following major areas:



1. Rooms

2. Corridors

2.1 Shafts

3. Service area



Sit down with the Contractor and figure out the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd fix MEP in each room and their sequence. Then you can expand that to each floor.



Commissioning is important, so the medical technicians who will operate the equipment are a major part. You need to identify them. Maybe you need to pick up the phone and talk to the suppliers a bit if the staff is not known yet.



With kind regards,



Samer

Dear Vishnu,

I think you should also include interface activities for different trade. In hospital projects specialized equipments are to be used in integration with the regular equipments. Hence my advice is for you to include engineering activities like preparation of shop drawing, review and approval.



Regards

Dear Vishnu,



I think that the best thing you can do is to identify key managment people at this stage and meet with them a few times; Contractor, Medical, Operator, Owner.



Maybe it is a bit late at this stage, but you need to review the Medical Equipment that you want to install in the future because the technology keep changing, and chances are that something new (new medical device) already came up in the market and you want to install it.



Here are the Major Contracts/ Milestone that you need to decide:



1. Long Lead Items

2. Identify all the Mechanical Systems; make a list and review who is going to do what and when.

3. Landscape does not need 1 year to complete. You can start the hard landscape parallel to the main building, and the finishes you can complete it the last 6 months.

4. Direct purchase items like Furniture, signage; when and who is going to buy it.

5. Waste Management Planning is important. Make sure that the operator has what they need.

6. Medical Gases: Same as above.



It also depends on the Owner, if they want to have few entities at site, or they prefer to manage the work themselves and reduce the cost of overhead and managment by directly purchasing what they need.



I think that we will get you a LEVEL 1 schedule in few days of discussions.



With kind regards,



Samer

Dear Vishnu,



You need to read your Bill of Quantities.



In addition to the advice that Mike gave, I would recommend that you site down with your Construction Team and agree on a Level 1: Milestones.



Give us some description about the hospital, and I am sure you will get more hints.



With kind regards,



Samer

Hi Vishnu



A hospital is the most complex MEP project with many systems to be accounted for individually.



The interfaces are the same as those for less complex installations.



The rules are simple and should be applied to each system - if there are 20 AHU’s then 20 systems should be programmed.



When the structure is ready you can:



1. Run the horizontals - Ducts - Pipes - Cable trays.

2. Erect the risers - same order

3. Place the main piece of kit

4. Make connections

5. Place the outlet piece of kit



When the ceiling grids and raised floor grids and service tiles are in place you can make high and low level connections



When the static tests have been completed the field tiles can be set in place.



Vertical drops are usually contained behind a backboard with outlest for each bed point.



For utility areas such as kitchens and toilets the usual sequence is used.



Operating theatres are usually a specialist task who will require a bare shell to work in and leave it complete.



That should be enough to be going on with.



Best regards



Mike Testro.

Hi vishnu ,discussion about the same topic is discussed in some of the threads ,check it up it might be useful to you